Well, I haven't applied for a position at McNicks. Indeed I am thankfully no longer involved in fibre build in any form at all and have no wish to go back there.

In my opinion the reason Openreach FTTC will outperform Virgin is not only due to cherry picking, it's because Openreach network is open.

Virgin is working a monopoly with no choice of provider for punters and showing anti competitive behaviour with duct sharing. They just ain't got it.

The residential market is no longer BT v Virgin, it's BT, TalkTalk, Sky, o2 etc v Virgin.

How the tables have turned.

Edited by deleted (Sat 29-Jan-11 23:43:58)

In reply to a post by yarwell:

they did one in Wales that was delivered. http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2267107/virgin-start-ele...

It mentions Woolhampton as another trial location - confusion of geography ?

Woolhampton is a village in West Berkshire near to the train line

Local news article, appared once or twice in the local news then vanished.

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?arti...

Woolhampton is very close to my village, i believe the works are to the north of the A4 as ive not seen anything myself of Virgins works.

Cat and mouse, with regards to overheads ofcom want to de reg BT more however they will of course charge for the use, and the power industry will need law changes for cable to be attatched to power lines.

The power planners in the midlands have been asked by tier 1 if any of us want to work on a project for virgin media in their exchanges, so that too could mean something.

Joint User Poles (JUP's) exist now between BT and DNO's but only at LV and are a royal pain in the backside for both parties.
Stringing stuff on HV will be a complete nightmare even if it is outside the danger zone. It's bad enough with our own cat's for faults and repairs. Wonder who pays for the repairs when the pikeys cut the poles down.....

In reply to a post by Rockh:

Joint User Poles (JUP's) exist now between BT and DNO's but only at LV and are a royal pain in the backside for both parties.
Stringing stuff on HV will be a complete nightmare even if it is outside the danger zone. It's bad enough with our own cat's for faults and repairs. Wonder who pays for the repairs when the pikeys cut the poles down.....

There is no problem stringing fibre on HV lines it is already done. They can hot work on the lines as well if need be meaning no interuption to the power

I have followed this up. The trial has not gone ahead and no further information is available

They can hot work on the lines as well if need be meaning no interuption to the power

At what voltage is this impractical ? 3.3 / 11 / 132 kV ?

The trial has not gone ahead and no further information is available

which of the two ?

Hot Glove can be done at any voltage upto 440kV. The linesmen at work who do this, do have a few screws loose and some impressive kit.