Est. £55 million for RND 2003!
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I know! I keep expecting BT to announce that it was all a prank for RND and really mine still has 299 to go. :-O
David Wulff
"I feel inclined to blow my mind, Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about; Be nicer than fun in the sun." - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
Its gonna be a while before or exchanges actually get upgraded, ours probably before yours, as we are a major city. But having said that, being a major city, we should have got it by default. A few days ago I checked the exchange and it said there were 50 people still to go, and it hadn't changed from that for months. So they must have dumped a loat of new registrations to BT from partner sites.
"How long has the "Quote Selected Text" been around???"
- Marc Clifton, Lounge 4 Mar '03
"But a fresh install - it's like having clean sheets"
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Its gonna be a while before or exchanges actually get upgraded, ours probably before yours, as we are a major city. But having said that, being a major city, we should have got it by default. A few days ago I checked the exchange and it said there were 50 people still to go, and it hadn't changed from that for months. So they must have dumped a loat of new registrations to BT from partner sites.
"How long has the "Quote Selected Text" been around???"
- Marc Clifton, Lounge 4 Mar '03
"But a fresh install - it's like having clean sheets"
- Chris Maunder Lounge 3 Mar '03
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman
Web Designer, Programmer, Lover, Visionary Leader... Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^]Jonny Newman wrote: ours probably before yours, as we are a major city Don't count on that, BT are eager to roll *some* broadband areas out in the entire Southwest of the country else Oftel will start fining them. :) But yeah, I'm expecting around six months maybe eight before they even attempt to upgrade the exchange - that is how long the last "investigations" took, and probably six more months after that to roll everything out. Still, at least there is a definate yes on the horizon now.
David Wulff
"I feel inclined to blow my mind, Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about; Be nicer than fun in the sun." - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2850169.stm[^] Thank you everyone! :-D Pssst... it's not too late to donate ;)
David Wulff
"I feel inclined to blow my mind, Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about; Be nicer than fun in the sun." - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
Bravo, UK et al! :-D What sorts of worthy causes does the funding support? It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
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Bravo, UK et al! :-D What sorts of worthy causes does the funding support? It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003Roger Wright wrote: What sorts of worthy causes does the funding support? Well, during the 6-or-so hours of the event itself, every 5 mins they showed a short clip of somewhere the money will go, or where money went last year. Most are 3rd world countries, housing, water, disease. But some are UK-based, like HIV infected children and domestic abuse sufferers and the like. I@m not sure how they divide up the money, but i'm sure a million or so to each is money well spent. One thing I likes was a DIY TV show's crew went over to africa and built an old man a new home. It was a very sweet thing, the guy was so happy to have a solid floor and strong walls, he even mucked in on the building work!
"How long has the "Quote Selected Text" been around???"
- Marc Clifton, Lounge 4 Mar '03
"But a fresh install - it's like having clean sheets"
- Chris Maunder Lounge 3 Mar '03
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman
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Bravo, UK et al! :-D What sorts of worthy causes does the funding support? It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times.
Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003Two thirds to Africa and the rest to UK projects. http://www.comicrelief.com/money/main.shtml[^] Michael He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious - Sun Tzu (The Art of War)
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Jonny Newman wrote: ours probably before yours, as we are a major city Don't count on that, BT are eager to roll *some* broadband areas out in the entire Southwest of the country else Oftel will start fining them. :) But yeah, I'm expecting around six months maybe eight before they even attempt to upgrade the exchange - that is how long the last "investigations" took, and probably six more months after that to roll everything out. Still, at least there is a definate yes on the horizon now.
David Wulff
"I feel inclined to blow my mind, Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about; Be nicer than fun in the sun." - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
David Wulff wrote: Don't count on that, BT are eager to roll *some* broadband areas out in the entire Southwest of the country else Oftel will start fining them. I'd be the first to complain if they go for Rural over Urban. They really should work that way, not "London gets it free, everywhere else can shove it" which is there current mentality. In a perfect world, everyone would get it at the same time. But in a perfect world, BT wouldn't exist.
"How long has the "Quote Selected Text" been around???"
- Marc Clifton, Lounge 4 Mar '03
"But a fresh install - it's like having clean sheets"
- Chris Maunder Lounge 3 Mar '03
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman
Web Designer, Programmer, Lover, Visionary Leader... Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^] -
Roger Wright wrote: What sorts of worthy causes does the funding support? Well, during the 6-or-so hours of the event itself, every 5 mins they showed a short clip of somewhere the money will go, or where money went last year. Most are 3rd world countries, housing, water, disease. But some are UK-based, like HIV infected children and domestic abuse sufferers and the like. I@m not sure how they divide up the money, but i'm sure a million or so to each is money well spent. One thing I likes was a DIY TV show's crew went over to africa and built an old man a new home. It was a very sweet thing, the guy was so happy to have a solid floor and strong walls, he even mucked in on the building work!
"How long has the "Quote Selected Text" been around???"
- Marc Clifton, Lounge 4 Mar '03
"But a fresh install - it's like having clean sheets"
- Chris Maunder Lounge 3 Mar '03
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman
Web Designer, Programmer, Lover, Visionary Leader... Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^]Isn't the north of England still classed as 3rd world ? Or is that a joke ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:
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Isn't the north of England still classed as 3rd world ? Or is that a joke ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:
We call it Scotland.
David Wulff
"I feel inclined to blow my mind, Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about; Be nicer than fun in the sun." - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
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Roger Wright wrote: What sorts of worthy causes does the funding support? Well, during the 6-or-so hours of the event itself, every 5 mins they showed a short clip of somewhere the money will go, or where money went last year. Most are 3rd world countries, housing, water, disease. But some are UK-based, like HIV infected children and domestic abuse sufferers and the like. I@m not sure how they divide up the money, but i'm sure a million or so to each is money well spent. One thing I likes was a DIY TV show's crew went over to africa and built an old man a new home. It was a very sweet thing, the guy was so happy to have a solid floor and strong walls, he even mucked in on the building work!
"How long has the "Quote Selected Text" been around???"
- Marc Clifton, Lounge 4 Mar '03
"But a fresh install - it's like having clean sheets"
- Chris Maunder Lounge 3 Mar '03
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman
Web Designer, Programmer, Lover, Visionary Leader... Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^]Jonny Newman wrote: One thing I likes was a DIY TV show's crew went over to africa and built an old man a new home I'd really love to do that one day, it would be brilliant to actually make a difference with your bare hands rather than just a nice thought or gesture. I hope, if my circumstances can support it, to take a year out in eight-ten years or so and join one of those volunteer groups that goes out to live with these groups of people and work with them to bring them into comfortable self-suficency without forcing 1st world technology on them (which very rarely works in the long time). I'd die a happy man then for sure. Assuming of course those people are still here in eight-ten years, given the poor conditions, rampant disease, hostilities and other factors killing them off in uncomprehendable quantites.
David Wulff
"I feel inclined to blow my mind, Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about; Be nicer than fun in the sun." - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
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We call it Scotland.
David Wulff
"I feel inclined to blow my mind, Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about; Be nicer than fun in the sun." - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
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David Wulff wrote: Don't count on that, BT are eager to roll *some* broadband areas out in the entire Southwest of the country else Oftel will start fining them. I'd be the first to complain if they go for Rural over Urban. They really should work that way, not "London gets it free, everywhere else can shove it" which is there current mentality. In a perfect world, everyone would get it at the same time. But in a perfect world, BT wouldn't exist.
"How long has the "Quote Selected Text" been around???"
- Marc Clifton, Lounge 4 Mar '03
"But a fresh install - it's like having clean sheets"
- Chris Maunder Lounge 3 Mar '03
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman
Web Designer, Programmer, Lover, Visionary Leader... Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^] -
We call it Scotland.
David Wulff
"I feel inclined to blow my mind, Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about; Be nicer than fun in the sun." - Itchycoo Park (Small Faces)
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"How long has the "Quote Selected Text" been around???"
- Marc Clifton, Lounge 4 Mar '03
"But a fresh install - it's like having clean sheets"
- Chris Maunder Lounge 3 Mar '03
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman
Web Designer, Programmer, Lover, Visionary Leader... Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^]