Are Manx Telecom ageist?

[A fool and his money.....]

2 minutes ago, Gladys said:

The utilities on your property are your responsibility as I understand it.  So work to put the necessary ducting in under your land is for you.    Had an issue for the fibre as the ducting for the copper cable had collapsed.  Luckily shared the cost with a neighbour who had a similar issue as the cheapest fix was to come in from a different route involving laying a duct under a private road which would have to be at our cost. 

Your responsibility but you're not allowed to touch them, nor install them yourself.

Don't believe everything they tell you Gladys. They're on the make as simple as that.

[Gladys]

Just now, A fool and his money..... said:

Your responsibility but you're not allowed to touch them, nor install them yourself.

Don't believe everything they tell you Gladys. They're on the make as simple as that.

No, couldn't touch the fibre, but had to solve the ducting. 

[CrazyDave]

3 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said:

Your responsibility but you're not allowed to touch them, nor install them yourself.

Don't believe everything they tell you Gladys. They're on the make as simple as that.

Here it is in a fool proof video.

https://youtu.be/sQLNecd9cqA

[A fool and his money.....]

7 minutes ago, CrazyDave said:

Here it is in a fool proof video.

https://youtu.be/sQLNecd9cqA

Made by MT themselves. What a surprise, they don't want to do any more work than the bare minimum they can get away with.

That's a monopoly for you.

[A fool and his money.....]

11 minutes ago, Gladys said:

No, couldn't touch the fibre, but had to solve the ducting. 

Paying for the network and paying them again to get it to your house.

It makes you wonder what they've done with the millions they've made in profit every year since they've had a monopoly on the original network they didn't pay to install either.

[CrazyDave]

7 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said:

Made by MT themselves. What a surprise, they don't want to do any more work than the bare minimum they can get away with.

That's a monopoly for you.

Thick as planks you are.

How is it a monopoly when there  are at least four other options for local internet at fibre speeds.

Edited December 10, 2023 by CrazyDave

[Gladys]

But it's not their responsibility.  During the late 80s/90s, there was a huge project to link properties around where we lived in the UK to cable (for TV, primarily).  The cable company (Cable and Wireless, I think)  did all the stuff on the street up to the property boundaries, the householders had to pay from the connection across their land.  They did it street by street, laying what was necessary to connect every house, but only to the boundary. 

[Albert Tatlock]

5 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said:

It makes you wonder what they've done with the millions they've made in profit every year since they've had a monopoly on the original network they didn't pay to install either.

Bought yachts and built houses with bathrooms with gold taps mainly. But not here.

[A fool and his money.....]

5 minutes ago, Gladys said:

But it's not their responsibility.  During the late 80s/90s, there was a huge project to link properties around where we lived in the UK to cable (for TV, primarily).  The cable company (Cable and Wireless, I think)  did all the stuff on the street up to the property boundaries, the householders had to pay from the connection across their land.  They did it street by street, laying what was necessary to connect every house, but only to the boundary. 

Cable TV is not a utility, nor is it highly subsidised by the government, nor is it a monopoly.

[CrazyDave]

Just now, A fool and his money..... said:

Cable TV is not a utility, nor is it highly subsidised by the government, nor is it a monopoly.

How is Manx telecom a monopoly?

[A fool and his money.....]

8 minutes ago, CrazyDave said:

Thick as planks you are.

How is it a monopoly when there  are at least four other options for local internet at fibre speeds.

And which one of them can you get to put fibre to your property if you don't like the way MT (backed by 10s of millions of taxpayer cash) are lashing it ?

[Gladys]

1 minute ago, A fool and his money..... said:

Cable TV is not a utility, nor is it highly subsidised by the government, nor is it a monopoly.

Neither is broadband, but I guess they used it for telecoms too. 

[x-in-man]

6 minutes ago, Gladys said:

But it's not their responsibility.  During the late 80s/90s, there was a huge project to link properties around where we lived in the UK to cable (for TV, primarily).  The cable company (Cable and Wireless, I think)  did all the stuff on the street up to the property boundaries, the householders had to pay from the connection across their land.  They did it street by street, laying what was necessary to connect every house, but only to the boundary. 

Rediffusion was doing that years before that.  You paid for the service - it was delivered to point of use (the TV) and kept working or nothing after that.  TV channels and radio.

Typical shrinkflation.  Pay more get less.

Piss poor British thing.

[CrazyDave]

1 minute ago, A fool and his money..... said:

And which one of them can you get to put fibre to your property if you don't like the way MT (backed by 10s of millions of taxpayer cash) are lashing it ?

Just get starlink if you can’t be arsed taking responsibility for getting a service to your own house.

It will cost you more though.

[A fool and his money.....]

2 minutes ago, CrazyDave said:

How is Manx telecom a monopoly?

Who else is allowed to install the fibre to your home?

Is it any wonder they do a rough job, why would they bother doing it properly? When the next thing after fibre comes out they'll expect the government and the homeowner to pay to sort the current shoddy job they're doing.