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Originally Posted by Pierre
You can tell me I'm wrong but the pics of the tidy cabs look like they show the cabs before they have any customers on them, or very few customers, and I would suspect you are trying to exaggerate a point..
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Cab1 pic is after a cab audit (remember those?) about 3 or 4 years ago. It is presently not in the same state as cab2 or cab3 which are in a high churn/ rented accommodation area, but it looks nothing like that now.
Cab4 is near a industrial estate, so only has a few subs. Cab5 is an example of splitters being fitted instead of pulling out redundant drops.
These were used to give a contrast between how a cab should be (they all were once) and how bad some of them are.
Of course not all cabs are in the shambolic state illustrated but I could provide plenty more that are well on the way. How long before they all are?
The replies from other franchises show that this is not limited to teesside, and the guys working on the network day in day out will know the cost of this decision.
The point here is that both NTL and Telewest have a host of dedicated technicians (both installs and service) who try to take pride in the job they do. As the recent news confirms, they are not at all valued by the company, who favour contract services at the detriment to the network.