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What
they really say..!
as an
ntl:
employee, and one of many who live in Ely, I wanted to pipe up (no pun
intended).
Firstly, yes it is an inconvenience with noise and
drive access, etc difficult, however once completed "the
gold" is then in the ground.
The amount of benefits from the new technology that can be delivered over
a fibre optic cable are significant. I think it's fair to say that whether
we love it or hate it, communication technology flowing into homes & businesses
is an essential everyday service/commodity rather like other services
such as Gas, electricity, etc
When our ancestors met at the well, I wonder if
they said, 'There's Anglian Water digging up our streets, making such
a mess'!
And in Canada they say..
Of course I know nothing of the annoyance over there,in dealing with the
upheaval of the road system. But surely a little patience will result
in a better service to everyone. Here in our little Canadian town, all
our electrical and electronic services are supplied by a mess of wires
dangling from ugly posts along our streets.The telephone lines,the electric
cables and the T.V. cables all combine to make continuing rows of tangled
"rat's nests" spoiling the appearance of our lovely trees and gardens.
I do so wish some back-hoes would come along with a bunch of muscular
workers and dig up our street for a while and we would be relieved of
this unsightly and CONTINUING annoyance for ever!
So Eleans , gripe no more and enjoy a fully serviced and clean environment...
AND IN ENGLAND THEYR'E GOING
MENTAL..!
Crazy. Five weeks they've been down our tiny, tiny
road. Today it was clear they'll be there
for some time to come, and still they huff and puff when I ask them to
move those bloody red and white boards from my driveway so I can reverse
out. Sheeez. And 'gold in the ground'? A friend of mine found his gold
in the ground when digging over his flower borders. Silly of him to try
and dig 3 inches down in his own garden I suppose. It reminded me of the
time 3 or 4 years ago when we had Cambrodge Cable installed. When I did
the first lawn cut of the spring I found all the cables looped in and
around the long grass. So, if you do get it installed, watch 'em like
hawks. Al
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They
have finished the trench across the road outside our house and now
it is subsiding under the weight of traffic. Steve G.
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I
have no desire to take up their marvellous offer of wall to wall mind
blowing cable TV
(topless darts, appalling sports coverage, and repeats of I Love Lucy).
I'm sure in years to come we will be so grateful that we endured months
of misery and red and white boards. If they can tell me that the ironing
will be carried out by fibre optics or the hoover will take instructions
from my PC then they can come around and lean on shovels to their heart's
content. H.
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C'mon, Lee, where's all those lovely photos you used to take for the Ely
site? I'd love to see something other than Jacko-me-lad
of NTL. He isn't even 'ansome - I'm sure all those jealous husbands
needn't worry - the ladies in Ely have much better taste! Pam.
I made the mistake of letting the NTL muppets into my house
so that I could have a cable phone line laid and the free months offer
of telly! That was Sat 26th Aug. The highly skilled (?) workmen (who looked
like they would have been more at home out stealing cars) managed to put
2 staples through the cable for the phone so that was dead when they came
to test it. They still have not got their act together and been back to
put it right despite many phone calls (on my BT Line! Fingers crossed
for Friday morning!) As for the telly programmes - 54 channels of complete
excrement!
Alison
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See editor's page for the latest pic of the Tinker
of Ely ain't a pretty site is it? Sends a shiver. Mind you, once
we're all NTL'd up we won't want to go out will we? We'll
be able to sit at home watching pro-celebrity lawn mowing, safe in the
knowledge that we need never interact with other people ever again
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