Thread: New Build Woes
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Old 29-04-2017, 00:39   #30
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Re: New Build Woes

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Originally Posted by MrIca View Post
It is in the world of big companies, telecoms and subcontractors. Things just don't happen anywhere near as quickly as you seem to think they do.
Haha, I know! It would seem you're correct. Though I don't think it's too much to ask for a big company like Virgin to complete on time. There must be many people on the development who didn't have the option of Virgin when they moved in, so won't bother to switch when it launches. Many will be in a contract, so won't switch for at least 12/18/24 months at a minimum. It just seems like a poorly thought out rollout.

Openreach had their network connected up from day one. It just seems like a no-brainer from a business perspective. Also, bear in mind that this saga has been ongoing since before I reserved the home in September last year. The delay was highlighted to me then, but it was anticipated that the issues would likely be resolved by the time we moved in in February. That's more than 6 months delay for rollout into a brand new development - we're not talking about digging up roads here.

Anyway, I appreciate Steve's updates and input, and fully accept that he's doing so on his own time and under his own steam. My assumption is that he's a busy man and probably doesn't keep track of every thread he's offered advice on. A small prompt for an update I hope isn't seen as harassment or bombardment, though I apologise if that's the case. I'm certainly not aggrieved by him - quite the contrary, he's been a great source of information and has offered, to some extent, some assurance that we'll get Virgin eventually!

I admit to being a worrier and a little obsessive about the details of these things. At the back of my mind, I still can't shake the fear that something will go wrong and we'll be stuck with ADSL forever.
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