Internet Street fails to live up to name

Our Chief Executive, David Ward, came across this story from bdaily, an Internet news company based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, see www.bdaily.info

David explains; "This gave me a chuckle and Si Bales, who runs bdaily, has allowed us to share it with you. Perhaps it will raise a smile in the middle of all this snow!" The image shows a picturesque Grey Street in Newcastle. The story goes like this:

A Polish man who bought a house on Internet Street is selling it because he can't get a broadband connection.

Andrzej Gromek, 43, of Warsaw, said: "I have written dozens of letters to the national telecom regulator. At first they thought it was a joke but then they found that actually it was too expensive to put a line into the street just for me. So I am moving."

His complaint has shocked the Polish Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) into launching a nationwide campaign.

"How is it possible that in the capital, in a street with that name, there is no competition between internet operators?" asked UKE boss Anna Strezynska.

So there! Next time you complain about your Internet connection, think of Andrzej.