In my area, Beds and Bucks they are not. Potential customers are pulling their hair out, they want NTl! It's a shame really. I spoke to one developer who was desperate to get NTL to cable. They had done half the estate, the rest was continued about two months later. NTL cabled the original estate, then refused to continue with the rest, the developer gave up making phone calls ,etc. About 10 boxes were collected as people could not continue with ntl. most had BB, TV and phone. Most had a dislike of SKY (murdoch , etc) and wanted to continue.
With the expected development in this area with 1000's of new homes being proposed NTl has a could chance of increasing customer numbers. Even if they just have the phone and BB and leave the TV to Sky. Most are doing that anyway!:o
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Originally Posted by spike7451
Hi,I'm a I/R Tech with NTL & the way i understand it is it has something to do with once a road/path is laid,it cannot be dug up for 5 years except for 'essential' works.The is also a 'wayleave' issue which is where the permission of the developer has to be sought.My cousin is a example.She lives at the end of a cul-de-sac,but because a bloke 2 doos down wont give ntl permission to cross in front of his house,she cant get cable.Belfast,Lisburn & Glengormley where i live in N-Ireland are the only places that have been 90% cabled (apart from L/Derry)
The also are 2 large towns near where i live,Bangor & Newtownards have been largly cabled for 2 or more years but so far,no install work has gone on.
Mainly,the problem is lack of money since NTL's chapter 11.And there has been talk for a while now about a merger with Telewest.
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When I was at BT the wayleave act was quite vague. The permission is sought from the local authority if it is a road, path , etc, unless the path has not been officially passed from developers to LA. The neighbour has a right if it crosses his property but not if it is running past it. By the looks of it Victor Meldrew lives on!!