Posts by steve_reg

Openreach pitches its tent as Ofcom preps review of broadband market rules

Private roads

The big issue around here is private roads. It seems that Openreach don't want to engage with anyone living on a private road - meaning we are stuck with a flaky DSL connection which drops out about once a day.

HP CEO: Printed pages are down 20% since pandemic

Elephant in the room

This article completely fails to mention some other reasons why people print less.

GDPR and other data security concerns mean we are printing less, and instead referring to the electronic copy instead. We consider any printed document to be a liability, and printing is to be avoided wherever possible.

We had new office printers installed back in 2018, and I never even bothered to install the drivers!

User read the manual, followed instructions, still couldn't make 'Excel' work

Whenever I have to write a procedure for end users, I ask my boss to 'test that it is idiot-proof'.

BT is ditching workers faster than your internet connection with 55,000 for chop by 2030

Seems a bit premature

I think it's a bit early to be looking at reducing the headcount of people installing fibre - the currently deployed network is nowhere near ready to switch off the copper and their currently announced switch-off dates are wildly optimistic.

Perhaps they should think about laying off all the van drivers, managers, lawyers etc, since AI is so advanced already it could take those jobs as well.

G7 countries beat UK in worldwide broadband speed test again

Above average

Why are we using the mean for this comparison? Surely the median would be a much better measure. I am confident that the median UK speed would be significantly worse than 72Mbps, and would also go some way to addressing Cedric's concerns.

ServiceNow preps mobile apps for real-time transformation tracking

Office building

Is it me, or does that office look exactly like Reynholm Industries from the IT crowd?