tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377548475394156858.post6859246938907319526..comments2024-03-22T18:06:30.585+00:00Comments on Nocton in Lincolnshire: Superfast broadband - more newsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377548475394156858.post-35221624778330345142016-10-27T23:46:29.998+01:002016-10-27T23:46:29.998+01:00I am delighted there has been movement on this at ...I am delighted there has been movement on this at last after incredibly poor treatment we have received. Thank you, Geoff, for your persistence. I met with the County Council officer in charge, Stephen Brookes again today in public, so perhaps knowing that was coming up was also a helpful prompt. <br /><br />It is incredible just how bad BDUK can be. The £40m of public money for 157,000 dwellings has a £12m underspend, so the cost was over-estimated by almost a third. That remains committed to the contract, now in phase 2. It seems they have also tried to spend the money in areas that already have good broadband in order to compete with Virgin, so LCC has had to be vigilant. Public money is only intended to provide a service where it would not otherwise be economically viable. <br /><br />Worse, there is no systematic way of us checking what level of service the 157,000 homes are actually receiving, so how can we hold them to their contract of providing 90% superfast broadband by 31st March 2016? The remaining 10% should be on 2Mb/s by the end of 2015 via alternative technologies.<br /><br />They talk about "premises passed" rather than premises actually able to access 24Mb/s. This depends on the BT copper wires from the box to our homes being in good order. Also "contention" of more people using the fibres slows it down, commonly to 15Mb/s. Europe is going for 30Mb/s. BDUK denies reducing the space available for old systems, slowing down what we had before. BT have a Universal obligation to get 10Mb/s everywhere in project 2, ending this year. <br /><br />There is £18m still to spend and technology is overtaking us with EE promising to provide 4G or 5G. However, I gather they need fibre of fixed wireless in place. <br /><br />The BDUK contract was set up by the government and signed by the Executive at County, but the contract was said to be largely written by BDUK themselves and is described as having "no teeth". <br /><br />I requested the commissioning of smaller contracts with alternative suppliers using new technologies asap. I also asked for an investigation into how we could systematically assess what premises are receiving, so we could start to hold BDUK and BT to account. If individuals can evidence poor levels over time, we could take that up. There are also some £350 grants available from LCC, which we spoke about before. Thanks, Geoff for all your hard work. you have been brilliant. I hope our combined efforts are fruitful shortly!<br /><br />Marianne Overtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917815119576523896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377548475394156858.post-4432677174908524882016-10-27T21:53:58.233+01:002016-10-27T21:53:58.233+01:00Great news Geoff, many thanks for all your hard wo...Great news Geoff, many thanks for all your hard work and lobbying. It's been a long struggle but persistence has finally paid off. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991553935046220288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377548475394156858.post-84008521035253767042016-10-27T21:30:30.352+01:002016-10-27T21:30:30.352+01:00Hi Jim. The work relates to all consumer lines lin...Hi Jim. The work relates to all consumer lines linked to the pole DP108 next to the bus stop. I had a walk up the road earlier tonight and this includes your line. The lobbying may finally be coming to an end. Hopefully within the next few weeks we should be able to upgrade. Kind regards.Geoff Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276199104613997901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377548475394156858.post-26700839569597171302016-10-27T21:23:08.356+01:002016-10-27T21:23:08.356+01:00Hi Geoff,
That's promising news, does this mea...Hi Geoff,<br />That's promising news, does this mean that all the remaining properties on Main Street (including my own - Embsay cottage) will have access to Superfast broadband finally ?<br />Kind Regards, JimAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991553935046220288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377548475394156858.post-86701908939586019132016-10-27T16:18:30.960+01:002016-10-27T16:18:30.960+01:00Hi Nick. Thanks for the info - it is indeed the wo...Hi Nick. Thanks for the info - it is indeed the work relating to the CR22. I had an email from Ian McEwan at BT Openreach early today, about 8.10am, to say his lads were already on site to do the work. He had also rearranged his other commitments for the day so he could attend personally. I met with him about 1.00pm and had a good chat about things - it appears he has agreed with Steve Brookes to get on with the job and they will sort out all the paperwork after with BT Group. It will take a couple of weeks or so now to sort the records for the lines involved and then our individual ISPs will be able to offer us a fibre service. Super news... but I better not speak too soon!Geoff Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276199104613997901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377548475394156858.post-80140424468238933812016-10-27T14:57:13.647+01:002016-10-27T14:57:13.647+01:00Geoff, not sure if you have seen the BT Van just u...Geoff, not sure if you have seen the BT Van just up from the Post Office today but they appeared to be handling more large cables.. Not sure if this has any link to your Change Request 22.. Can't imagine the wheels have turned so rapidly to get things moving this quickly. Regards, Nick J-DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344058617982489813noreply@blogger.com