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lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1339

Bring back the GPO Two and a half weeks now with no phoneline Openreach were changing a pole in the village and it snapped off at ground level. Trouble is the adjacent pole is set in the ground on the railway line side of a fence. And it is that pole which now has the cables wrapped around it. The work started over two weeks ago, but after day 1 there has been zero activity to be seen. Phone/broadband contract is with SKY. All they seem to be able to do is get updates from Openreach and have offered to reduce our bill whilst we have no service. Openreach won't engage in a discussion and refer us back to SKY. Meantime, I'm having to purchase extra mobile data to run a very slow hotspot so the kid's can do their homework. etc. Ofcom won't investigate individual claims. Next step will be an email to our local MP who has fought the case in the past to get fast broadband to the village. It really annoys me that Openreach can be so slow in fixing the problem and appear to be a law unto themselves. Bring back the GPO I say. Rant over.

12th Oct 2018 6:10pm

Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1867	Aren't all utility companies law to themselves? 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone 2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW
12th Oct 2018 9:49pm

discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2539	A young lady in a Mercedes Sprinter decided to take out our village broadband box and it took Open Reach over two weeks to replace it. We were then waiting another week for Western Power to reinstate the power supply. I can fully sympathise with you. Defender 90XS SW Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8
13th Oct 2018 6:54am

JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7918

Whilst I sympathise with you and appreciate how frustrating it must be. I actually quite enjoy periods of no electric, water or broadband. It's a good lesson of how much we take these basics for granted. I find it quite an adventure. Get down the local library, use an internet cafe, time consuming but an adventure. Hope it gets back on soon. It funny you say this, I've just started a new project which takes me past a phone exchange which has obviously been driven over. It's at 90degrees completely open and has been like it for over a month with just a bit of warning tape wrapped around it. It surprises me every time I drive past and nothing has been done. James MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers

13th Oct 2018 7:28am

discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2539	Click image to enlarge Defender 90XS SW Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8
13th Oct 2018 8:22am

discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2539	Defender 90XS SW Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8
13th Oct 2018 8:25am

lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1339

@discomog. I like the forward control. If I had that I could sort out the line break myself !!! @JOW240725 Agree, could be worse. Don't get me started on water though. We were without a reliable supply for over 10 weeks in the summer as our spring supply all but dried up. At one point we were down to a flow of just 5 gallons a day. The novelty of fetching water from my parents in a 500 litre tank on the back of the tractor and trailing backwards and forwards with washing and for showers soon wore off.

13th Oct 2018 9:51am

ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831	If the Pole is on railway property then Openreach will have get permission from Network rail to enter the property to carry out the work, depending on how close the pole is to a working line it can take sometime to but a block on train services. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off. Richard
13th Oct 2018 10:32am

leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8582	Must admit I like those photographs especially the F.C. I wonder how many youngsters know what the figures 3-2-2 stand for on it. No we are not talking about some new fangle football team formation. I suppose I should define youngster somehow so say less then 30? Brendan
13th Oct 2018 1:14pm

Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1036	322 = the number of PPI and scam phone calls i have had this month?  Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200 Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold
13th Oct 2018 2:16pm

Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3600	Rosco wrote: Aren't all utility companies law to themselves? Yes. All of them.
13th Oct 2018 2:36pm

diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6168	leeds wrote: I wonder how many youngsters know what the figures 3-2-2 stand for on it. Got to be Unladen Weight... 3 groats, 2 horses and 2 sacks of coal?
13th Oct 2018 10:22pm

grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4801

I'm 26 so fall into the young category I'm guessing Imperial weight marking? UW (unladen weight?) 3 ton? 2 hundredweight? (Cwt I think?) 2 I'm really just clutching at straws but maybe quaterweight or something? 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon 1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton

13th Oct 2018 11:33pm

bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069	Underwhelmed by sky and openreach, have a look at the EE 4g router, 200gb month £60 no contract Or 100gb £45 month No phone line, no line rental ...
14th Oct 2018 8:35am

VVS210 Member Since: 12 Nov 2016 Location: Hampshire Posts: 953	^^^^ if only I lived somewhere that had better than a GPRS mobile signal... We never got upgraded to 3G as the plan was to go from GPRS straight to 4G - it hasn't happened yet
14th Oct 2018 9:49am

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