Some interesting tweets from our local member of the London Assembly:

Just met BT London who explained why the configuration of cabling in Rotherhithe is different from rest of London & expensive to upgrade

— Valerie Shawcross (@ValShawcross) October 4, 2013

@Hopkins_Alison it's the amount of direct exchange to premises cabling- few on street boxes to avoid burglars disabling alarms in warehouses

— Valerie Shawcross (@ValShawcross) October 4, 2013

But Rotherhithe could easily have super fast Broadband if EU rules allowed state subsidy to communications infrastructure.

— Valerie Shawcross (@ValShawcross) October 4, 2013

Mayor needs to approach EU Commission to get inquiry exception to allow subsidy to broadband infrastructure in Rotherhithe.

— Valerie Shawcross (@ValShawcross) October 4, 2013