<p>对破产的伦敦宽带供应商 G.Network 的潜在救助计划因担心老鼠啃咬光纤电缆而被排除在外。</p>
<p>社区宽带（Community Fibre），作为首都的竞争网络建设者，一直在考虑从管理人手中收购 G.Network，后者在上个月因其 3 亿英镑的债务和仅有的 25,000 名宽带用户而被迫进入破产程序。</p>
<p>然而，社区宽带首席执行官 Graeme Oxby 告诉《每日电讯报》，救助计划不会继续进行，部分原因是修复老鼠损坏电缆的费用。</p>
<p>“老鼠喜欢管道，它们也喜欢非常美味的光纤，” 他说，并补充说，修复损坏的高昂费用在一定程度上阻碍了他公司对 G.Network 的救助。</p>
<p>“这并不是我们特别感兴趣的事情，因为我们认为它有很多结构性问题，并且修复成本相当高，” 他补充道。</p>
<p>老鼠以寻找筑巢材料而攻击地下光纤电缆，在某些情况下被指责为导致互联网连接中断。</p>
<p>Openreach 曾将两年前 Tring 的网络问题归咎于筑巢的老鼠，工程师发现老鼠啃咬了坚固的管道、外壳和多根电缆——这些通常需要钻孔才能穿透。</p>
<p>上个月，唐卡斯特的居民和企业也遭遇了与老鼠相关的宽带问题，当地国会议员兼能源部长 Ed Miliband 表示，这些问题是由于 “老鼠损坏” 造成的。</p>
<p>他说他已经 “询问了 [Openreach] 他们将如何防止未来发生如此广泛的停机”。</p>
<p>像 Openreach 这样的宽带公司通常会封闭电缆的开口，以防止老鼠进入。它们还可以重新布线以避开老鼠巢。</p>
<p>这对 G.Network 来说是个问题，因为它的大部分宽带电缆都铺设在繁忙伦敦道路的管道中，而不是像竞争对手那样铺设在人行道下。</p>
<p>行业消息人士表示，这意味着该公司需要挖掘道路以进行与老鼠相关的修复工作，导致高昂且具有破坏性的封闭。</p>
<p>包括伊斯灵顿在内的首都地区的居民曾因 G.Network 的安装工作而抱怨长时间的干扰。</p>
<p>G.Network 本月初在被私募股权公司 FitzWalter Capital 收购仅一周后便陷入管理程序。</p>
<p>FitzWalter 是一家专门投资困境资产的 “秃鹫基金”，现在将寻求出售 G.Network 的光纤宽带网络及其客户基础。</p>
<p>这家宽带公司是数十家所谓的 “替代网络”（alt-net）宽带公司之一，这些公司兴起以挑战 BT，但因利息成本飙升和用户接受度低而面临压力。</p>
<p>该公司之前由 USS 养老金基金和 Cube 基础设施管理公司拥有，随后陷入困境。</p>
<p>分析师预测，随着初创公司在债务重压下挣扎，替代网络行业将出现一波合并和倒闭潮。</p>
<p>除了 G.Network，农村宽带公司 Gigaclear 也即将被包括 Natwest 和由纳税人支持的国家财富基金在内的贷款方接管。</p>
<p>但 Oxby 先生淡化了整合的重要性，坚称一些替代网络仍然可以生存并挑战 BT 的主导地位。</p>
<p>他说：“显然会有困境中的整合，可能是贷款方主导或专业人士主导，但我们认为整合并不是唯一的解决方案。</p>
<p>“最近似乎替代网络只存在于整合中。我们成立的目的是成为现有公司的成功竞争者，并为市场引入一些竞争……我认为这一点有些被忽视了。”</p>
<p>社区宽带去年将客户基础扩大到 429,000，增长超过四分之一，收入几乎增长了 50% 至 1.12 亿英镑。</p>
<p>这家宽带公司由包括私募股权公司 Warburg Pincus 和铁路养老金计划 Railpen 在内的投资者财团拥有。</p>

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<p>对破产的伦敦宽带供应商网络的潜在救助计划因担忧其光纤电缆受到老鼠损害而被放弃。竞争对手 Community Fibre 曾考虑收购该网络，但因修复成本过高而受到阻碍。该网络目前负债 3 亿英镑，仅有 25,000 名用户，最近被置于管理之下。分析师预测，随着许多公司面临债务压力，替代网络宽带行业将进一步整合。然而，Community Fibre 旨在尽管面临行业挑战，仍保持与 BT 的竞争力</p>

<p>A potential rescue bid for the bust London broadband provider G.Network has been ruled out over fears that rats have chewed through its fibre-optic cables.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>对破产的伦敦宽带供应商 G.Network 的潜在救助计划因担心老鼠啃咬光纤电缆而被排除在外。</p>
</div><p>Community Fibre, a rival network builder in the capital, has been considering an acquisition of G.Network from administrators, who were called in last month when its £300m of debts and broadband subscriber base of just 25,000 forced it under.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>社区宽带（Community Fibre），作为首都的竞争网络建设者，一直在考虑从管理人手中收购 G.Network，后者在上个月因其 3 亿英镑的债务和仅有的 25,000 名宽带用户而被迫进入破产程序。</p>
</div><p>However, Community Fibre chief executive Graeme Oxby told The Telegraph the rescue would not go ahead, partly because of the cost of repairing rodent damage to cables.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>然而，社区宽带首席执行官 Graeme Oxby 告诉《每日电讯报》，救助计划不会继续进行，部分原因是修复老鼠损坏电缆的费用。</p>
</div><p>“Rodents like ducts and they like fibres which are very tasty,” he said, adding the prospect of costly work to fix the damage had partly deterred a rescue of G.Network by his company.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“老鼠喜欢管道，它们也喜欢非常美味的光纤，” 他说，并补充说，修复损坏的高昂费用在一定程度上阻碍了他公司对 G.Network 的救助。</p>
</div><p>“It’s not something we’ve been particularly interested in because we think it’s got quite a lot of structural issues and would be quite an expensive fix,” he added.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这并不是我们特别感兴趣的事情，因为我们认为它有很多结构性问题，并且修复成本相当高，” 他补充道。</p>
</div><p>Rats are known to attack underground fibre-optic cables in search of nesting material and in some cases have been blamed for internet connections being disrupted.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>老鼠以寻找筑巢材料而攻击地下光纤电缆，在某些情况下被指责为导致互联网连接中断。</p>
</div><p>Openreach blamed nesting rats for days worth of network issues in Tring two years ago, with engineers discovering rats had chewed through strong ducting, outer casing and multiple cables – which typically require a drill to penetrate.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Openreach 曾将两年前 Tring 的网络问题归咎于筑巢的老鼠，工程师发现老鼠啃咬了坚固的管道、外壳和多根电缆——这些通常需要钻孔才能穿透。</p>
</div><p>Residents and businesses in Doncaster were also hit with rat-related broadband issues last month, with local MP and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband saying the issues were caused by “rodent damage”.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>上个月，唐卡斯特的居民和企业也遭遇了与老鼠相关的宽带问题，当地国会议员兼能源部长 Ed Miliband 表示，这些问题是由于 “老鼠损坏” 造成的。</p>
</div><p>He said he had “asked [Openreach] what they’re going to do to prevent widespread outages like this in future”.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>他说他已经 “询问了 [Openreach] 他们将如何防止未来发生如此广泛的停机”。</p>
</div><p>Broadband companies such as Openreach typically seal openings to cables to try to prevent rats accessing them. They can also re-route cables to avoid nests.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>像 Openreach 这样的宽带公司通常会封闭电缆的开口，以防止老鼠进入。它们还可以重新布线以避开老鼠巢。</p>
</div><p>This is a problem for G.Network because it has laid much of its broadband cables in ducts located in the middle of busy London road, rather than under pavements like its rivals.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这对 G.Network 来说是个问题，因为它的大部分宽带电缆都铺设在繁忙伦敦道路的管道中，而不是像竞争对手那样铺设在人行道下。</p>
</div><p>Industry sources said this meant the company was required to dig up the road to carry out rodent-linked repair work, leading to costly and disruptive closures.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>行业消息人士表示，这意味着该公司需要挖掘道路以进行与老鼠相关的修复工作，导致高昂且具有破坏性的封闭。</p>
</div><p>Residents in areas of the capital including Islington have previously complained of lengthy disruption as a result of G.Network’s installation works.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>包括伊斯灵顿在内的首都地区的居民曾因 G.Network 的安装工作而抱怨长时间的干扰。</p>
</div><p>G.Network was plunged into administration earlier this month just a week after it was acquired by the private equity firm FitzWalter Capital.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>G.Network 本月初在被私募股权公司 FitzWalter Capital 收购仅一周后便陷入管理程序。</p>
</div><p>FitzWalter, a so-called “vulture fund” that specialises in distressed assets, will now seek to sell off G.Network’s fibre broadband network and its customer base.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>FitzWalter 是一家专门投资困境资产的 “秃鹫基金”，现在将寻求出售 G.Network 的光纤宽带网络及其客户基础。</p>
</div><p>The broadband firm is one of dozens of so-called “alt-net” broadband firms that have sprung up to challenge BT but found themselves under strain from surging interest costs and poor take-up.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这家宽带公司是数十家所谓的 “替代网络”（alt-net）宽带公司之一，这些公司兴起以挑战 BT，但因利息成本飙升和用户接受度低而面临压力。</p>
</div><p>The company was previously owned by the USS pension fund and Cube Infrastructure Managers before it fell into trouble.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该公司之前由 USS 养老金基金和 Cube 基础设施管理公司拥有，随后陷入困境。</p>
</div><p>Analysts have predicted a wave of mergers and collapses across the alt-net sector as startup firms struggle under the weight of their debts.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>分析师预测，随着初创公司在债务重压下挣扎，替代网络行业将出现一波合并和倒闭潮。</p>
</div><p>In addition to G.Network, rural broadband firm Gigaclear is poised to be taken over by lenders including Natwest and the taxpayer-backed National Wealth Fund.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>除了 G.Network，农村宽带公司 Gigaclear 也即将被包括 Natwest 和由纳税人支持的国家财富基金在内的贷款方接管。</p>
</div><p>But Mr Oxby played down the significance of consolidation, insisting that some alt-nets could survive to challenge BT’s dominance.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>但 Oxby 先生淡化了整合的重要性，坚称一些替代网络仍然可以生存并挑战 BT 的主导地位。</p>
</div><p>He said: “Clearly there are going to be the distressed consolidations, maybe lender-led or specialist-led, but we don’t feel that consolidation is the only answer.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>他说：“显然会有困境中的整合，可能是贷款方主导或专业人士主导，但我们认为整合并不是唯一的解决方案。</p>
</div><p>“Recently it’s seemed that alt-nets only exist to consolidate. We set up to be successful competitors to the incumbent and introduce some competition into the market... I think that’s got lost a bit.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“最近似乎替代网络只存在于整合中。我们成立的目的是成为现有公司的成功竞争者，并为市场引入一些竞争……我认为这一点有些被忽视了。”</p>
</div><p>Community Fibre grew its customer base to 429,000 last year, an increase of more than a quarter, and revenue rose by almost 50pc to £112m.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>社区宽带去年将客户基础扩大到 429,000，增长超过四分之一，收入几乎增长了 50% 至 1.12 亿英镑。</p>
</div><p>The broadband firm is owned by a consortium of investors include private equity firm Warburg Pincus and the railway pension scheme Railpen.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这家宽带公司由包括私募股权公司 Warburg Pincus 和铁路养老金计划 Railpen 在内的投资者财团拥有。</p>
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破产宽带供应商的竞标者因老鼠偏爱啃食光纤而望而却步