Well the good news is that today I signed the rental contract and got the keys to the cottage.
The bad news is that it looks like it will be several weeks before I can move in.
Why? Well before I agreed to take the place I checked that it did indeed have a working phone line, because I need one for my broadband connection. Then of course I was told that I could not move in for several weeks. Now I have been told that it is my responsibility to arrange for a phone connection, and that will take several more weeks to sort out. I could, of course, have been sorting that out while I was waiting.
As it happens, I have to be in London Wed/Thurs, and I have train tickets from, so I’ll stay in the cottage for a couple of nights. After that I’ll need to go back to Darkest Somerset until such time as I can actually work from the new home.
Can you tell that I’m not very happy.
My goodness That is a lot of time for a phone line. It usually takes a week or so here in America.
Utterly ridiculous, isn’t it? It takes two days here in New Zealand. When I lived in the UK I was constantly surprised by how long everything took. What do you mean, two months to deliver a mattress?
Grrr – that’s really irritating! Is cable not an option? (or would it take longer/cost more and be more irritating?)
Exactly.
Hugs
You will have to make allowances for my relative ignorance in this area .. indeed one of my former professional colleagues – a Woman of Ferocious Capability and Academic Qualification in I.T. – was quoted to me by her junior colleague as having said ..” actually Arnold doesn’t know that much about computing and Ghod knows how he picks it up but .. do you read Terry Pratchett? Well its Like having DEATH on Call .. When one or More of the the Greek Male students – Oh how we must respect their Culture /Money – do as That one just has and demands a REAL .. Male .. technician ..rather than Me .. I just call Him and prepare a crib sheet to his specification… which I must, as He says, give to him in as obvious a fashion as is possible … and then Arnold will Stalk In, and He will be so pleased, given that it’s the third time today and he tells me that he has come to HATE computing ..not to worry For this time I WILL persuade him to, Speak, saying … ‘ COWER BRIEF MORTALS !”
DiD I ever mention that I am SO pleased to be retired from Tech Support in Higher Education?
Bloody WOMEN!
Anyway .. couldn’t you have one of those DONGLE/Dangle ish things attached to your laptop and thus be relatively Free of broadband locked local phone systems systems ? I mention this because my little friend Kaeren has just mentioned this as an alternative to her signing up to a Broadband phone service in her home – she used to live in a cottage- so there’s a coincidence – but now owns a semi in a less than desirable part of town that does have Cable/ by Virgin that she doesn’t want to employ – and I just can’t think of a reason why She couldn’t have a Dingle/dangle whatever, service .. she has my laptop on ‘loan ‘ and it is a Good laptop and so in Theory couldn’t She /You take this alternative route to connectivity? Can it be so expensive?
Just a Thought.
I have one. O2’s coverage is so poor that I haven’t been able to find anywhere that the stupid thing works for months. Also yes, they are that expensive, and then some.
OH ..GOOD ! …now I can Blame YOU for the Dongle thing not being a Good Idea.
be well . . . I hope this gets sorted out soon.
planning to send you blanket and book on Indian smoke signals 🙂