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Waitrose.

There is an approved planning application (24/AP/0643) to reconfigure the site, keeping it as a builders merchants. I had thought that the one at the top of Railway Rise was going to move here once the dust has settled over that site being redeveloped. 24_AP_0643-PROPOSED_SITE_DEVELOPMENT-3956284.pdf

Line speed and the strength of your Wi-Fi signal are two separate things. The first is determined by the type of connection (fibre/copper etc) to the outside world and the second is the connection between the device (printer/TV/laptop/tablet etc) and the router. If you are connecting a device to the router using cables (as Alec1 is) then this is will give the best possible connection but isn't practical for many without a degree of upheaval and even then not all devices (tablets for example) will allow a wired connection. So you relying on the quality of the Wi-Fi signal from the router to the device and this will depend on the quality of the router, the type of Wi-Fi connection (the frequency), line of sight etc - many different things. This is why some people opt for a "mesh" type setup which is supposed to give a solid quality of Wi-Fi signal around the house with little or no blackspots. It's expensive though and still requires the devices that send and receive the signal (like the plug-ins you have) to be wired to the router.

So for the vast, vast majority of people their internet is access via wires (or fibre) supplied by openreach, virgin or one of the smaller providers like community fibre so there is a physical medium involved. However you can buy off-the-shelf 5G Routers that have a SIM card slot. Put a 5G SIM card in it and you can then access the internet from your home devices via 5G. Imagine hot-spotting your phone and sharing it. Effectively that's what your doing. Rather than buy one, 3 (and I think EE) allow you to take out a contract for a 5G SIM and the router for around £20-25 a month. Speeds won't be as fast but I get around 80 gig bits download speed and it holds up fine for us. Thus the mobile providers gain a foothold in the "broadband" market. 3 offer a no-quibble 30 day guarantee so you can try it out and if you find your signal isn't strong or reliable enough you can take it back for no charge.

Vodafone and Three merged this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VodafoneThree

I have been using the 5G broadband service from 3 for about 3 years and I've rarely had issues. I have a separate router for the WiFi around the house so can't comment on the quality of the WiFi from the 3 5G router itself. It could be worth moving it to a different location in your property. I also think there is a way to get the router to show you the 5G signal strength to help you find the best location.

While I'm sure that sales of M&S crispbread per capita in East Dulwich are undoubtedly the highest in the country, "a bit niche" must be in line for the EDF understatement of the year award.

So you agree then that the square has reduced theft from a vehicle crime then ?

My residents Parking Permit expired at midnight last night. Doctors appointment this morning. Returned from doctors about midday to see I'd got a PCN. Permit now renewed (I know I should have done it in advance). What are the chances of appealing the PCN do you think ?

What I have been saying for a long time that, within the Dulwich Village area and particularly around the LTNs there is a shrinking problem with certain types of crime, especially theft from a motor vehicle - down two-thirds on the previous year BTW. I think you tried to tell us it wasn't a shinking problem. Clearly, according to the Met's own analysis, it is.

So why the drop in theft from vehicles ? Does that correlate to the square as well ?

https://www.gov.uk/alerts?cid=email_FINAL_WP1595_MME-gov.uk+website Not sure who’s affected but thought I’d put this out there.

Although the Southwark website says that the Hillboro' Road School Street hours are 8 to 8:45 and 3:15 to 4, I think the signs have been changed to match JAGS/Greendale, i.e. 8-9 and 3:15 to 5. From the London Gazette (we all read that !!)