We the undersigned renew our appeal to the Chipping Barnet MP Mrs Theresa Villiers and Councillor David Longstaff to redouble their efforts to ensure that additional kerbside cabinets are installed to serve the 3,000 High Barnet households and premises that are currently without a high-speed internet connection.
British Telecom admit that there will be delays in providing a fast broadband service to up to 3,000 High Barnet households.
BT has still made virtually no progress in agreeing suitable sites for the installation of the necessary additional kerbside telephone cabinets and that a further three potential cabinets are “not commercially viable”.
Mrs Theresa Villiers MP and a delegation from the Barnet Society, BT has conceded that its previous target of being able to offer additional high-speed connections in High Barnet has now slipped from the spring to the end of September at the earliest.
So far a site has been agreed for only one additional cabinet – at Hadley Highstone – which BT say is “planned to go live by the end of the year”.
But no agreement has been reached on sites for the additional cabinets that are required if fast broadband is to reach homes in side streets in and around the centre of High Barnet.
BT is still blaming Barnet Council for the failure to find suitable locations for additional cabinet at six sites:
Wood Street, opposite the Black Horse public house
Wood Street, outside the entrance to Old Court House
High Street, near Hadley Parade
Salisbury Road, near the junction with Stapylton Road
Manor Road, near the junction with Cedar Lawn Avenue
Bells Hill, near the junction with Wood Street
BT’s latest statement has ominous news for some homes off the High Street and St Albans Road. It says upgrades are no longer considered viable for two locations:
Bruce Road
Salisbury Road
Updates
August 27, 2014
I am honestly a bit overwhelmed by the attention this has received lately. It is clear that I am not the only person feeling frustrated by these constant delays. This momentum belongs entirely to the people of High Barnet who refuse to be ignored any longer.
Reached 100 supporters
August 27, 2014
129 Comments
It is disgraceful that we have been lied to about the "fibre" rollout. Excuses come in megabytes! My neighbours have fast internet connected to a cabinet further away from the exchange than ours. Is Wood Street "rural". Why cannot an extra cabinet be placed beside the Bells Hill one?
The terribly slow speed of internet in High Barnet is both frustrating and prohibiting me from being able to work from home. We need action to rectify the situation.
An utter farce, both BT and Barnet Council should be hanging their heads in shame! We are a borough in the country's capital city and we can't even get fibre. In an ever more technological connected world, Barnet is being left in the dark ages. I can't even get iPlayer to work on my pitiful connection.
The present dark green cabinets in Wood Street opposite The Black Horse and at the top of Bells Hill are unobtrusive. Surely two similar adjacent cabinets would also be acceptable?
I have literally today been persuaded by BT to sign up for another 12 months broadband with them on the incentive that I will get infinity soon and that they will do me a good deal for this as I've just signed up with BT again! Now I hear 30 minutes later that we won't get Infinity!!
Perhaps this will help us in future: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41940505 Almost every day is a terrible Internet day for me. I will happily take a refund for the abysmal service they manage in our area.
Abysmal internet considering we're zone 5 of London. This issue will deter people from ever wanting to move into the area.
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We the undersigned renew our appeal to the Chipping Barnet MP Mrs Theresa Villiers and Councillor David Longstaff to redouble their efforts to ensure that additional kerbside cabinets are installed to serve the 3,000 High Barnet households and premises that are currently without a high-speed internet connection.
British Telecom admit that there will be delays in providing a fast broadband service to up to 3,000 High Barnet households.
BT has still made virtually no progress in agreeing suitable sites for the installation of the necessary additional kerbside telephone cabinets and that a further three potential cabinets are “not commercially viable”.
Mrs Theresa Villiers MP and a delegation from the Barnet Society, BT has conceded that its previous target of being able to offer additional high-speed connections in High Barnet has now slipped from the spring to the end of September at the earliest.
So far a site has been agreed for only one additional cabinet – at Hadley Highstone – which BT say is “planned to go live by the end of the year”.
But no agreement has been reached on sites for the additional cabinets that are required if fast broadband is to reach homes in side streets in and around the centre of High Barnet.
BT is still blaming Barnet Council for the failure to find suitable locations for additional cabinet at six sites:
Wood Street, opposite the Black Horse public house
Wood Street, outside the entrance to Old Court House
High Street, near Hadley Parade
Salisbury Road, near the junction with Stapylton Road
Manor Road, near the junction with Cedar Lawn Avenue
Bells Hill, near the junction with Wood Street
BT’s latest statement has ominous news for some homes off the High Street and St Albans Road. It says upgrades are no longer considered viable for two locations:
Bruce Road
Salisbury Road
Updates
August 27, 2014
I am honestly a bit overwhelmed by the attention this has received lately. It is clear that I am not the only person feeling frustrated by these constant delays. This momentum belongs entirely to the people of High Barnet who refuse to be ignored any longer.
Reached 100 supporters
August 27, 2014
129 Comments
I was living in new Barnet up until May 2016 and was getting BT's super fast infinity service. Since then I have moved to High Barnet (a three minute drive away) and was told BT infinity is not provided in this area. My mobile phone's 4G is faster than the broadband I am getting from BT at the moment.
It is disgraceful that we have been lied to about the "fibre" rollout. Excuses come in megabytes! My neighbours have fast internet connected to a cabinet further away from the exchange than ours. Is Wood Street "rural". Why cannot an extra cabinet be placed beside the Bells Hill one?
The terribly slow speed of internet in High Barnet is both frustrating and prohibiting me from being able to work from home. We need action to rectify the situation.
An utter farce, both BT and Barnet Council should be hanging their heads in shame! We are a borough in the country's capital city and we can't even get fibre. In an ever more technological connected world, Barnet is being left in the dark ages. I can't even get iPlayer to work on my pitiful connection.
The present dark green cabinets in Wood Street opposite The Black Horse and at the top of Bells Hill are unobtrusive. Surely two similar adjacent cabinets would also be acceptable?
I have literally today been persuaded by BT to sign up for another 12 months broadband with them on the incentive that I will get infinity soon and that they will do me a good deal for this as I've just signed up with BT again! Now I hear 30 minutes later that we won't get Infinity!!
Perhaps this will help us in future: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41940505 Almost every day is a terrible Internet day for me. I will happily take a refund for the abysmal service they manage in our area.
Abysmal internet considering we're zone 5 of London. This issue will deter people from ever wanting to move into the area.
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I was living in new Barnet up until May 2016 and was getting BT's super fast infinity service. Since then I have moved to High Barnet (a three minute drive away) and was told BT infinity is not provided in this area. My mobile phone's 4G is faster than the broadband I am getting from BT at the moment.