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Old 31-10-2011, 10:45   #8
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Re: Westminster Cable TV closing but what about the hidden telephone service?

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Originally Posted by m419 View Post
That was another odd thing, isle of dogs was covered by Encom then acquired by BellCable Media then Cable and Wireless and of course NTL. Wonder why they just pulled out of the area? Perhaps they'll return following new developments.
It wasn't financially viable to overbuild the area, network sucked too hard and they didn't consider the level of rebuild required an option.

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In my area of London, the best is Virgin Media, BT Broadband round here gives you up to 6mb, BT infinity goes up to about 20mb and from what i've heard from the neighbours, BT broadband keeps going down and often you only get around 3mb at peak times. BT infinity can't even cover the whole borough because of certain conservation rules brought in recently.
There are no 'conservation rules' brought in recently - BT and every other provider have always required planning permission to erect cabinets in conservation areas - their planning permission requests have been a regular feature of the planning lists in this borough.
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