Bermuda Triangle of Greenwood

[stephbg]

Tired of at least 5 days of continuous poor connection speed I finally girded my loins to call 3 technical support to find out if it was just me. The good news is that there's a known coverage fault in the local area, it's been escalated, and that they're working on the problem. The bad news is I was offered a discount for the next six months which makes me think it's not about to get better soon. YouTube is off the agenda for a while. Again.

We have bad landlines here (no ADSL and scratchy dialup), and the mobile coverage is laughable, so this doesn't surprise me particularly. The TV reception is OK but not flawless. Next stop: satellite dish. Or tin cans with string. I could borrow Dad's ham radio gear...

As time goes by and the problems seem to get worse I can't help but wonder what this isolation is doing to the real estate value of Sector 7.

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[chaosmanor.livejournal.com]

Our TV and mobile phone reception is poor because the high voltage power lines for the entire northern hemisphere run past our house, but at least the broadband works.

I reassure myself with the thought that, when the apocalypse comes, there will be a military presence here, guarding the power lines. Also, I could probably make toast by putting bread on a stick and holding it out of the front door.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

In my real estate dealings I have failed shockingly to account for the strategic value of my property come the apocalyse.

Have the lines been humming spectacularly in the humid weather?