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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| A sad tale of theft with a fatal conclusion.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23972252-railway-cable-thieves-fled-as-accomplice-was-electrocuted.do |
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jgdoherty |
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23-07-2011, 02:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Apologies for the inconvenience
| I telephoned their helpline twice to report the locked gate - and the inadequate signage - I got to the top of the stairs yesterday morning in the dark before realising the thing was locked.
Intere... |
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30-11-2007, 10:17 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Apologies for the inconvenience
| I agree with the levels of discontent expressed here.
The absence of any coherent response from Southern is of concern, especially in light of the e-mail response to "Forester" in which a conflicti... |
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30-11-2007, 10:34 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Apologies for the inconvenience
| A very succinct point.
And it still escapes comprehension why in these circumstance Southern put up a notice the alluded to maintenance work. |
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jgdoherty |
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02-12-2007, 12:07 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Apologies for the inconvenience
| Heyyyyyyyy
I don't feel left out anymore - got my obligatory four paragraph short note from Southern in letter form today.
They chose to replay the "passenger count....forthcoming gating strateg... |
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jgdoherty |
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03-12-2007, 11:36 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: timetable at Forest Hill station
| Oops - Southern get it wrong again.
It is mandatory for the operator to display timetable/posters in appropriate locations. Wonder how long it will take Southern to fulfill their obligation.
Per... |
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jgdoherty |
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31-12-2007, 02:16 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| From today's Evening Standard.....
[b]Neighbours may force nursery to shut using 1938 rule[/b]
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24032946-neighbours-may-force-nursery-to-shut-using-... |
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jgdoherty |
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02-02-2012, 05:37 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I know there is another thread for proper use of English, but does one not prick pomposity ? |
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jgdoherty |
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06-03-2012, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| No win no fee - against Piplings? Can this be accurate ?
The no win part seems to make sense - no win therefore the legal team that takes the risk takes the hit. Although in every probability they ... |
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jgdoherty |
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02-02-2012, 11:06 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Thanks for clarification AMFM
It is not clear what type of adjudication is being considered to resolve the RC issue here and I bow to your professional knowledge that it can be deemed to be litigat... |
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jgdoherty |
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03-02-2012, 12:38 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| For Cellar Door
In Brisbane, Australia in the 1990’s a Prosecutor told a jury that amongst other things, mortgage fraudsters needed "a tame solicitor” who could compliantly misuse his authority to ... |
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jgdoherty |
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08-03-2012, 06:16 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I think Michael's interjection on the building's classification at #643 is timely and hugely informative.
From that information it could be concluded that planning officers and councillors on the pla... |
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jgdoherty |
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09-03-2012, 04:16 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| 'Tis the first of July and things remain exceeding quiet.
Has TLERA withdrawn its objection and ceased its action ?
Has the Land Tribunal sat and reached an adjudication that has been published ?
I... |
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jgdoherty |
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01-07-2012, 11:47 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Fairly common use in Scotland - and its diaspora. |
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jgdoherty |
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06-05-2011, 09:16 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| I little foible of mine.
The BBC style book may have been amended in that news readers now use the abbreviated "later" as in "Andy Coulson will be arrested later."
I think the mildly annoying pa... |
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08-07-2011, 08:56 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Ah that is much better use of English, the BBC has announced, "Andy Coulson has been arrested at 11:00 am today."
Perhaps justice will progress when it is announced that "Rebekah Brookes will be ar... |
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08-07-2011, 11:21 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Thank you.
I stand corrected - I think.
When I was twelve, I got belted by a teacher for missing a comma in a grammar analysis class once so I should know better. |
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08-07-2011, 11:41 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Hmmm - that many.
And all in Inverness too. |
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08-07-2011, 12:02 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Things continue to improve.
Rebekah Brooks was arrested today on corruption allegations.
Any offers on which suspect with the surname Murdoch will be arrested first. |
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17-07-2011, 01:44 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Strictly in line with earlier posts debating English Usage.
"....will be arrested later."
"....has been arrested today."
"....was arrested today."
Guilt can only be arrived at via due proc... |
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17-07-2011, 03:29 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| An interesting example of Engish usage from across the pond.
The US broadcaster Jon Stewart of the Daily Show said he could understand “not being able to poke fun at a vestigial, powerless anachron... |
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jgdoherty |
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04-08-2011, 09:44 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Usage of English
| An interesting BBC piece on British English use creeping into the US language:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686
and to save time a link from that piece to this blog:
http://britishisms.w... |
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jgdoherty |
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27-09-2012, 11:08 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Usage of English
| Sorry - cannot resist this:
Wasn't Bits n Pieces a Dave Clarke Five hit in the sixties ? |
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jgdoherty |
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29-09-2012, 09:02 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Usage of English
| Yup - corrected to its proper title "Bits and Pieces", YouTube has the 1964 ToTP appearance here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoRLIJJSG4o
Seems so similar to "Glad All over" - but then this i... |
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jgdoherty |
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29-09-2012, 09:32 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Usage of English
| Further examples from the BBC on Britishisms in the US and Canada.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19929249
Rather interestingly it includes the word "numpty" (I am uncertain of a correct spellin... |
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jgdoherty |
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17-10-2012, 08:15 AM |
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Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists
| Decidedly unsafe in my view - when I were a boy we were taught to ride with both hands on the handlebars.
We kept our kittens in a bag too.
Or is that a bit old fashioned. |
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jgdoherty |
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04-07-2012, 10:10 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| ..and non-slip paving of course with matching covering for the steps at both ends. |
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jgdoherty |
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30-04-2012, 09:07 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Engraved cladding perhaps. |
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30-04-2012, 09:04 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| ...and with belated apologies to rshdunlop - not entirely sure that features described in earlier post are deliverable under this scheme.
But engraved cladding ......... |
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02-05-2012, 09:35 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| ..and for those of us who favour engraved or etched cladding.
We may have to get our collective "Etch-a-Sketch" sets out.
It could add freshness to that old line "would you like to come over and... |
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06-05-2012, 09:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Some of the funding Michael refers to is s106 monies secured, as part of the Planning Approval, from the developers of what is now City Walk.
Unfortunately LB Lewisham's record in managing the spen... |
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28-04-2012, 12:43 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Hi Roz
Whilst I have not seen the history (or is it historic) aspects of this thread and with some background in how these things work, multi-ownership is rarely the issue.
It is more likely th... |
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30-04-2012, 02:40 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Had a quick look at the Sydenham site
http://www.sydenhamsociety.com/2011/07/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-for-forest-hill-subway/
Then I spotted that the item was dated July 2011 with proposal... |
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02-05-2012, 08:03 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| It might be assumed that the writer referred to in FHSoc's post is an LBL representative.
On the major items it may be the case that the list does not refer to problems with track bed drainage and ... |
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04-05-2012, 11:57 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| I picked up a printed copy of Forest Hill's Society's latest newsletter (Summer 2012) at All Inn One last night.
In an item titled "Underpass Impasse" possibly written by Richard Hibbert, a scope o... |
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24-06-2012, 12:15 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Aha - just found an item published on the Society's website on the 12 June 2012 that says:
"Last week we heard from Lewisham Council that the total funds required for the refurbishment of the Fores... |
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24-06-2012, 02:16 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| If a revised programme of works has been negotiated and an October 2012 to December 2012 delivery period for the works has been forecast, has LB Lewisham ensured that an appropriate Minor Closure Noti... |
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07-10-2012, 04:43 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| A little unfair stefan - the rest of us were just lurking waiting for someone to jump into the trap :sneaky:.
Let's face it - of course the work is welcome - it is long overdue - but done safely a... |
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07-11-2012, 04:52 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| An official (looking) LB Lewisham Planning Notice for the works at the subway has appeared outside the station although there is no corresponding Application that can be found on Alcolnet.
The Noti... |
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27-10-2012, 01:36 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Thank you for at least trying michael.
If my recollection is not faulty, we have been previously advised that Conway's have been appointed to do the work and LB Lewisham had spent time renegotiating ... |
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29-10-2012, 01:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| These are not the only options – I have seen many buggy users helped on many occasions by others to get up and down stairs at both ends.
Furthermore, for those people forced to make their perambula... |
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29-10-2012, 06:59 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Very informative - and thank you michael.
Good news on the minimum impact - even if a contingency has to be added at least we are counting in days and thereby not weeks or months.
Have I missed ... |
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30-10-2012, 08:36 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Snazy - your narrative says that the contractors are using pressure washers - and your picture shows no evidence of screens or any form of containment.
I have visited the site and there is evidence... |
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06-11-2012, 09:00 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| Lewisham instructed the contractor that the high pressure jetting operation must not continue whilst there was no containment measures in place and public could walk through the airborne pollution a... |
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08-11-2012, 08:56 PM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| Infinity due December 2010 - but may have tech difficulties at FH - so not holding my breath.
Cable did not pass all our front doors - so we are without any significant alternatives re-performance ... |
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04-10-2010, 11:22 AM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| In August 210 BT announced that a major upgrade would be undertaken at their Forest Hill exchange and that this would provide an up to 20mbps for all users connected to that exchange.
Since that ti... |
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04-10-2010, 09:25 AM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| Thank you NewForester.
Had taken numbers from the HomeHub and BT's IP Profile and calculated that my line would get 12.5 to 14Mbps into which BT's estimate of 13 meg fitted bang in the mid-range.
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04-10-2010, 05:49 PM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| Gabriella, I believe the August upgrade at the exchange is complete and whilst the upgrade to the Infinity product is scheduled for December 2010, neither the duration of the works nor a completion da... |
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07-10-2010, 08:30 AM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: RE: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| Well - perhaps I should check out how the re-heat feature works on my toaster !
Can any one recommend a nice pot of jam - local produce is preferable. |
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02-02-2011, 10:25 PM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: RE: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| Last week BT Openreach announced that their 110Mbps fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) service is going into "early market deployment launch" on the 31st of October. This means FTTP will come out of trial a... |
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