OT-ish: NTL disconnect Phone lines in Dublin

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10..._dublin_phone/

What could the safety issue be??

"ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10..._dublin_phone/
>
> What could the safety issue be??

Sounds serious seeing as they have told the customers to find a new telco.

ian wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10..._dublin_phone/
> What could the safety issue be??

Something preventing them offering reliable 999 access?

In news:ckehbt$rp0$(E-Mail Removed),
Beck <(E-Mail Removed)> opined:
> "ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:gZyad.1458$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10..._dublin_phone/
>>
>> What could the safety issue be??
>
> Sounds serious seeing as they have told the customers to find a new
> telco.

with ( Apparently) only 2000 customers it appears it is uneconomic and they
NTL are pulling out
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Yddap
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In news:416acb6d$0$59459$(E-Mail Removed),
Andy Burns <(E-Mail Removed)> opined:
> ian wrote:
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10..._dublin_phone/
>> What could the safety issue be??
>
> Something preventing them offering reliable 999 access?

See :-
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=18668

For more info --- still a bit vague
:-)
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Yddap
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"Yddap" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In news:ckehbt$rp0$(E-Mail Removed),
> Beck <(E-Mail Removed)> opined:
>> "ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:gZyad.1458$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10..._dublin_phone/
>>>
>>> What could the safety issue be??
>>
>> Sounds serious seeing as they have told the customers to find a new
>> telco.
>
> with ( Apparently) only 2000 customers it appears it is uneconomic and they
> NTL are pulling out

LOL @ safety issue then :-)

"Andy Burns" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ian wrote:
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10..._dublin_phone/
>> What could the safety issue be??
>
> Something preventing them offering reliable 999 access?

ooh good guess. Maybe thats it? Maybe by dialling 999 on NTL is taking them to
a different 999 region call centre and that call centre does not have the
facility to deal with Dublin area.

In article <gZyad.1458$(E-Mail Removed)>,
"ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10..._dublin_phone/
>
> What could the safety issue be??

Perhaps they disconnected all customers prone to high blood pressure,
after scares about the potentially fatal consequences of being stuck
in a 2 hour queue to customer services and being told every 5 minutes
how important their call was to NTL.

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Tim Clark

Yddap wrote:

> http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=18668
> For more info --- still a bit vague

A link from that forum to the RTE teletext pages quotes

"ComReg said it understood NTL is
concerned that the equipment in
customers' homes may, in certain
circumstances, constitute a potential
safety hazard through overheating."