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On a side note Gigaclear’s recent Google reviews are interesting… To be clear, I have no issue with networks using cabinet OLTs and the £25k fine is insane but Gigaclear could be doing a better job. The people who are impacted are your potential customers, being considerate with the network design and construction can go a long way… Gigaclear have stopped painting them green, there are other news stories of big grey ones. You can design the network to reduce impact, Gigaclear’s other ICEE made cabinets take much less space. “You can’t just plan a network installation so boxes look pretty.” They could have found a car park and put it there. This isn’t like FTTC cabs in which their position really matters, PON has a range of 20+km (normal, not extended). You can put it in a completely different spot. “If they move the cab back then you have to face the tree roots and pay a fine” Netomnia (YouFibre) are doing exactly that, using Openreach exchanges. I doubt they plan to have their networks run to exchanges so they can pay Open Reach the privilege of renting space to them.” “You still need an OLT, so I’ll change and state any Alt Net has to use a street cab. Cityfibre are doing exactly that with their FEXs. Jat 1:34 maybe if Giga Clear were allowed to build their own telephone exchanges across the country they would have that ability available to them.”
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The rules were relaxed precisely so that operators could deploy in a way that would enable full fibre cables to reach as many premises as possible, as quickly as possible. The reason why it’s done this way is because otherwise local authorities could significantly delay the rollout of new broadband networks and add extra costs, which would also result in fewer premises being covered (often disproportionately impacting rural communities).
On top of that, broadband cabinets are usually deployed under Permitted Development (PD) rights, which means that Gigaclear do not need permission before conducting such deployments. Granted, it is a nice-ish spot (if you like views of a main road) and Gigaclear could have perhaps put it further back, but at the same time we’ve seen thousands of other cabinets positioned in the same way. But placing a broadband cabinet on a regular public grass verge, positioned next to a road junction, is just about as normal as you can get. Over the years we’ve reported on plenty of cases where network operators have deployed street cabinets incorrectly, or without much regard for pedestrians. If at this point you’re reading the article, looking at the picture, and wondering what all the fuss is about, then join the club. Gigaclear has offered an apology along with mitigating measures…they say removing it would be too costly.” It’s an eyesore and loss of amenity for the community in a restful spot. “It’s another example of large corporate organisations feeling they can ride roughshod over parish councils. Gigaclear is said to have offered an apology along with unspecified mitigating measures, although the council has rejected the latter.Ĭllr John O’Brien, Chair of the Finance Committee, said: On top of that, they also want the ISP to move the cabinet to a less conspicuous spot behind the bench, where it would be masked by vegetation. The Bishop’s Stortford Independent adds that the council’s finance committee has now unanimously decided that the operator has “ ridden roughshod” over them and have hit Gigaclear with a compensation demand of £25,000 – for the loss of amenity and failure to consult properly. The Stansted Mountfitchet Parish Council in Essex (England) is demanding that UK broadband ISP Gigaclear cough up £25,000 after the operator installed a new street cabinet to support their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises ( FTTP) network on the corner of Five Acres and Cambridge Road, without consultation.Īccording to recent reports, local residents in the area have complained that the new cabinet is an “ eyesore” that has “ ruined an attractive area of mature trees near a bench that people enjoy sitting on.” Furthermore, the cabinet is said to have been installed on council (public) land without prior consultation, either of local residents or the parish council itself.
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