Lack of broadband may see firm move out

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Lack of broadband may see firm move out

BT has no plans to replace deteriorating lochaber cable

Published: 04/02/2010

FINE talk about improved broadband in the Highlands has a hollow ring
for a Lochaber forestry company that has just had its vital service
severed.

It has been told by BT that a deteriorating cable can no longer carry
the service and there are no plans to replace it.

......................more




http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1590563

(E-Mail Removed)d (Paul Cummins) writes:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed)d (MB) wrote:
>
>> It has been told by BT that a deteriorating cable can no longer
>> carry the service and there are no plans to replace it.
>
> So much for the UNiversal Service Obligation.

Unfortunately, the Universal Service Obligation does not yet apply to
Broadband. Though there has been talk of the government extending the
USO to include high speed internet access.

On 2/5/2010 7:32 AM, Peter Crosland wrote:

> It is rather more complex than that. Many of the promised changes are to
> exchanges that have no broadband capacity or even capability. You can find
> more details below. AFAIK there is to be a universal service obligation for
> Scotland albeit at 512 Kbps. Quite how this ties in with the promised 2Mbps
> obligation promised by one G. Brown is another matter.
>
512 is miles better than what we had before, on dial-up - but we pay the
same as folk farther south who get _real_ broadband.

On 05/02/2010 01:24, MB wrote:

> It has been told by BT that a deteriorating cable can no longer carry
> the service and there are no plans to replace it.
>
> .....................more
>
>
>
>
> http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1590563

Read carefully - part of a statement from BT - "And he ceased his line".
It sounds as if the customer over reacted and cancelled his contract
because of the delays in fault clearance. The other customers in the
area apparently got service back. No mention from BT of "No plans to
replace". This seems to have been the customer's interpretation.

On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 01:24:15 GMT, MB <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>BT has no plans to replace deteriorating lochaber cable

Lochaber no more. The Proclaimers were right then

Jim

On 2/8/2010 12:34 PM, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:33:18 -0500, S Viemeister
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On 2/5/2010 7:32 AM, Peter Crosland wrote:
>>
>>> It is rather more complex than that. Many of the promised changes are to
>>> exchanges that have no broadband capacity or even capability. You can find
>>> more details below. AFAIK there is to be a universal service obligation for
>>> Scotland albeit at 512 Kbps. Quite how this ties in with the promised 2Mbps
>>> obligation promised by one G. Brown is another matter.
>>>
>> 512 is miles better than what we had before, on dial-up - but we pay the
>> same as folk farther south who get _real_ broadband.
>
> Have you tried mobile broadband ?

No. Is that likely to give us faster service, without costing more than
what we're already paying?

"S Viemeister" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 2/8/2010 12:34 PM, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:33:18 -0500, S Viemeister
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
<snip>
>>
>> Have you tried mobile broadband ?
>
> No. Is that likely to give us faster service, without costing more than
> what we're already paying?
>
>
Yes, but you will have to be lucky enough be near a 3g cell

Steve Terry
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On 2/8/2010 1:22 PM, Steve Terry wrote:
> "S Viemeister"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> On 2/8/2010 12:34 PM, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>>> Have you tried mobile broadband ?
>>
>> No. Is that likely to give us faster service, without costing more than
>> what we're already paying?
>>
>>
> Yes, but you will have to be lucky enough be near a 3g cell
>
Well, that's out, then!

"S Viemeister" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 2/8/2010 1:22 PM, Steve Terry wrote:
>> "S Viemeister"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>>> On 2/8/2010 12:34 PM, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>>>> Have you tried mobile broadband ?
>>>
>>> No. Is that likely to give us faster service, without costing more than
>>> what we're already paying?
>>>
>> Yes, but you will have to be lucky enough be near a 3g cell
>>
> Well, that's out, then!
>
>
You've done a manual network search with a 3g phone at the highest
room of the location then?

Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with £2 bonus after £10 top up
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On 2/8/2010 4:33 PM, Steve Terry wrote:
> "S Viemeister"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> On 2/8/2010 1:22 PM, Steve Terry wrote:
>>> "S Viemeister"<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>>>> On 2/8/2010 12:34 PM, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>>>>> Have you tried mobile broadband ?
>>>>
>>>> No. Is that likely to give us faster service, without costing more than
>>>> what we're already paying?
>>>>
>>> Yes, but you will have to be lucky enough be near a 3g cell
>>>
>> Well, that's out, then!
>>
> You've done a manual network search with a 3g phone at the highest
> room of the location then?
>
It's a bungalow.
When I checked the coverage websites of the major mobile firms, none of
them provided 3g in my area, which is why I haven't bothered to upgrade
to a 3g phone.