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BT strike threat for online operators on hold
There are many factors that affect online bingo. The economic climate is a major factor, as can be seen by the struggles faced by many operators at the moment, and the weather is another. One factor which would have had some impact may have been narrowly avoided however, and that is the possible strike by BT employees which has just been called off.
BT have not gone on strike for more than 20 years, and the rumoured one has been called off due to legal technicalities, the Communications Workers Union (CWU) confirmed. The strike, which would have happened next week, could have had an adverse affect on broadband and telephone lines, and any faults would have taken far longer than usual to be fixed. BT did state that they had contingency plans, although this is no guarantee of uninterrupted service. A large number of internet service providers (ISPs) lease their broadband lines from BT Wholesale, and depend on BT engineers to fix any faults and keep their networks running.
The CWU did confirm that a strike by BT engineers and call centre staff could have a “significant impact” on internet services throughout the UK. “Although BT might move call centre operations to other centres, it’s really on the engineering side of things that things will be felt most keenly. The biggest impact could be in fixing faults on exchanges or broadband lines – which would be on hold for the duration of a strike – and things that are scheduled to happen, such as laying new fibre or upgrading exchanges, wouldn’t happen.”
Although bingo clubs that play bingo would not be as severely affected they do rely on phone lines to run linked games. One bingo operator said; “If lines were to develop a fault we would have to review participation in link games, however generally bingo lines have many telephone and ISDN lines and as such, unless all lines are down, temporary measures can be taken.”
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