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[Closed] Delights of living in a rural area, crap broadband & no mobile signal moan.....

redstripe · 2016-08-30T19:29:37Z

Much as I like the countryside where I have lived nearly all my life, it's become a right PITA trying to get normal every day work and general stuff done using tinternet & phone, it seems to have got steadily worse this year for some reason. Mobile phone reception is terrible to non-existent for 02 we’re on and other people who come around on other networks say it’s equally bad. This coupled with terrible BT landline/broadband that runs slow and drops out continuously means both life and work related activities are being really hampered. When I complain I get the same old answer, try this try that, told by operators it’s fine and palmed off. Not made any difference and it's definitely getting worse. We're 8 houses in a hamlet, 3 miles from the nearest village (where apparently there is a BT exchange and people there get 1 or 2 bars mobile reception). Us and neighbours have been on to council to see if they can lobby and use their influence but no joy yet. I could swap networks for mobile and even BT although having spoken to neighbours on other providers it makes no difference, still rubbish reception and poor landline. Just resent paying for a service for both that I really need for work more than anything and it's totally shit. So living in the countryside in the UK in 2016 isn't all it's cracked up to be. Will the operators/government ever invest to improve things? Can't see it happening soon. Been told rural Russia and other Euro countries have far better coverage for both internet and mobiles than we do here. Might be easier to move I suppose. Rant over. Won't start on how crap the roads are as well, ditches blocked and hedges overgrown etc. I'm not a DM reader either.

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Openreach/BT are just crap and constantly talk rubbish. Due to the purchase of EE by the aformentioned usless company, we now live in an area with no alternative to BT. It's tough in the countryside.

Posted : 31/08/2016 3:48 am

mikewsmith

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My folks have mobile issues on most things except vodafone out in rural Northumberland but the phone line upgrades mean they can watch streaming TV and all that just fine and skype etc. may just be you managed to piss off the wrong person 😉

Posted : 31/08/2016 4:04 am

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