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Originally Posted by Escapee
The Corporate Engineering department in ntl was like a comedy of errors. The CATV power supplies that also supply the broadband in some areas were designed for stringing between overhead poles. Because they were A: Installed in cabinets with no airflow, B: Fans were fitted in the cabinet but they never bothered to wore them up and C: They installed the power supplies with the cooling fins horizontal instead of vertical.
The varnish used to drip out of the transformers in the hot weather and all the plastic connectors became brittle due to the heat. many of those are still in service because they haven't been able to afford to replace them.
Plus they didn't have the correct launch amplifiers in Wales due to cost cutting, and they didn't increase battery backup capacity or air conditioning in hubsites or headends as they added equipment to the system.
you know things are bad when a managers rushes around with a big piece of cardboard waving it frantically in a headend to get some airflow around.
Only in ntl  |
I still know a few people in Ntl & nothing has changed as far as I can tell, in fact it's probably worse following the last round of engineering staff cuts.
