National Campaign Against 'Broadband Boxes'

Ignitionnet · 08-09-2010, 19:47

Yip - a NIMBY from the St Albans area has garnered some support from other NIMBYs and between all of them they are protesting against deployment of street cabinets.

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news...band_campaign/

Crazy that BT are wasting so much time on St Albans when there are other places that want the services and won't protest over it. BT have done towns bigger than St Albans in a couple of months, they've been at St Albans since April. Likewise annoying BT execs are wasting their customers' line rental meeting this NIMBY and banging their heads against the wall of St Albans council.

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news...and_protester/
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news..._snail_s_pace/

It's nothing personal against BT though, Virgin Media are also getting complained at.

TonyHoyle · 08-09-2010, 20:00

I've heard the same happening before.

If they don't want cabs, send them over here.

Then when the same NIMBYs are bitching about their slow broadband we can all point and laugh.

jb66 · 08-09-2010, 21:06

Give them dial up then!

Sirius · 08-09-2010, 21:07

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Yip - a NIMBY from the St Albans area has garnered some support from other NIMBYs and between all of them they are protesting against deployment of street cabinets.

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news...band_campaign/

Crazy that BT are wasting so much time on St Albans when there are other places that want the services and won't protest over it. BT have done towns bigger than St Albans in a couple of months, they've been at St Albans since April. Likewise annoying BT execs are wasting their customers' line rental meeting this NIMBY and banging their heads against the wall of St Albans council.

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news...and_protester/
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news..._snail_s_pace/

It's nothing personal against BT though, Virgin Media are also getting complained at.

Same reason that Chester does not have Cable. To many people complained and the build was stopped. It never restarted.

**Stuart** · 08-09-2010, 22:20

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news...and_protester/

This one has invoked the "won't somebody think of the kids" clause.

I do have one query with the one I linked to though. He claims that where they have placed the box, it blocks his view of the pavement when he drives out of his drive. Fair enough. Are most BT boxes around 3-4 foot tall though? I could certainly see over the VM boxes around here while sitting in a car. Of course, if he drove a 911 or other sports car, he'd have a point.

Seems to me that this woman is a typical Resident's Associate busybody though. Our local residents association spends most of it's time complaining that the council does nothing to maintain the flowerbeds around the area, which prompts the council to maintain them for about 2 weeks.

That's not to say the RA haven't helped in the area. They managed to get an extension to the secure unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital stopped citing major concerns over security at the site (someone escapes at least 6 times a year).

jrhnewark · 09-09-2010, 01:39

The Italian-named bloke sounds like a proper NIMBY. Where does he drive where there aren't hazards where you should peep-and-creep? What a lame excuse.

I've emailed this Vanessa woman just to reiterate how ironic her email address is and enquire as to whether she's got any idea why BT are installing these new cabinets. I can pre-empt the response, if I get one!

BenMcr · 09-09-2010, 01:53

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Originally Posted by Stuart

Are most BT boxes around 3-4 foot tall though? I could certainly see over the VM boxes around here while sitting in a car. Of course, if he drove a 911 or other sports car, he'd have a point.

The Fibre cabinets are quite a bit bigger. We've got a few around here, and I can sort of understand where someone is coming from.

Small child + taller cabinet = possible issue

EDIT: found a picture of one of the new BT ones from here

watzizname · 09-09-2010, 05:27

Hardly a surprise our streets look like complete and utter crap, whats wrong with a little consultation with those its going to affect?

If they put something like that outside my house, i'd be more than a little tempted to introduce it to mr lumphammer..

Ignitionnet · 09-09-2010, 08:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuart

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news...and_protester/

This one has invoked the "won't somebody think of the kids" clause.

I do have one query with the one I linked to though. He claims that where they have placed the box, it blocks his view of the pavement when he drives out of his drive. Fair enough. Are most BT boxes around 3-4 foot tall though? I could certainly see over the VM boxes around here while sitting in a car. Of course, if he drove a 911 or other sports car, he'd have a point.

He would have had trouble parking his ice cream van had that box been put there.

Woolly One · 09-09-2010, 12:41

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Originally Posted by watzizname

If they put something like that outside my house, i'd be more than a little tempted to introduce it to mr lumphammer..

There is another way of looking at it. If a service provider wanted to locate a box outside your house, you could always negotiate that you got free services for the life!

Digital Fanatic · 09-09-2010, 13:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Yip - a NIMBY from the St Albans area has garnered some support from other NIMBYs and between all of them they are protesting against deployment of street cabinets.

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news...band_campaign/

Crazy that BT are wasting so much time on St Albans when there are other places that want the services and won't protest over it. BT have done towns bigger than St Albans in a couple of months, they've been at St Albans since April. Likewise annoying BT execs are wasting their customers' line rental meeting this NIMBY and banging their heads against the wall of St Albans council.

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news...and_protester/
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news..._snail_s_pace/

It's nothing personal against BT though, Virgin Media are also getting complained at.

Oh gawd! give 'em dial-up 56k

Ignitionnet · 09-09-2010, 13:41

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Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

Oh gawd! give 'em dial-up 56k

You know as well as I do how big the Virgin Mux cabinets are. They're a similar size to these new BT cabinets, if anything maybe larger so I'm far from convinced of these huge issues. The BT cabinets are certainly not the first time something of this size has been in the streets and I can't remember Virgin's cabinets being implicated in any deaths.

BenMcr · 09-09-2010, 14:07

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

You know as well as I do how big the Virgin Mux cabinets are. They're a similar size to these new BT cabinets, if anything maybe larger so I'm far from convinced of these huge issues. The BT cabinets are certainly not the first time something of this size has been in the streets and I can't remember Virgin's cabinets being implicated in any deaths.

Though aren't there likely to be more of the big BT ones than the Virgin ones, as the BT ones where I am seem to be springing up next to every existing cabinet

I only know of one Virgin cabinet that size around where I live, all the rest of the cabinets are the small ones

heero_yuy · 09-09-2010, 14:50

There are three boxes on the corner across the road from me: 2 large ones, one I know is phones 'cos the low life round here keep prising open the doors and mucking with the wires. plus one of the smaller ones. Fortunatly they're all against a high wall with a fence on top so don't impose on the street.

I think the issue here is when there are no walls or fences as is common on new estates and the box stands up proud on the verge, not too bad with a small one but if it's one of the biggies....