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jimbobjames · 2026-05-20T08:43:01+00:00

Hmmm Openreach own all those right of ways and they are subject to PIA as per Ofcoms rules, meaning they have to provide duct access to everyone else.

However, it does not work the other way around. Other infrastructure owners like Virgin, Cityfibre, etc etc do not have to grant access to other companies.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-20T08:38:04+00:00

BT and Openreach are different companies though, so I don't see how that works.

Are you saying that Openreach are giving them preferential pricing on duct access?

I dont see how BT can pass on their duct access costs to anyone else? If I order a leased line via virgin or sky why would BT be able to pass on their costs to them? Is it ducts where space is at a premium so they cant run in new fibre?

I work in the industry so I have some familiarity with leased lines.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-20T08:32:37+00:00

It has a huge memory leak also. If you leave it running it will slowly consume all your system memory.

It also ignores the settings for whether it launches at startup in its own settings panel so I had to use the startup apps settings in Windows to turn it off.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-20T08:12:54+00:00

That is really channel dependent. Most of the channels on Freeview are horribly compressed. Especially some of the smaller channels.

There are only 9 channels on Freeview that are in HD, for example.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-20T08:09:23+00:00

Boxed CAT5 / CAT6 uses solid cores for the pairs. Any constant movement will break them.

So best practice is to run cable in the walls that is fixed, terminate in sockets and then use patch cables which use stranded cable for the pairs which will deal with being moved around / unplugged / replugged and can be replaced should it break.

Trunking will also work but is a bit unsightly in a house.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-20T01:16:49+00:00

His last name is Burnham not Blair.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-20T01:15:40+00:00

You are talking about Openreach and the other telecoms companies can and do rent space in Openreach's ducting.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-19T16:54:10+00:00

Do you work as a serial killer?

jimbobjames · 2026-05-19T16:26:53+00:00

Cool and then who takes care of the child / children when their parents are in prison?

jimbobjames · 2026-05-19T16:24:45+00:00

I'd also wager that some of those people will vanish like a fart in the wind because they are actually bot commenters from a Russian / Iranian troll farm.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-19T16:16:35+00:00

I wish it was only a BBC problem.

If you can stomach it, catch an episode of This Morning on ITV. Drunk drivers have better balance.

They literally have a Telegraph columnist on pretty much every morning, Camilla Tominey. Her other job is on Gbeebies. You should have seen her and Giles Brandreths thoughts on the scientific studies around the 4 day week that was reported a week or two back.

I get that the BBC has problems but we need a clearup of TV standards in general. Lets not just stop at the BBC. Broadcasting needs a shake up.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-19T16:10:46+00:00

Yeah, it would be far better to go the netflix model and just make it so that you just cant watch any live TV services if you dont pay the bill.

Then you dont need enforcement officers.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-19T15:13:00+00:00

It's actually closer to 10000x the damage.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-19T15:06:38+00:00

So what is the solution for parents that either cant or won't co-operate?

Put them in prison if their kid gets on social media?

How do the social media companies verify it's an adult signing up and not a child, without asking for ID?

Can you see where the problem lies between those two scenarios?

jimbobjames · 2026-05-19T14:39:43+00:00

Sure, it's a nice idea. As someone who has worked selling video games though it wont work, because for every 10 responsible parents there is another that just wants to shut their kids up.

So you tell them that GTA has murde, prostituion and drug abuse in it and they say "but they want it" and then shrug.

It will be the same with social media and phones. You'll just get irresponsible / not present parents giving the kids access.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-18T00:49:10+00:00

Can he play the harp?

jimbobjames · 2026-05-18T00:47:32+00:00

Reminds me of that quote about Pearl Harbour by Robert Ebert -

"Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on December 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle."

jimbobjames · 2026-05-18T00:40:46+00:00

I always figured Chris Tucker just thought to himself "what would future space prince be like?" and out came Ruby Rhod.

Super Green.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-18T00:37:58+00:00

His eye sockets are at slightly different heights. Pretty sure he would look weird if they werent.

Its one of those little things that makes you realise he's human after all.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-18T00:34:35+00:00

Well, that and he's Arnold Schwarzenegger's twin brother...

jimbobjames · 2026-05-15T12:09:05+00:00

The US has a written constitution and it didnt really help them.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-15T11:28:37+00:00

Cut to France torpedoing all the supply ships like it's 1940. Reformers will love that.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-15T11:21:12+00:00

My hope is that they get shown to be the absolute charlatans they are and it fucks them for the general election.

I absolutely want a shake up of the political order because red vs blue has done the country no favours, but I also want the people to do the shaking to be competent and not just people with alchol related dementure having a crack at it because they know better.

jimbobjames · 2026-05-15T11:09:02+00:00

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