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On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 22:24 +0000, Kai Hendry wrote: > 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? > could you not call him back and ask for some sites to look at? or the name of the project/s? S -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html