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AT&T's customers have long hated the unfortunately named B-52 cabinets and now British Telecom is facing civil disobedience over the ugly 6 foot by 4 foot neighborhood boxes they are deploying. St. Albans said they are totally unacceptable in a "conservation district" and Sandridge parish councillor Chris Hackett has refused to let them dig foundations. Herts 24 now reports the police hear from a local man "I told them I'm not having this. They are trying to obstruct me from getting in and out of my drive. And anyway I don't intend to look at that eyesore from my house. They can either move it somewhere else or I will." http://bit.ly/cIhPct, including picture      

 

    Fortunately, new generation field cabinets can be half the size as chip densities go up. A nice unit from Ericsson does away with the fan, and quiet fans are available for any enclosure. It's time for BT to find a smaller, quieter box. It was a brit, after all, who promised "we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

 

     At least the BT units aren't exploding.