UK gamers getting internet problems?

chris2k18 · 27 Jul 2018 at 00:53

I made a petition sign it is to improve the street cabinets to make them cooler, because a network engineer who works on the street cabinets told me the cabinets can't handle all the heat.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/226056/sponsors/new?token=hDDb0ACOydOsPFnNVfgt

Fubsy · 27 Jul 2018 at 00:56

I've signed this, but would have just preferred a petition to ban heat waves.

Mynight · 27 Jul 2018 at 01:05

A couple of yellow lighting bolts would make them cooler or maybe some sunglasses painted on them.

It's not even published yet. No idea what I'm signing for.

Fubsy · 27 Jul 2018 at 01:31

chris’s petition:

Make street cabinets cooler, so they don't over heat and cause internet issues.

A lot of people who are into online games are getting a lot of connectivity issues this summer. I want to help prevent this for the next big heat wave we get. This is because the street cabinets are not designed to be exposed to heat waves.

I spoke to a BT Engineer he told me this is the problem.

Mynight · 27 Jul 2018 at 01:34

Thank you. Some reason I'm just getting a message saying that it needs 5 votes before they will review it. Don't actually say what it is :confused:

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On Holiday · 27 Jul 2018 at 01:35

FloppyPoppy · 27 Jul 2018 at 01:55

My mate works for openreach working on the boxes and what not. Il ask him tomorrow and see if there is any truth to this.

adolf hamster · 27 Jul 2018 at 02:22

surely this is natures way of saying get outside

233 · 27 Jul 2018 at 03:13

hold on you want me to sign a petition with no petition details

for all I know it could be for anything

that would look great with my name at the top of a petition to change the law to enforced ring piece licking or corbyn for pm or some other god awful thing

PieEater · 27 Jul 2018 at 08:09

You've identified a problem, but to give your petition a chance to be taken seriously I think you also need to identify the cause and propose some workable solutions.

I've only ever seen cabling in street cabinets so not sure how heat can effect them, I guess it's possible they may have other equipment in them but you'd need to find out what and how heat affects it.

How is replacing every street cabinet in the UK going to be funded? are you expecting the government to pay for it through our taxes or the telecoms companies through our bills? Either way I think you'll need to come up with a better justification than it's affecting peoples ability to play online games.

How are you proposing to vent a street cabinet without making it susceptible to rain and / or vandalism either of which could lead to much bigger problems?

sniperone · 27 Jul 2018 at 08:24

233 said:
hold on you want me to sign a petition with no petition details

for all I know it could be for anything

that would look great with my name at the top of a petition to change the law to enforced ring piece licking or corbyn for pm or some other god awful thing

StrongSad · 27 Jul 2018 at 09:23

I am not sure what you are trying to achieve by this.

The equipment is cooled adequately or their would be failures that we would all be aware off and the last thing Openreach/virgin wants is failures of of street equipment.
I don’t think this will garner much support TBH as the cost would be borne by you and me and for the little to no return on investment makes this a non going in my mind.

MikeTheNative · 27 Jul 2018 at 09:43

Are loads of people having internet problems? I've not heard of anyone having issues bar the normal few.

new boy · 27 Jul 2018 at 09:47

OCUK fighting agaist the real injustices in the world once again.

MikeTheNative · 27 Jul 2018 at 09:55

Who does the under-funding of the NHS really affect? Meanwhile there's people struggling with 5% less download speed because of the heat.

StrongSad · 27 Jul 2018 at 10:26

MikeTheNative said:
Who does the under-funding of the NHS really affect? Meanwhile there's people ~~struggling with~~ moaning about 5% less download speed because of the heat.

Absolutely bang on

however I have changed it slightly...

McGray · 27 Jul 2018 at 10:44

Turn the game off and go enjoy the lovely weather. :cool:

pestt · 27 Jul 2018 at 10:49

PieEater said:
You've identified a problem,

Not really sure he has. Just what an 'engineer' told him. The weathermen told me there was going to be 2 dys of torrential rain and thunderstorms too, and...

MooMoo444 · 27 Jul 2018 at 10:51

My internet has been dropping in the hot weather. Two different Openreach engineers couldn't find the fault. Only cuts out when the temp is 25+. Maybe it is the sun on the cabby. Though I would assume it would affect other residents in the same area.

Zefan · 27 Jul 2018 at 10:51

PieEater said:
I've only ever seen cabling in street cabinets so not sure how heat can effect them, I guess it's possible they may have other equipment in them but you'd need to find out what and how heat affects it.

I'm guessing the equipment they're referencing is a fibre-copper media convertor of sorts. This obviously only applies to FTTC cabins, heat won't affect pure copper lines at all.