Roads and Utilities
Fibre is Coming (Eventually)
We have been informed (after much pressing) by Ben Stone, Community Engagement Manager (West), 07970 960821 ben.stone@gigaclear.com, that the project has been delayed and that the road closure has been booked for w/c 7 September. Complete Utilities will, apparently, do a letter-drop ahead of this.
Read More »Septic Tank Emptying
Normally CSG would charge us £169 (vat zero rated) to empty our septic tank. Having arranged for one other to be done at the same time CSG has dropped the price to £145 each. I have asked if they would give further discounts if more households asked to be ‘done’ at the same time, though […]
Read More »Fibre POT Locations
We have managed to obtain a screenshot of the POT (Point of Termination) locations through the village. As you would expect most of the locations are in the road/kerbside outside people’s houses. Ben Stone of Gigaclear has explained that they are unable to do a consultation type process in terms of POT locations although there […]
Read More »Fibre is Coming UPDATE
Note the project dates have been amended. Ben Stone, Community Engagement Manager (Fastershire), of Gigaclear writes today: The work will not be starting on 8th June. I previously updated you that we were looking at 20/7 – this has however moved forward and the closure is now in for 6th July. I understand the closure […]
Read More »Fibre is Coming
one.network have published a revised work programme bringing forward by six weeks the installation, even the completion, of the fibre network in Tresham. Gigaclear start work again next Monday, 8 June for six weeks to 17 July from No.8, The Furlongs to the A46, though most of the work will surely be to the box […]
Read More »Roadworks in and Around Tresham
We have received this notice from Stroud DC of roadworks from Alderley to Hillesley. But a good way to keep informed of all the roadworks in this area is to sign up with and receive notifications from https://one.network/ They issue a weekly notice and their map shows the roadworks graphically. If you widen the search […]
Read More »Broadband Speed
Robert Whitfield at Coombe Head writes: We use BT Broadband. At the moment the experience is lousy. Not certain whether the problem is primarily BT Broadband in Tresham or a problem more specifically to do with WIFI in our house. As we are going to be more dependent on Broadband than ever for the next […]
Read More »Fibre Optic Network 5
No doubt by now you will have seen that work has started laying the fibre optic cable. This phase involves laying a cable from a ‘cabinet’ opposite the water tank up to the A46. It is expected to take up to two weeks, from approximately 09:30 until 18:00 each weekday and there can be delays […]
Read More »Fibre Optic Network 4
Ben Stone, our new Gigaclear Community Engagement Manager (Fastershire), has advised that Gigaclear anticipate their contractors will begin work in October. ‘Dig’ letters will be received by residents soon. The letters don’t include specific details on when the build will start etc., but do say Gigaclear are coming soon and explain where to direct queries […]
Read More »Broadband
This post concerns the 21 households who use Voneus (who bought out Cotswold Wireless) to provide a wireless connection to the internet. The system has been operating intermittently over the last few days and has been dropping out occasionally for some time. Apparently, it looks like there is a faulty cable that keeps disconnecting the […]
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