Let’s switch on Hanbury!
The Issue
Let’s Switch on Hanbury!
Anyone who has tried to use a mobile phone in Hanbury and the surround area knows just how frustrating this is due to the poor and patchy signal. Totally unacceptable!
Everyone suffers; the school, local businesses, delivery drivers serving the village, residents andtheir visitors, visitor attractions and events held in Hanbury. We are encouraged to get smart meters installed but with no mobile signal this cannot happen. This is not all just a matter of convenience. A good signal is essential in the modern “connected” world of wireless paymentsand can sometimes be a matter of life or death.
You are lucky if you get 1 bar of unreliable 3G coverage, hands free calls in your car are pointless in Hanbury as you know what’s going to happen - you always have to start your phone call with “I will be going through a black hole at some point so we will get cut off…”
The village school had new flashing advisory speed limit signs installed in September 2022 - they still don’t work as they rely on the non-existent mobile phone signal! This endangers young lives.
Whenever I have visitors to my house, I have to let them log onto my WiFi so they can receive WhatsApp messages / calls or WiFi calling. My business mobile doesn’t work at home and doesn’t have WiFi calling so no one can get through to me on that and I work from home!
There are many dog owners who walk in the countryside but if they or their dog has an accident whilst out, they would be lucky to be able to get through to anyone for help for the lack of signal. The same argument applies to farmers working the land in complex machinery, horse riders and for any road traffic incidents that may occur in the ‘black holes’. If accidents happen help cannot be summoned.
Hanbury is a village with approx. 400 houses and a population of around 1000. Probably all of which have a mobile phone, wouldn’t it be great if we could actually use them?!
Please sign this petition so Hanbury can get out of the dark ages and connect with the outside world!
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The Issue
Let’s Switch on Hanbury!
Anyone who has tried to use a mobile phone in Hanbury and the surround area knows just how frustrating this is due to the poor and patchy signal. Totally unacceptable!
Everyone suffers; the school, local businesses, delivery drivers serving the village, residents andtheir visitors, visitor attractions and events held in Hanbury. We are encouraged to get smart meters installed but with no mobile signal this cannot happen. This is not all just a matter of convenience. A good signal is essential in the modern “connected” world of wireless paymentsand can sometimes be a matter of life or death.
You are lucky if you get 1 bar of unreliable 3G coverage, hands free calls in your car are pointless in Hanbury as you know what’s going to happen - you always have to start your phone call with “I will be going through a black hole at some point so we will get cut off…”
The village school had new flashing advisory speed limit signs installed in September 2022 - they still don’t work as they rely on the non-existent mobile phone signal! This endangers young lives.
Whenever I have visitors to my house, I have to let them log onto my WiFi so they can receive WhatsApp messages / calls or WiFi calling. My business mobile doesn’t work at home and doesn’t have WiFi calling so no one can get through to me on that and I work from home!
There are many dog owners who walk in the countryside but if they or their dog has an accident whilst out, they would be lucky to be able to get through to anyone for help for the lack of signal. The same argument applies to farmers working the land in complex machinery, horse riders and for any road traffic incidents that may occur in the ‘black holes’. If accidents happen help cannot be summoned.
Hanbury is a village with approx. 400 houses and a population of around 1000. Probably all of which have a mobile phone, wouldn’t it be great if we could actually use them?!
Please sign this petition so Hanbury can get out of the dark ages and connect with the outside world!
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Petition created on 31 January 2023