BT boss only man in his village with broadband

bealtine

http://www.tgdaily.com/networking-features/44866-bt-boss-only-man-in-his-village-with-broadband?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tgdaily_all_sections+%28TG+Daily+-+All+News%29

Red-faced spin doctors at mega British telco BT have admitted the company’s chairman is the only person in his home village who can get broadband.

Other residents of the Oxfordshire village of Hambleden were told they could not have broadband because of their distance from the exchange, adding that, mysteriously, chairman Sir Michael Rake's home was part of 'a new technology trial' and that ‘there is nothing unusual in this situation’.

TG Daily, however, adds that BT is obviously talking crap and that its chairman is clearly receiving preferential treatment.

But ten out of ten for the BT spin paramedic who kept a straight face when saying: “BT has learned a lot through the trial the chairman participated in and hopefully those lessons will benefit the residents of Hambleden in due course.

"The lines between the village and the exchange are simply too long to support a broadband service."

Details of the technological miracle enabling one lucky Hambledenonian to receive a broadband service which apparently defies the laws of physics remain a mystery, which is a bit of a shame because BT could probably make some money out of it.

There are still three million homes in the UK either with no broadband or with speeds of less than 2Mbps. This figure obviously doesn't contain any senior BT executives. That would be silly.

watty

Reach.

DSL repeater. It's true, BT are doing trials. In this case "Don't muzzle the OX that treads the Grain". Would it not be sillier if BT couldn't figure how to give the Chairman Broadband?

Not generally available even if you prepared to pay extra?

trekkypj

:rolleyes: Why am I not surprised? BT are not as bad as eircom in some respects but there's a distressing parallel way of thinking there. The old semi-state mentality continuing to rear it's head, sadly. People aren't customers, they're income sources. Like tenants in slum rentals.

Here's an idea...

If eircom is ever floated on the ISEQ again... and it will be eventually, most likely, Ireland Offline should form a member's owned shareholding of a token number of shares - , and ask that very question of its board members at the annual AGM.

I certainly plan on picking up a few shares for the voting rights and the right to ask questions.

You could ask them:

1. Who provides broadband services to the Irish-resident directors?

2. If eircom is the provider, are these services generally available to the public in the communities where the directors live? If not, are there plans to remedy this in a timely manner, given that the technology is available?

3. In particular, are eircom planning on trialling the DSL repeaters now being used by BT to bring DSL broadband to cover existing and new customers currently unable to get broadband?