Maroochydore wrote:I think the more important point is further down the story :
Many residents have already declared they will not be changing to the new provider as they see no reason why the poles and wires cannot be buried like the other two networks. He added: 'Kingston has put in underground cables so has MS3. So there are already two underground networks.
So two other networks bury their cables but this company take the cheaper option of erecting poles. Why don't they all get to together and dig the road up once.
Hull is odd - and the telcoms there is as well
Back in the mists of time Hull was one of the few local authorities that took up the opportunity to set up their own telephone network and as a result Kingston Telecom has the monopoly there not BT/Openreach.
The article mentions that Kingston has run underground cables, which you would expect given it has been operating the phone lines forever,
MS3 says they have had difficulty negotiating with Kingston to use their ducts but might have finally reached an agreement (https://www.ms3networks.co.uk/post/ms3- ... astructure) which indicates that Connexin suffered the same difficulty and wasn't able to and took the cheaper and easier option of putting in telephone poles.
So why didn't they all get together? Well the age old story of a dominant monopoly supplier not wanting anyone else treading on their turf and making life awkward for competitors and the only people who really suffer are the public.