Back in August we reported on the plight of residents and businesses in the Welsh town of Penrhyndeudraeth (here). They had been suffering repeated broadband (ADSL) connectivity problems on their exchange, regardless of ISP choice, since late 2007 and were finally at the end of their tether with BT.

Today Mike Gruen, from MG Media Solutions based in Penrhyndeudraeth, informs us that the situation has not improved: "Since the publication of the article, the community of Penrhyndeudraeth has suffered further broadband 'black-outs'. The most recent during the period from 12/11/08 to 01/12/08," said Gruen.

The community has now launched an online petition for BT to action a much needed upgrade to its local telephone exchange in order to prevent further un-scheduled service outages:

http://www.penrhynexchange.com


Presently the petition, which calls upon BT to upgrade the exchange to 21CN (21st Century Network) technology ahead of the currently proposed switchover target (Q1 2010), has managed to gain 56 signatures despite only having been online for less than a day.