Our exchange is being activated on the 22nd Oct and I just read in the parish magazine that the "campaign organiser" has arranged for the local MP (Mark Oaten, Lib Dem, Winchester) to come and "cut the ribbon" on the 24th!

Then a tour of the exchange, look at some stalls by some ISPs and then tea & biscuits at the village hall, followed by some beer at the pub!

I might finally have a chance to do a joke I've had stored for years:

Me: Ooh, ooh, ooh - what does that switch do?
BT Engineer: That's how we turn the lights on and off.
Me: D'oh!

Gareth
(PS. Personally I wouldn't let an MP get within 1/2 a mile of a telephone exchange with a pair of scissors!!)