UK Gov looking into using other utility pipes for fibre broadband

[Ttaskmaster]

Off on a complete tangent but I wonder how much of a headache it caused the utility companies with people substituting bog roll with kitchen roll or tissues when everyone decided buying 50 tonnes of the stuff was their primary survival instinct.

Not much - We're used to it.
It just means more scrubbing of the inlet screens, and everyones' bill goes up.

[Phage]

Does this lock out other companies from using the infrastructure though?

Telco's ? The arrangement is no longer valid, as TransACT no longer exist. At the time there was no other competition in the Telco space. certainly no-one laying down infrastructure

[philehidiot]

Not much - We're used to it.
It just means more scrubbing of the inlet screens, and everyones' bill goes up.

Are those Andrex mildly moist arsewipes a problem? They say flushable but I have my doubts.

[Ttaskmaster]

Are those Andrex mildly moist arsewipes a problem? They say flushable but I have my doubts.

Here's the list of Fine To Flush: https://www.wrcplc.co.uk/successful-fine-to-flush
If it ain't on that list, it ain't good.

Here's the spec: https://www.water.org.uk/wp-content/...ember-2019.pdf

[Corky34]

Are those Andrex mildly moist arsewipes a problem? They say flushable but I have my doubts.

Mildly moist my A, when i was a kid you'd be lucky to get medicated sandpaper.

I never could workout how the sewers coped with that stuff, it was evil.