Another month, another pension transfer in the bank. Since we changed our internet service provision back to the provider of the pension, we have had at best patchy service, and numerous lengthy conversations with polite young men in BT's Mumbai call centre. The saleswoman in Newcastle who took the order said she could see a 3.5Mb/s throughput. The nice young man who tested it today saw 1.3. Hmmm. He's sending a techy to check things out here next Monday, so we'll see what that reveals. We ought in due course to get faster service when respected and benevolent pension provider gets it arse in gear and brings fibre to a nearby cabinet. It's worrying that the average Korean customer gets much faster internet service than we do in the 'developed' world. Problem is that our 'development' in telecommunications is based on 1930s infrastructure, whereas later adopters have moved to better technologies from the outset.
Noteworthy, maybe, that investment in communications technology in the 'developing' world has been strategic. Hereabouts, the Thatcher aberration saw BT as marginally less despicable than the National Union of Miners, and threw what I used to call 'us' to the white-socked barrow-boy gamblers of the City of London: yes, the same bunch that brought the UK's banks to their knees. New dictionary definition of 'long-term': the unexpired period remaining till the next general election.
A positive experience this morning - I'm mentoring a school team for the Mock Trials Competition, and showed them a couple of courts working today. They were very patient when I inflicted a DVLA court on them, and really enjoyed a Crown Prosecution Service court. Since most of the yewf I come into contact with tend to be in the front row of Court N°1 rather than the gallery, it was nice to spend a while with some sharp, interested young minds.
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