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So we wouldn't have had time to feature it in last year's episode. But it was so good that we couldn't not share this with you. So, dear listeners, prepare yourselves for this story from the Openreach blog, a blog for a UK internet infrastructure company. Most haunted village in Britain gets full fibre broadband in time for Halloween. Talk about tenuous.

So we wouldn't have had time to feature it in last year's episode. But it was so good that we couldn't not share this with you. So, dear listeners, prepare yourselves for this story from the Openreach blog, a blog for a UK internet infrastructure company. Most haunted village in Britain gets full fibre broadband in time for Halloween. Talk about tenuous.

This story is literally what it says on the tin. Openreach have installed the infrastructure to allow residents of Pluckley and Kent not to get broadband, they already had that, but to upgrade to full fibre. Now, Pluckley is, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the most haunted village in Britain.

This story is literally what it says on the tin. Openreach have installed the infrastructure to allow residents of Pluckley and Kent not to get broadband, they already had that, but to upgrade to full fibre. Now, Pluckley is, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the most haunted village in Britain.

We've discussed before on the show how we're not sure about how people can properly adjudicate this, but that's by the by. It's reputed to be Britain's most haunted village, so surely Openreach have found a couple of interesting local legends, or even a personal encounter or two to spice up their spooky Halloween blog.

We've discussed before on the show how we're not sure about how people can properly adjudicate this, but that's by the by. It's reputed to be Britain's most haunted village, so surely Openreach have found a couple of interesting local legends, or even a personal encounter or two to spice up their spooky Halloween blog.

um not quite in their own words while ghosts of the screaming man red lady and a phantom horse-drawn carriage have been spooking people in pluckley for decades one thing no longer horrifying locals is slow broadband speeds

um not quite in their own words while ghosts of the screaming man red lady and a phantom horse-drawn carriage have been spooking people in pluckley for decades one thing no longer horrifying locals is slow broadband speeds

and that's it that's spectacular for the rest of the article no other mention of anything spooky going on in Pluckley and I know I shouldn't expect much but come on at least give us a spooky story from a resident or a brief summary of one of the ghost stories

and that's it that's spectacular for the rest of the article no other mention of anything spooky going on in Pluckley and I know I shouldn't expect much but come on at least give us a spooky story from a resident or a brief summary of one of the ghost stories

The headline reads like there was some kind of a supernatural apocalypse heading for Pluckley that could only be averted by the installation of the potential for residents to upgrade their broadband service.

The headline reads like there was some kind of a supernatural apocalypse heading for Pluckley that could only be averted by the installation of the potential for residents to upgrade their broadband service.

Frantic labourers working around the clock to avert disaster, cloaked in grime and mud, being slipped the occasional cup of tea by anxious locals, silently praying that the crisis can be averted in time. Will they be able to stream horror films in high definition in every room of the house at once whilst making multiple video calls?

Frantic labourers working around the clock to avert disaster, cloaked in grime and mud, being slipped the occasional cup of tea by anxious locals, silently praying that the crisis can be averted in time. Will they be able to stream horror films in high definition in every room of the house at once whilst making multiple video calls?

Or will all be lost, doomed to an eternity of only 60 megabytes per second? One can only hope that the residents of Pluckley were able to upgrade their service in time.

Or will all be lost, doomed to an eternity of only 60 megabytes per second? One can only hope that the residents of Pluckley were able to upgrade their service in time.

That does seem like it could be a really good Simon Pegg film.

That does seem like it could be a really good Simon Pegg film.

We should pitch it.

We should pitch it.