Family quoted 2,300 quid for fibre to the PREMISES... and is whinging

Works both ways probably. I remember a letter from a BT engineer in one
rural area some years ago. He said that with a quite modest grant they
could give everyone in the area ADSL quite quickly but the council or
some Quango was going to spend far more on a wireless network. I have
read of areas where wireless has been put in with a grant which only
covered a fairly short period so after a year or so the system went out
of use because no funds to pay for it.

 

The whole management of the BDUK project has come under fire. Meanwhile there is a report in the
Mail today of a farmer who found a hotspot on his farm and installed his own broadband. He has
started a business putting in similar installations for other people.

 

A follow-up to my own post. Dr Peter Cochrane (formerly of BT) was on BBC Today this morning,
critical of the current broadband rollout programme. He has connected his own village by wireless,
locating transceivers on the church tower. Regulations should be changed to enable people to
install fibre and copper in their communities as well.

 

Many just get a satellite feedm like a friend of mine.

There is a lot of rubbish talked about how businesses cannot possibly
survive which a very high speed connection.

Obviously if you have a business that needs multiple high speed
connections then you either do not set it up miles from anywhere or pay
for a suitable connecton.

If you want a telephone call centre then you similarly do not build
miles from anywhere and expect the telcome company to sonnect to you
free of charge.

If you start a business miles from anywhere then you do not expect the
bus companies to bring your employees to you without charging an
economic fare. If you need lots of power then you pay the electricity
supplier to install suitable capacity lines, similarly for the water
company etc.

It reminds me of some years ago when there used to be people retiring to
remote locations to 'get away from it all' then moaning because they had
poor TV and radio reception.

 

Also city workers who move out into the sticks then expect their rail fares to be subsidised (in
case you don't believe me, compare the cost of an annual season with the appropriate number of
return tickets bought daily. Even the cheap off-peak fares work out a lot dearer than the season).