Lucian
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I don't think that's a thing, or maybe it is done in exceptional circumstances.do people who do that get paid for it?
The cable ducts go under the pavement, so placing the cabinet in the back garden would be useless.
I don't think that's a thing, or maybe it is done in exceptional circumstances.do people who do that get paid for it?
It certainly could be a thing where it's convenient for the Telco. Obviously resiting a cabinet from the public highway which is adjacent to a pavement chamber and ducts is not going to be convenient.I don't think that's a thing, or maybe it is done in exceptional circumstances.
The cable ducts go under the pavement, so placing the cabinet in the back garden would be useless.
I get your sentiment and if the homeowner had expressed reservations about the cabinet being located outside his home and sought to find a sensible alternative then that's one thing.Just to put a different point of view out there, because this place is full of people who appreciate telecoms...
....should we support members of the public who sensibly query stuff like this?
indeed, it's all about the 'wording' as the 'mischief' can always be found in the wording.some of his wording
It very clearly shows in the image that the "private property" stops right where the cabinet is placed.Here's another example of a big deal being made in Deal of street cabinet where the property owner is claiming the cabinet has been built on an area of the pavement with a easement in their title deeds.
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'I won't stop until huge broadband cabinet on my land is gone'
A man is embroiled in a row with Virgin Media after returning home to find workers digging a huge trench for a broadband cabinet outside.www.kentonline.co.uk
Hi dog meanwhile thinks it's in just the right place looking at the way it's looking at it in the photosOf all the placements people could complain about, putting a small box on the public pavement like this doesn't seem even remotely worthy of a moan. But that's just my opinion:
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Street in Bath 'ruined' by 'eyesore' modern telecoms box
'They have just stuck it slap bang in the middle with no regard for the aesthetic and there's nothing we can do about it'www.somersetlive.co.uk
I was bored so visited the Land Registry.It very clearly shows in the image that the "private property" stops right where the cabinet is placed.
Time and money going to be wasted, in my honest opinion.
Here's another example of a big deal being made in Deal of street cabinet where the property owner is claiming the cabinet has been built on an area of the pavement with a easement in their title deeds.
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'I won't stop until huge broadband cabinet on my land is gone'
A man is embroiled in a row with Virgin Media after returning home to find workers digging a huge trench for a broadband cabinet outside.www.kentonline.co.uk
I know some of them do, or at least it's been reported that they do occasionally.View attachment 19696
If this man puts all his effort into exercising instead of moaning about boardband boxes, he'd be the most handsome man in the street rather than known to be a NIMBY!
About the grafitti, do boardband companies put anti vandal paint on their cabinets?
Harsh but fairView attachment 19696
If this man puts all his effort into exercising instead of moaning about broadband boxes, he'd be the most handsome man in the street rather than known to be a NIMBY!
They're usually pretty savage. keeping in mind Kent as a whole is typically "fairly Conservative"The comments on the story on Kent Online are pretty savage, especially referencing his IVF crowd funding.
The story itself other than ownership of the land is dubious. Workmen telling a pregnant woman to jump over a hole seems unlikely, them calling the local authority to claim damage to the street when there was none doesn't do him any favours.
It does read like he's on the blag to see what he can get and is hoping to make enough noise he'll get paid to go away. He probably will get paid, too.