BT Fibre Pulls Out of Chelsea Over Ugly Equipment Cabinets

judgecorp writes "The up-market London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has lost its chance for BT fast fibre. After residents objected to the ugly fibre cabinets, and the council repeatedly refused permission to install them in historic sites, BT has said the borough will not get its fast BT Infinity product at all. The borough says it doesn't need BT, as Richard Branson's Virgin Media has got it more or less covered."

Comments

Re:Agreed

[MightyYar]

Couldn't they have made them into the shape of the old red payphones? This seems like the company was being a bit arrogant.

Re:Agreed

[icebike]

This type of Infrastructure stays around for 50 years on average, and there's no need to accept such crappie equipment strewn all over the landscape because once in, you are stuck, they will never improve or replace them.

If you don't force them to do it right the first time, it will look like hell forever.

I have a ground mounted transformer, a telephone cabinet , a cable company cabinet all sitting in my front yard, all because the subdivision builder granted them easements. The service companies bitch where I shroud them with Rhodies.

FFS

[icebraining]

The borough says it doesn't need BT, as Richard Branson's Virgin Media has got it more or less covered.

Yeah, and who needs competition, we all know monopolies are the best way to ensure low prices and good services, am I right?

I understand that the boxes may be ugly, but that statement is utterly moronic.

Re:Agreed

[ATMD]

I was on UKFSN when I lived with people, but had to switch to a cheaper ISP when I started living on my own. If I could afford it I'd definitely go back, though - proper business-grade ADSL, a /29 subnet, fantastic latency and great customer support (it's run by a geek in his garage).

That was a couple of years ago so it may have changed, but I'd certainly be willing to try them again if I had the chance.