BT were due this week, Wednesday to be exact, to install a phone line. The installer had to phone me on the mobile to ask where I was, not a good start! They had it turned out given the install guy a totally wrong connection point so although he could add a box inside the house and connect up to the telegraph pole, which needed an extra person to stand by and watch him, he could not provide a working new line. The need to wait for a second person meant the install of this bit took best part of a day!
Thursday surprisingly saw an unannounced visit from Openreach to complete the new line set-up. The problem seemed to be that our designated line from the local exchange went to one pole and our bit of the line went to another! So as the two poles were about 400 metres apart it was too far to just string up a bit of cable and it needed to be routed underground. Anyway the guy did manage this after a couple of hours so well done to him and thanks Openreach I have a phone line! No phone to put on it but a working line for when we do! And what about a fibre internet connection you will be asking, you know the fastest possible internet as BT keep advertising well no chance! We are on super fast 4 megabit copper line so download central will not be us any time soon, in fact the mobile may be quicker on a good day when we have signal. Oh the joys of living in Britain in the 21st century!
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