London street webcams offline (surprise surprise, again...)

webcams down again today - same as yesterdays crucial times

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/travel/jamcams/camloco/040252.shtml

the register reported on it - correctly mentioning how this has happened during several other large demonstrations...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34062.html
Plug pulled on London Webcams, as Bush sweeps into town
By Tim Richardson
Posted: 18/11/2003 at 16:57 GMT

President George W Bush is about to pay the UK a visit and thousands of anti-war demonstrators are planning to take to the streets in protest.

With London bracing itself for the mother of all security operations, it should come as little surprise that some strategically-place Webcams have gone on the blink.

Transport for London's "Capital Cam" - the one pointing towards Parliament Square and Whitehall, among others - is currently unobtainable.

Why? A short message reads: "The image from this Capital Cam is not available for operational reasons."

So, now you know

techno

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As usual ...

20.11.2003 16:19

Same as always then…

Here’s an email I received after a complaint to the BBC when the cams went don’t a couple of years ago ...

>From: Matthew Linfoot
>Subject: Travel Cameras
>Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:15:08 +0100
>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)
>
>Hi there
>
>thanks for your email concerning the travel cameras. Access to the cameras
>is via Scotland Yard: we take the feeds, but we have no control over the
>output. Out of 80 cameras, there are always a few that are out of action for
>technical reasons.
>
>Apologies for the disruption to the service - it's usually temporary.
>
>regards
>
>Matthew
>Matthew Linfoot
>Senior Broadcast Journalist
>London Live Online

guess that explains it then ...

Penry

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