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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by reaperducer on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @09:17AM (#24554040)
Is there a good explanation for how this can be the case in a developed country?

Since his story is worded as if it happened recently, it could be COVID-related.

Back in April I tried to get my cable company to install its home security system where I live. I was told no, because the company wasn't sending techs into anyone's homes until the virus let up.

I tried again in August, and was told it would be a very long while, as the service guys were still catching up on the backlog.

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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by dspillett on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @10:17AM (#24554599)
> it could be COVID-related

This was certainly an issue with BT-OR in the UK for a short while when lock-down first properly started and there was a combination of OR people not being able to work and home users discovering issues (or reporting those that until now had been to minor to care about) as they tried to work from home. That caused quite a back-log of work in some areas.

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