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• Rail Strikes – RMT union announces four more days of strikes

  16-02-2023 21:19 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The RMT has announced four more days of strikes across Network Rail and the train operating companies after it said that the latest pay and conditions offer was unacceptable.
  The union which represents 40,000 workers across Network Rail and 14 train operators says that rail workers will now launch a programme of strike action and Network Rail members will commence an overtime ban affecting maintenance and operations work.
  RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Rail employers are not being
  
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• Giganet promises to plant a tree for every new Scottish customer

  16-02-2023 17:58
  ISP Giganet expands its network in Scotland, and says it is ‘going green’ by planting a tree every time it makes a sale.
  Giganet has extended its full fibre network to 360,00 homes in Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Renfrewshire, Stirling, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.
  The firm says less than 40% of premises in Scotland can currently connect to fibre, which we are told ‘means Scotland [is] still lagging behind the UK by almost 5% in the full fibre broadband rollout race.’ It&rsquo
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of Croydon Old Palace

  16-02-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Lurking on a side street a short walk from Croydon town centre is a former palace for the Archbishop of Canterbury — and it’s open to the public on a few days of each year.
  The palace was built for the Archbishop at a time when Croydon was a suitable stopping off point for journeys between London and Canterbury. Built around the 1440s, the great hall and side rooms for the palace still exist, with the huge wooden ceiling in the hall being most impressive.
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• The City of London’s market plans run up against 775 year old law

  16-02-2023 15:20 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans by the City of London to move its markets to a new location in Dagenham have run into a problem, in the form of a Royal Charter granted 775 years ago, and it’s all about how far sheep can walk in a day.
  Proposed new City of London markets at Dagenham Dock
  The City has been looking for a new home for its three major markets for some years, and in 2018 bought a huge plot of land next to Dagenham Dock that it plans to build a new market on — initially to house its Smithfield and B
  
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• Major markets see declining 5G speeds and satisfaction

  16-02-2023 14:35
  5G speeds continue to get slower, and there are signs that some customers are beginning to notice.
  Figures published by Ookla on Wednesday showed that median 5G download speeds in several early adopter markets are down – in some cases significantly – over the last 12 months.
  Norway recorded the biggest drop, with speeds slowing by 88.1 Mbps, followed by Sweden, which showed a decrease of 84.4 Mbps. However, with fairly high median speeds of 200.4 Mbps and 263.9 Mbps respectively, the
  
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• TIM targets more of the same…only better

  16-02-2023 14:30
  TIM’s domestic business will return to growth this year after six years of negativity, the Italian incumbent predicted this week, after the presentation of a reasonable set of financial figures for 2022.
  The telco’s board of directors has approved its 2023-2025 strategic plan, the headline for which is growth in Italy, albeit at a fairly moderate rate. It is looking at flat service revenue at the domestic business – “broadly stable” were its exact words – and
  
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• Glasfaser Direkt seeks new investor as German fibre exodus continues

  16-02-2023 14:23
  Glasfaser Direkt has filed for bankruptcy following the decision of its major investor to pull out of the German fibre market, it emerged this week.
  The German fibre network builder has filed an application to open insolvency proceedings, a company spokesperson confirmed to Heise Online.
  Glasfaser Direkt was backed by UK-based infrastructure investor John Laing group, itself owned by KKR. John Laing has decided to cease investment in fibre in Germany, the spokesperson told the German news outlet
  
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• Orange celebrates 2022 financials and outlines masterplan for the future

  16-02-2023 14:10
  French Telco group Orange unveiled respectable numbers for 2022 and detailed a cunning plan for future growth which includes shaking up its Orange Business unit.
  At a press conference designed to deliver both the FY 2022 results as well its new ‘Lead the Future’ masterplan, Orange revealed that annual revenues for 2022 climbed 0.6% – attributed to growth in Africa and the Middle East (a 6.4% rise) retail services (a 2.0% rise), and to price increases introduced in each of the G
  
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• US calls on Big Tech to answer for Twitter Files revelations

  16-02-2023 13:12
  The reporting on internal Twitter documents released by its new owner has emboldened the US House Judiciary Committee in its bid to hold big tech accountable for its censorship activities.
  Representative Jim Jordan, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has sent almost identical letters to the CEOs of Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook) and Microsoft. It briefly explains why he has attached a subpoena demanding they hand over internal documents, primarily concerned with any co
  
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• The Big City: London painted on a grand scale

  16-02-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Over the centuries, the City of London has collected some massive paintings of the city and its events, and now an exhibition shows off these monumental sized works of art.The collection on display reflects the attitudes of the times they were collected. The Victorians only wanted grand spectacles, the pomp and ceremony the city is famous for, while these days more socially broadminded art is sought, such as the huge recently donated pieces that show council tower blocks in their shabby state of
  
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• Telecoms groups having to sell towers to invest is ‘weird’, says Orange chief

  16-02-2023 11:41
  Christel Heydemann says returns for European companies are not enough to support fibre rollout
  
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• Orange chief says telco infrastructure investment market is ‘weird’

  16-02-2023 11:41
  Christel Heydemann says returns are not enough to support fibre rollout
  
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• You can climb to the top of the Canonbury Tower

  16-02-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A tall tower that’s not only one of London’s oldest buildings still in private ownership but also boasts some wonderful views across north London – this is the Canonbury Tower.And twice a month, it’s open for the public to go inside and climb the stairs to the roof to take in those views.
  Canonbury Tower is roughly 500 years old and sat inside a priory associated with St Barts in the City of London. No one knows exactly when it was built, and no one knows why either. The
  
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