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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
I just looked and (as I vaguely remembered) Atlantic Telecom was the cable company for Aberdeen. They went belly up in 2001 and I believe their cable assets weren't bought and are still there, getting increasingly out of date, under the streets of the area. I get the impression they were more of a phone and internet provider than TV in their later years. Maybe someone from the area with a greater knowledge can chip in.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1738232.stm
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...-was-sunk.html |
You'd think that VM or their predecessor in Scotland would have bought it cheaply. Even if it needed rewiring, all the ducts, rights of way etc would be in place and it would be cheaper and easier than extending their network to somewhere where cable had never been laid.