Spooner Row Message Board

Hi Robert, Thanks for this update and your continued endeavours in this area. It's great news, I have everything crossed.

Am I being a little cagey about the 'new development' wording? Are the people trying to sell these vastly overpriced (in my opinion) houses on Bunwell road now concerned enough to apply pressure on the Broadband supplier to help sales of their houses........

I don't think the "cagey" comment is stupid or jealous. No one wants to buy a new property with rubbish broadband, so if the houses are not selling then that comment could be correct.

If you're going to fork out a colossal sum for a house you should expect fast broadband now. The new houses being built are ultra modern houses using what appear to be top quality fittings and are all show. They are clearly built to attract those from richer areas of the country who are fed up with what they have been forced to put up with and want to get away for a quieter life. Spooner Row is certainly not the place to come if you want a quiet life as things are developing rapidly here. The new houses are stuck in an old fashioned location with no infrastructure, lorries storming past, congestion and appalling road surfaces. Have you seen the state of Station Road? There are far better value houses elsewhere and closer to Norwich with considerably faster broadband connections. Fast broadband IS an essential requirement, especially for the elderly and families. Do you think these new houses will be occupied by elderly couples who don't need/use the Internet and just sit there doing tapestries all day whilst talking on the phone? Get real. Ask their grandchildren when they visit! What are these alternatives that are available in the village for faster broadband? How fast are they? All I'm aware of are those that constantly disconnect. At least the copper is reliably slow but only capable of doing the most basic of things and almost nothing in a multi-user household.