Well, we were promised a couple of hours outage on 22nd September as part of local network upgrades. The letter we received stated that this was preparation for speed upgrades. Unfortunately, nothing happened. No outages have occurred since some channel changes a few weeks ago.
Perhaps the delay was due to the finding of a 1 tonne (Hermann) bomb in the immediate vicinity of the expected works. The exclusion zone and the massive traffic problems may well have made it impossible for work to commence. The controlled explosion that came just before 11pm rattled our windows, but was too late for any delayed work to start.
I may be entirely wrong about this, so I would be interested if any VM insiders can shed some light.
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/new...-bomb-10112097