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Friday 19th December 

Milton Keynes Village and Middleton Cabling

Cabling Claridge DriveSkanskaA couple of men from Skanska and a huge drum of telephone cable were spotted on the H7 V10 roundabout this morning at 09:00.
They're running in new cable for Broadband. By 11:00 they had progressed along to Claridge Drive, near Bowling Leys.

They are pulling in several runs of 200 pair 0.63 cable, Belden's finest CW1224. An 800 pair cable had already been run in to the exchange at Bradwell Abbey.

"We've got to get the work done before Christmas."

I'm 100% certain that this is for Broadband.

This puts Middleton at the same state as Monkston in June. The first resident was connected in September.

Squeezing a report out of BT

I phoned Serena at BT to find out what was going on.

She said that there was a lot happening and that we would have some pleasant news in the New Year.

I tried to squeeze a formal announcement from Serena, but I was told to be patient and wait until the New Year.

Serena followed this up with an email: "We [wish to] ensure a simple experience for our customers. It is not just a case of updating a database... there is a lot more involved. Please be reassured that the team are working very hard to ensure that what needs to be done is done as quickly as possible."

Further news, when received, will be linked from this page...

My Inbox

They are obviously lost, they should be laying it on the V11 between H3 and H4. I'll go and tell them.

Yours...

Concerned of Willen
 
I agree with "Concerned of Willen", except it should be on V10, Willen Park needs BB now!

Paul
 
Oh! Maybe an Xmas present from BT...
I'll look out for white vans around my way in Loughton.

Ta,
Rob

[Please report any suspicious looking white vans to me or the mailing list.]
 
Maybe they'll work their way south a little

Neil, Wavendon Gate
   
If you can work your magic for Linford as well.....

Sam
 
I need Kents Hill doing though - Ticehurst Close in particular. :) Mind you, I was on Middleton today and I did see a nice house for sale!!
Maybe...

Paul
 
Wish they were doing something in Great Linford! I went onto the BT site and re-registered my interest to find that my exchange is still "too far away"

BT says "For Telephone Number 01908****** on Exchange BRADWELL ABBEY - Your exchange has ADSL broadband. However, the length of the telephone line between you and the exchange is too long for ADSL broadband. However, we are continuing to look for alternative technology solutions and will keep you updated with developments as they happen."

I reckon we'll have men living on mars before Great Linford gets BB!!
Richard
 
Does this mean that Middleton is going to get broadband?

Dave
 
I've just moved to Shenley Lodge from Shenley Brook End where I was living with my parents. I used to have a 2Mb line over there where I was connected the Shenley Church End exchange. Now having moved the Shenley Lodge, my nearest exchange is Bradwell Abbey, which can only offer 512k instead. Is there anything that can be done to remedy this, by BT?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Reza, Shenley Lodge
 

I'm a Broadband Operations Manager in BT Wholesale. My parents currently live on Heelands in Milton Keynes and are unable to get DSL because of the distance from Wolverton exchange which they are connected to, they are just out of limits apparently.

I get a lot of ear bashing I can assure you!

Anyway, this is just a short mail to offer any help I can to your group in making Broadband more widely available in Milton Keynes. I work on the repair side of the business but obviously I have access to the wider organisation.
 
Have you kept the EP site under review?

http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/pages/index.asp?PageID=1
http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/pages/page_04.asp?PageID=256
http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/pages/page_01.asp?PageID=435

And also the SEEDA site?

http://www.seeda.co.uk/broadband/index.htm

Which is the satellite MK version promoter. Perhaps they need to be lobbied for a role in cabling - or putting pressure on BT.

I suspect that you know the ropes as well as I do, but thought it worth saying above. Also, you will want to keep an eye on the ODPM site if we have keyworker housing, This will be delivered under the ODPM Sustainable Communities Plan.

Look on the ODPM site below under sustainable communities. See 'The Communities Plan' link.

I am certain that you have already been effective, but have you considered perhaps putting pressure on EP/SEEDA/ODPM via local MPs and Councillors.

Mr Mole
 
ODPM. My personal favourite is this stunning initiative.
 
I have moved home to Wolverton; I can now get broadband!

Jianguo
 
I have just received a call from BT saying that I can have Broadband, I couldn't believe it because I have just had another line put in so that I could do two things at once, anyway the news is I can get Broadband in Walton Park apparently.

Monica
 
Having received my first Newsletter from BB4MK I decided to use the recommended checker to see if any miracles have occurred since I last checked for BB availability from Bradwell Abbey Exchange. I have 2 lines and tried both. The first number was the old "Sorry not available from Bradwell Abbey Exchange due to distance etc". The second number was typed in and, "Good News your Exchange now has ADSL Broadband etc" How is this possible? One house, 2 lines from same exchange, yet the distance is OK for one line, and too far for the other.

I don't get it. (no pun intended) :-))

Paul, Pennyland
 

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