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Originally Posted by injuneer
One would hope so but I have friends who still work in BT who can tell you that the bean counter mentality also prevails there!! I would expect BT's battery strings are in better conditition than some of ntl's so would be able to handle the load until an engineer could attend to start the engine.
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I agree but it doesn't seem to be to the same degree as the NTL cutbacks judging by what I've read on here. One thing is that loads of overtime is paid out to cope with faults and the ADSL volumes.
There's also the point that BT's backup batteries r stored in less extreme conditions being in an exchange building than in a street cabinet. They've also been taking on extra power engineers in some parts of the country lately to cope with the amount of maintenance work they have.