What difference?

They'll do it when they do it and nowt you can do can influence it.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

What difference?

They'll do it when they do it and nowt you can do can influence it.

Maybe maybe not, but it does show contractors can spin any line they want to OR, and not a thing OR can do.

Just feels like a fob off.

"Your cabinet is the last along the main fibre route, but we can't install the fibre to it until the damaged ducts have been repaired. As this involves digging and will cause traffic disruption, we have to wait until the local authority grants permission before we are permitted to start. It appears that the Gas company are also working in the same location, so we may have to wait until they finish before we are allowed to start."

Edited by deleted (Mon 01-Oct-12 20:32:03)

No apology needed for that, though you're not going to get much of a response in 9 minutes to a post asking for some random company director email address.

Neither even if you did write to the company director are you likely to get anywhere - these issues are outside the control of both Openreach and the contractor.

You have not been fobbed off, you have been given an informative reply explaining the exact issues.

Take a minute, go to the nearest pub and sink a couple rather than obsessing over FTTC and posting 5 times in a matter of minutes.

Basically they are saying the plastic tube that needs to be pushed through the ducting that is in the ground has met an obstruction and to clear that needs some roadworks as the blockage appears to be in the road.

Councils restrict road works so that no too many are happening in the same area at the same time, i.e. total gridlock

Once that tube is in the fibre that carries the light signal can be blown through

Twaddle.
If the duct is blocked, then it is blocked, this will require at least one dig, and even mention laying new duct, as Mr.S replied, these works have to get permission from the local authorities, arrange traffic lights, organise contractors to do the civils, etc,etc.In Reading a couple of months ago, to gain access to an underground chamber located below a main road, (no digging, just three way lights and a days access) meant a three month wait.

Take a minute, go to the nearest pub and sink a couple

Possibly not old enough to get served yet ?

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Take a minute, go to the nearest pub and sink a couple

Possibly not old enough to get served yet ?

Who knows, maybe the barman would fob him off instead of serving him.

I would have adored such a detailed and accurate response to the queries I've made as opposed to the complete twaddle I've been receiving from the twonk of a PM.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Twaddle.
If the duct is blocked, then it is blocked, this will require at least one dig, and even mention laying new duct, as Mr.S replied, these works have to get permission from the local authorities, arrange traffic lights, organise contractors to do the civils, etc,etc.In Reading a couple of months ago, to gain access to an underground chamber located below a main road, (no digging, just three way lights and a days access) meant a three month wait.

My point is they made no attempt to run fibre to it yet, I queried delay and got that reply.

currently no other utilities have any planned works for another 3 weeks.

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

Take a minute, go to the nearest pub and sink a couple

Possibly not old enough to get served yet ?

Who knows, maybe the barman would fob him off instead of serving him.

I would have adored such a detailed and accurate response to the queries I've made as opposed to the complete twaddle I've been receiving from the twonk of a PM.

a Posh fob off is still a posh fob off