Home to a BT Telephone Exchange that in
March of 2010 was the centre of a telephone
outage that affected large parts of north and
western London. An article in "Tech Week
Europe" by Tom Jowitt on March 31, 2010 said
that, "Telephone lines in the
north and western parts of London have been
crippled, after BT
was forced to close its telephone exchange in
North Paddington, following a flooding problem
in a basement of the building. Speaking
to eWEEK Europe UK, a spokesman for London
Fire Brigade said that the incident took place
in Burne Street in Marylebone.
'It was a flood not a fire,'
confirmed the Brigade spokesman. 'We were
called at 7.30am this morning to reports of a
flooding incident in an electrical intake room
within the basement area of the building on
Burne Street. Two fire engines and
approximately ten fire fighters were called
and left the incident at 9.50am.'
'Following major flooding at a BT
exchange in the Paddington area, tens of
thousands of customers in parts of North and
West London may be experiencing a loss of
broadband and/or telephone service,' BT said
in a statement emailed to eWEEK Europe UK.
'Customers in other parts of the country may
also be affected.'"
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