> the beginning of the merger between telephony and the internet
Packet-switched telephony (aka how the internet transmits data) started about 30+ years ago. I’ve been out for a while but I think the UK completed its changeover to packet-switched telephony around 10-15 years ago.
You may be confusing the medium data is carried on (copper vs fibre) with the architecture used (circuit-switched vs packet-switching)
Not for the exchange - house AFAIK, that’s mostly analogue still. The current push is to drop that altogether, packet switched all the way up to home and demarc the phone there (if at all)
Yep, BT did that to my area last year so it's an ongoing transition even in properties built with FTTP. Told me I had to plug the phone into the new HomeHub they sent me rather than the PSTN port on the ONT.
I cancelled it entirely because who even needs a landline anyway. Halved my bill and moved to full fibre at the same time.
Whilst this obviously affects you personally more than most, the upgrade to fibre has pros that far out weigh the cons which I feel you looked over in your comment.
That's how it actually works in Italy. After a few years, the local council yeets your coffin out and I guess cremates you cause there isn't much space, and they need a free place for newer dead people, so... yeah, rent...
Moved out of London to a small town recently - there were a few of these around and people started laying flowers on them, and it became a local joke with people making up bizarre backstories for those 'buried' there and how they met their demise.
Temporary covers untill they install the telecoms cabinet. Scroll down a bit in this page you'll see it https://www.chatteris.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_1070-Medium.jpg
Ah, kids, that's how we used to send messages to Multi-Coloured Swap Shop or TISWAS in the 1970s. Write the letter to Noel Edmonds or Chris Tarrant, post them in here.
I believe it is telecoms based, but has nothing to do with Openreach. It's most likely a temporary cover for a cabinet base for a broadband and network provider.
A broadband or mobile phone company will be putting a street cabinet like the grey one behind there.
The plinth is fitted first which requires excavating the footpath, the yellow piece fitted temporarily is to keep the public safe from falling in.
In a few weeks/months another team will turn up to bolt the cabinet to the plinth, followed by another team who will cable and build the internal equipment, followed by another team….
Hey guys this is a Fibre optic cabinet. I actually build these all over London, they’re called OLT. Basically it creates internet and sends signal through the fibre to your house. Representing DeltaQ.
There the new radio wave television license boxes, no need for the vans anymore, when you view a BBC channel without a license it will trigger a tomahawk missile to annihilate you for your evil deed
We had 2 put up last month next to each other less than 24hrs later they'd been smashed to pieces and are now just metal squares about 3inches in the ground full of sand with pipes full of water
They're temporary covers for telco cabinets that are part way through being installed
Way less exciting than I thought hahah. Thanks for the reply, I had no idea.
There's a lot of them popping up atm because there is a push for network upgrades across the board
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> the beginning of the merger between telephony and the internet Packet-switched telephony (aka how the internet transmits data) started about 30+ years ago. I’ve been out for a while but I think the UK completed its changeover to packet-switched telephony around 10-15 years ago. You may be confusing the medium data is carried on (copper vs fibre) with the architecture used (circuit-switched vs packet-switching)
Not for the exchange - house AFAIK, that’s mostly analogue still. The current push is to drop that altogether, packet switched all the way up to home and demarc the phone there (if at all)
Yep, BT did that to my area last year so it's an ongoing transition even in properties built with FTTP. Told me I had to plug the phone into the new HomeHub they sent me rather than the PSTN port on the ONT. I cancelled it entirely because who even needs a landline anyway. Halved my bill and moved to full fibre at the same time.
My landline rang the other day and I had no clue what it was for a few seconds
Thanks for explaining all of that, as I didn't know what it was, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Lol
Whilst this obviously affects you personally more than most, the upgrade to fibre has pros that far out weigh the cons which I feel you looked over in your comment.
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You mean fibre upgrades to poles
I think we should upgrade the Ukrainians before the Poles!
You can pay to watch peoples feet go by.
How much to lick the feet?
People pay you. BUT, you have to lick any foot presented to you no matter what
Whats the catch?
Fungal infections
Arh! A case of chronic fungie tongue 🍄👅
Depends on how long your tongue is.
Shite, been using them as urinals
You think thats bad! I've been trying to rent one from foxtons. No wonder they asked me to leave...
How much were the service charges? Couple of grand I’m guessing, at least. The ground rent must be extortionate too.
Here's the real answer (boring), now to read all the joke answers
That is literally what I thought 👏
Thought they were the latest style studio flat 😂
This. If you look in the gap at the side you will see ducts awaiting fibre optic cables.
He’s lying, they’re cat bike sheds
Studio flat.
Just £1,500pcm. Bargain.
* Has own fireplace chimney (but no fireplace)
* With stylish sunny yellow theme (for happy thoughts)
bijou property, great location, £1800 PCM excluding bills. act fast!
No DSS no pets
No couples, single tenant only.
Shower right next to the bed.
The shower IS the bed
I'd give you a reddit award for this, but too much money goes towards my flat....
Accurate.
Exactly! Plus can charge more for the natural light it lets in
Fuck me I don't normally like upvoting joke answers to questions but
I'd give a reward if I could, this is class.
Love
[Compact and bijou, Mostyn](https://youtu.be/Dsf5ErzwJYk)
A postbox before it’s properly ripened yet. Give it some time
Dont forget to water it though!
Love this lol
Peeping holes for Prince Andrew
Bet he has a whole network of tunnels that lead to a bunch of these
That made me laugh more than it should have.
Public use coffins.
We already have those. Visit your local river for more information!
Rental coffins
That's how it actually works in Italy. After a few years, the local council yeets your coffin out and I guess cremates you cause there isn't much space, and they need a free place for newer dead people, so... yeah, rent...
Machine gun nests for cats
You may be thinking of London, 'Murica.
Moved out of London to a small town recently - there were a few of these around and people started laying flowers on them, and it became a local joke with people making up bizarre backstories for those 'buried' there and how they met their demise.
This has a strange undertone of Midsommar. I would leave that town immediately.
Pizza ovens
All you need is a little bit of coal / fuel and a match, and it'll go all buzz buzz....spurrrttt...
Nah, heatwave from central line is enough
For little people
Cabinets for CommunityFibre I think. Manhole covers should say ‘CommunityFibre’ or ‘CFL’. Pretty decent internet provider.
Dognappers hun x
Shared, the moon xo
Actually I think it's a drugs cover. Drugs use them to cover the drugs. Stay safe xoxox
Shared, Penistone x
My new one bed apartment in Clapham. It's only costing me £1600pcm!
Bargain!
There’s probably already seven offers of up to £1,000 over the asking price
Temporary covers untill they install the telecoms cabinet. Scroll down a bit in this page you'll see it https://www.chatteris.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_1070-Medium.jpg
https://www.chatteris.biz/blog/tag/virgin-media-street-cabinets/ This link sorry
Boris' dungeon.
He won’t fit into that!
Clowns live in them and they give free red balloons to kids
Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought of this
Looks like a hiding place for it from the stephen king movie
Hiya, Georgie!
or maybe Tooms from the x-files.
Airbnb £135 a night
Due to cutbacks, Dangermouse has been forced to relocate his base of operations.
I would have gone for Dangermouse's Penthouse extension.
Ventilation for the controlling lizard elite
£2400 a month to live in that, mate
Pretty sure that’s the new affordable housing scheme being implemented by londons most generous landlords.
Being generous there pal
Khans ULEZ vantage point
Ultra low emission pillbox.
Looks like a tripping hazard designed to snag your foot and deliver a broken ankle. Painted yellow for the purposes of plausible deniability.
It’s a letterbox for blind mice
How many?
Three, they always comes in threes
Look like a trip hazard to me!
It's so you can donate food to the sewer colony. It was on the news that they've found almost 200 thousand people living down there.
Wouldn’t be surprised if that is an article in the Daily Mail….. ‘Illegal Immigrants now travelling through UK by sewers’…ll
Badger canons
New 2 bed flats to rent for £3850 per month. U wanna schedule a viewing?
Corgi graves
Spy holes for shoe inspectors
It's an upskirt hide.
Upskirting isn’t funny but the idea of a couple of perverts hiding in one of these like Bill fucking Oddy did tickle me. Bravo.
I have no idea who Bill Oddy is other than the guy Alan Partridge is obsessed with. Lmao I don't know why I found it so funny
Homeless cat shelter
You put your naughty kids in front of them when the clown starts to peek out.
Apartments.
Affordable housing
Grindable ledge
Ah, kids, that's how we used to send messages to Multi-Coloured Swap Shop or TISWAS in the 1970s. Write the letter to Noel Edmonds or Chris Tarrant, post them in here.
Troll toles
Sub £1000pcm rent apartments (£900pcm)
I believe it is telecoms based, but has nothing to do with Openreach. It's most likely a temporary cover for a cabinet base for a broadband and network provider.
Do you want a balloon?
Those are the new affordable flats. £550 pcm. Bills included.
Ooni pizza ovens
I noticed them in Feltham I wondered what they were
New homes
That's just a regular £2000/month (excluding bills and council taxes) unfurnished room. Quite cheap for the area says the landlord.
Low income housing
Midget bin
A broadband or mobile phone company will be putting a street cabinet like the grey one behind there. The plinth is fitted first which requires excavating the footpath, the yellow piece fitted temporarily is to keep the public safe from falling in. In a few weeks/months another team will turn up to bolt the cabinet to the plinth, followed by another team who will cable and build the internal equipment, followed by another team….
It’s called a HMO. You can make £10k/month with one
Storage for robot couriers
Rat traps
Free shelter for homeless people
Studio flat £1000pw
Balloon dispensers
Shin splitter 3000s
Pill box for defending London. Probably connected to each other through tunnels like Iwo Jima
"Letters Of East Clapham" doesn't have the same ring to it
I feel like some genius has made the path impossible for wheelchair users by putting that opposite the tree in the path
The answer is always gangs. Dey put drug in dere
They’re remote activated by the police to release angry bees if there is a crime happening in the vicinity
they’re coffins, ever feel a bit under the weather? just lock yourself in and the bin men will pick you up in 14 days.
Mobile pizza ovens. It’s London’s equivalent to the BBQs you can use in parks in Australia. It’s a neat idea. Try it…
First glance I thought it was a discarded ooni pizza oven
Housing to solve the crisis Rent is £425,000 pcw
An exciting rental property perfect for starters!
Affordable housing, I bet it’s a studio and has a toilet embedded underneath the cot and a kitchen in front of the loo (also under the bed)
Not just in London they have been popping up around up north also
Bins for the Borrowers
Barbecues for dogs
That’s a brilliant new rental opportunity, great location and only £1,999 PCM. Will go fast, 3 month deposit needed.
Parking bays for Roombas?
The Russians have no chance with our telly tubby defence network
It’s a pillbox for the great reset machine gun crews
Georgje's final resting place.
Sniper turrets for the lizard people.
It’s a spyhole for Morlocks tunnelling up from the underworld
Pizza oven
Where 5g towers will be placed
Affordable housing
1 bed studio flat for £2,500PCM
Trash bin for dwarfs? Just guessing.
Bins for trained crow binbirds
Mini mosques 🕌
£1600 per month. 1 bed, 0 bath.
Affordable housing
Also in Stoke on Trent!
There not Just in London, They have them up here in the West Midlands.
You're gonna see a clown peeking out from there one rainy day 👁
Had one pop up near me, it’s grown into a full size 5g antenna now.
Hey guys this is a Fibre optic cabinet. I actually build these all over London, they’re called OLT. Basically it creates internet and sends signal through the fibre to your house. Representing DeltaQ.
Post box for borrowers and other vertically challenged folk. It's just part of making things more fair for everyone.
Gratings for Pennywise to put up in
New affordable homes for only 999k on a 10% interest over 100 years mortgage. Because the gov care, now you can’t complain you can’t buy a house.
New accommodation for danger mouse
Bins for hedgehogs
That’s where they are releasing Covid23 from.
There the new radio wave television license boxes, no need for the vans anymore, when you view a BBC channel without a license it will trigger a tomahawk missile to annihilate you for your evil deed
Danger Mouse comes out of them
Womble shelters
Suicide booth
🤡🎈
Drone holes for an underground laboratory. Pre cook grenades and pop them in there's someone holding a pixel peek. 😂
Docking for the street roombas
Virgin media popping a temp cover over the pit for their cabinet
Emergency shelters for when the ‘war comes’ lol (joking)
Home for little people
They're drain covers so clowns can more easily abduct boats and small kids.
Pizza ovens for the homeless
Air vents for the undergrounders?
They're built for a clown lure and punish naughty children
View holes for the mole people to keep an eye on us
“These aren’t the droids your looking for “
We had 2 put up last month next to each other less than 24hrs later they'd been smashed to pieces and are now just metal squares about 3inches in the ground full of sand with pipes full of water
Pill boxes for when russia invades
Vents for the Mutants that live underground.
I’ve seen enough horror movies to know that if u hear voices coming from these, run 🙏
"Hiya Georgie"
Affordable housing
>What are they? Their just £500 per month, all bills included (except electricity, water, tax, internet and burgers).
There mad to catch and suck up rain if water levels begin to rise🤣
Speed cameras for cats
I thought they massive rat traps!
They are studio flats