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FFTC or FFTP how can we make our voices heard
30-08-2011 4:20 PM
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Looking at the FFTC and FFTP lists that are being published it seems that very few places in Scotland are ever mentioned and Virgin are not increasing their coverage either.
Can anyone advise of a way to be heard. exchange code is wscam.
Cheers,
podman
Re: FFTC or FFTP how can we make our voices heard
30-08-2011 4:30 PM
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I'm afraid we are not aware of any way that end users can effect the BT fibre product road map. The only cases that I'm aware of raised a lot of the installation costs themselves.
Perhaps someone else can help?
Re: FFTC or FFTP how can we make our voices heard
15-09-2011 11:08 PM
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there must be some way.
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16-09-2011 9:28 AM
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16-09-2011 10:31 AM
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You at least had the 21st C up date we never got that not even a date listed, BUT we are now scheduled for FTTC next year
You can always pester your local MP to take up the cause
Re: FFTC or FFTP how can we make our voices heard
17-09-2011 9:18 PM
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Will start pestering mp next week.
podman
Re: FFTC or FFTP how can we make our voices heard
17-09-2011 9:59 PM
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Add in possible funding from the EU (if they are not bankrupt yet) and with £68m from Westminster, £68m from Scotland and try to get the EU to match that and you're looking at over £200m that can possibly be invested in getting Scotland onto fibre. However, Scotland has 1070 exchanges including 400 of the smallest in the UK so it is a major challenge right there, but I'd bug your local SMP/MP about it, your government has £68m to spend on the project so make your voice heard by the people that control that funding, your government.
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17-09-2011 10:27 PM
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Letter sent to M.P. and request to Virgin on who to contact to influence their roll out.
Podman
Re: FFTC or FFTP how can we make our voices heard
17-09-2011 10:49 PM
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£68m isn't enough however to upgrade Scotland, it's no where near enough. It's costing over £100m for BT to upgrade 100 exchanges in Cornwall to Fibre by 2014 (100% coverage) and Scotland is a lot larger than Cornwall and has unique problems. I guess one way to do it would be to work with local businesses to find out how much upgrading your particular exchange would benefit local businesses, how much extra it would bring in to the economy. Heck, if the money is just there waiting to be claimed and used, with a good enough business plan and enough support local people could (maybe, possibly) apply for it themselves to upgrade their own exchange with their own ISP, though that is something that would need to be checked, it may be impossible or it may be possible, all depends on how the funds can be allocated.
Re: FFTC or FFTP how can we make our voices heard
17-09-2011 11:29 PM
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