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[LUG] 21CN

 

I used the service http://www.writetothem.com/ some time ago around
April to complain about the nightmare connectivity issues my parents
were experiencing at prazefarm.co.uk

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hendry/3433311255/

The issue was finally resolved months ago, when the third BT engineer
spotted the fault and repaired it. That didn't stop Ontel/Talktalk
from charging 100+GBP erroneously for an earlier call out in which
they didn't find a fault. Never got that money back.



A couple of weeks ago, to my surprise I was called up a BT openreach
director Bob Challacombe from Praze Farm and he explained he just
tested our line and we could get 5meg down. Hmmm, just a few months
late!

He admitted he received a high priority request from Dan Rogerson my
MP to look into our particular problem. I thanked him of course,
though exclaimed that I was perplexed by the several month delay.

I went on to ask him about the future on connections in Cornwall. He
said we could expect a "21CN" roll out in which symmetrical 5 meg
lines will be offered to even properties like my parents.

He said this is funded by some project or other and I could find more
information on the Internet about it. I've done some candid searches,
though I can't find any good sources to track this roll out.


Can you?

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