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Bowdon:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/07/community-conflict-after-removal-of-openreach-broadband-cabinet.html


--- Quote ---Residents of the Coleham district in the town of Shrewsbury (Shropshire, UK) have moaned after a new “fibre broadband” (FTTC / VDSL2) street cabinet was removed by Openreach following complaints from the local Christian Science Society, which objected to the fact that it blocked the view of their sign.

Over the years we’ve reported on various situations where residents in a community have complained about the size, position or aesthetics of a new FTTC cabinet. On many of those occasions the gripes can be overblown and will tend to ignore the benefits to locals of being able to access superfast broadband speeds of potentially up to 80Mbps (Megabits per second).

The interesting thing about the situation in Coleham isn’t just the fairly small issue at the heart of the problem, but also the fact that other residents have been unhappy to see the cabinet removed because they now have no access to the new superfast broadband service (i.e. one of the few patches in the whole area that hasn’t yet been upgraded).
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--- Quote ---    A Spokesperson for Openreach gave a canned statement:

    “Finding a suitable location for this new cabinet in Coleham has been extremely difficult. We completely understand that people living there are keen to see improvements to the local network. But equally, we have to balance that with our responsibility to carry out any work, including where we put new infrastructure, with the views of local residents and community groups.

    We’ll be taking another look at this in the future, and people should monitor openreach.co.uk for the latest updates. It might also be worth them checking with their local council around any plans they might have for funding broadband improvements in the future.”
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kitz:
It's hard to see the exact location as gmaps doesnt go right down the end of the street and there's an Openreach van in the way, but you can see the PCP from this view here.

I was wondering if there was anywhere else either the FTTC cab or sign could go.  Judging from available space before the bridge and the article in the Shropshire Star, I'm unsure if there is.

I notice that a cab around the corner is an ECI, which don't take up that much room.

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Surely the cab could be shifted a bit to the right and then move the sign a bit or the right... or vice-versa.    The flower box would have to go.  :flower:

Ronski:
Surely OR could have obtained permission to put the sign on the pavement tight against the wall next to the entrance and the cabinet next to it, there looks plenty of room. Also whoever surveyed the location really should have spoken to the Society as it would obviously be a problem.

The other obvious place if the society cared about the community would be to site the cabinet behind the sign against the building wall, they'd just need to sort a wayleave etc. Access wouldn't be a problem.

licquorice:
Indeed!! Seems a particularly unChristian attitude to take in my opinion.

chenks:

--- Quote from: licquorice on July 07, 2018, 02:52:11 PM ---Indeed!! Seems a particularly unChristian attitude to take in my opinion.

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if you look up who this "society" actually are and what their beliefs are then i'm not sure logic or something they can comprehend.
their primary belief being that "sickness is an illusion that can be corrected by prayer alone"

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