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Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:33 am ]
Post subject:  BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall.

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Author:  JohnSheridan [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
So Cornwall is to get FTC.

Population 506,000 so that works out at £260 per person so seems quite a good deal.

Pity my neck of the woods - Northampton (pop. 192,000) and 22nd largest city/town in England - still has no set date for this :evil:
Author:  rustybucket [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:47 pm ]
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JohnSheridan wrote:
Pity my neck of the woods - Northampton (pop. 192,000) and 22nd largest city/town in England - still has no set date for this :evil:

Sh*t.

Don't tell me that - I'm moving to Northampton soon. :roll: :x
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
JohnSheridan wrote:
Pity my neck of the woods - Northampton (pop. 192,000) and 22nd largest city/town in England - still has no set date for this :evil:
I bet I'm further down the list. Where is the list anyway (link please)?

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Sort of found it. CLICKY
The exchange in the next village along has it, but ours doesn't. :(
Author:  JJW009 [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
rustybucket wrote:
JohnSheridan wrote:
Pity my neck of the woods - Northampton (pop. 192,000) and 22nd largest city/town in England - still has no set date for this :evil:

Sh*t.

Don't tell me that - I'm moving to Northampton soon. :roll: :x

Virgin already have fibre here in Northampton if you live in the correct post code.

Needless to say, it stops about 5 miles from my house...
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
It seems the only reason Cornwall is getting it is because it's being subsidised by the European Union. And the only reason Cornwall gets EU funds is because it's so deprived after being shafted by Westminster for umpteen years. You're talking about one of the poorest areas in the country, with depressed wages and high utility and housing costs.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:57 pm ]
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Linux_User wrote:
It seems the only reason Cornwall is getting it is because it's being subsidised by the European Union. And the only reason Cornwall gets EU funds is because it's so deprived after being shafted by Westminster for umpteen years. You're talking about one of the poorest areas in the country, with depressed wages and high utility and housing costs.


Housings not that expensive in areas away from the coast. The in-laws snapped up a bargain in Bodmin a few years ago. Obviously if you have a sea view then it will be expensive.
Author:  Linux_User [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
oceanicitl wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
It seems the only reason Cornwall is getting it is because it's being subsidised by the European Union. And the only reason Cornwall gets EU funds is because it's so deprived after being shafted by Westminster for umpteen years. You're talking about one of the poorest areas in the country, with depressed wages and high utility and housing costs.


Housings not that expensive in areas away from the coast. The in-laws snapped up a bargain in Bodmin a few years ago. Obviously if you have a sea view then it will be expensive.


Sorry? All I read was "hole" lol. :lol:
Author:  ProfessorF [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
oceanicitl wrote:
Housings not that expensive in areas away from the coast.


Bear in mind the local wages are nowhere near the rates enjoyed by the rest of the UK.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:07 pm ]
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Linux_User wrote:
Sorry? All I read was "hole" lol. :lol:


I quite liked Bodmin. The old steam train and station was great.

ProfessorF wrote:
oceanicitl wrote:
Housings not that expensive in areas away from the coast.


Bear in mind the local wages are nowhere near the rates enjoyed by the rest of the UK.


True but I thought the price of their home was reasonable.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
JJW009 wrote:
Needless to say, it stops about 5 miles from my house...

Could be worse. The Virgin cable stops about 200m shy of my mate Steve's house. That might not be an issue except that there's so much noise on the copper phone line, he can only get 512Kb ADSL.
The strange thing is that that entire estate was build in one go. So why didn't Virgin (or NTL or whoever it was before) lay the cable to all of it?
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 5:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: BT rolls out fibre in Cornwall
l3v1ck wrote:
JJW009 wrote:
Needless to say, it stops about 5 miles from my house...

Could be worse. The Virgin cable stops about 200m shy of my mate Steve's house. That might not be an issue except that there's so much noise on the copper phone line, he can only get 512Kb ADSL.
The strange thing is that that entire estate was build in one go. So why didn't Virgin (or NTL or whoever it was before) lay the cable to all of it?


Yip, just around the corner from us can't get VM :roll:
Author:  tombolt [ Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:52 pm ]
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Don't forget Dorset in the poor counties category. If it weren't for the Hampshire conurbation of Bournemouth skewing the statistics, it would be even worse.
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