Pensioners view blocked by Virgin Media cabinet
I can understand why this couple have made this complaint after seeing this on the news last night and I cannot help but wonder if VM could have installed them in a more suitable area or was this really the only place these boxes could be installed.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...oadband_boxes/ |
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That is Virgin Media's problem. Would they buy a house with that cabinet in front of their house, I suspect not. |
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When our road was cabled years ago the cable company wanted to put the green cabinet right next to a neighbour's side wall. They complained on the basis that this would enable anyone who so desired to climb over their wall into their back garden. The company concerned moved it 10m down the hill to just outside their front garden which they were fine with. IIRC little or no cabling had been done at that point so it wasn't a big job.
I can't help thinking that there are times when a little bit of common sense would go a long way but there will always be cases where there's no ideal solution and someone or other is going to have to put up with something they don't like. |
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It's all a bit of a dilemma. Nobody wants one of these things outside their house I'm sure but they have to go somewhere so someone's going to wind up the loser. It's like street lights, near here there are a number of properties who can't solve their parking problems because there's a street light slap bang in the middle of what would be their drive. They will have known that when buying the house of course but it's still a disadvantage especially now off road parking is at a premium which may not have been the case at the time of purchase. There's a street near us in which parking was never an issue until the knocked down a small car sales garage and built about a dozen homes on the plot. As usual not enough off road parking was provided for the new properties which meant the nearby residents found it harder to park and one by one had to pay for crossovers to be installed and their small front gardens surfaced over. That's except for the ones with tress, street lamps or road signs right outside... |
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Saying that perhaps the estate is partially public and partially private so options were limited :shrug: Due to the nature of the cabinets moving them is... problematic. |
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What exactly do these large cabinets do? I sometimes pass one that always seems to be making a buzzing noise!
I have a much smaller one outside my home, what are those for? Thanks. |
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IIRC Daddy cab has the CATV / BB amplifiers and splitters in, Mummy cab has the phones and Baby cab is a local TV/BB splitting.
Got all three over the road from us. |
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Presumably they have to go somewhere on the street, so if they moved them, someone else would then be blocked ?
(I always thought VM Cabs were green as well, they all are around here). |
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It might have been a better choice to put them in a place where the types of residents were less likely to be of the complaining variety - both for the benefit of the residents and the company. I think though, VM have changed the way they decide where to put these MSAN boxes, so the problem should be less pronounced in newer areas where community consultations of the plans take place. Wherever you put it however, there will always be at least one person that can't support that amount of change and will write a strongly worded letter.
Sorry if that sounds bitter. I have 700kb/s upload here :D |
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