Thread:Only8/@comment-26112541-20151120005324/@comment-26949030-20151124213023

At the moment I'm housesitting for my daughter on a semi permanent basis - so she is responsible for household services, not me unfortunately.

The land line is supplied by BT. The internet on that landline by Talk Talk. The TV by Skye. At the moment. It is far from satisfactory. If we have a lot of rain - almost every day here in Wales, UK - then the landline phone crackles and the broadband comes and goes.

It was all due to be replaced on Saturday 21st by a complete "Bundle" service from Virgin. Terrific? No!

A week before the installation date they came to connect the cables to the house ........ but a car was parked on the hatch for the junction box in the road, so they went away. On the due date a repeat performance, after long phone calls Virgin have suggested that they come again on 7th December which is the first date available and to months from the date of ordering the supply!

As parking in this area is a nightmare, I asked what would happen if they always found a car parked over their hatch and they wouldn't answer.

In the meantime, if I lose the broadband signal, then I use the landline phone (usually ringing my own cell phone) which incredibly restores the internet connection, for a while - sometimes just a few minutes sometimes longer.

The icing on the cake is that Skye service disappeared this evening too. How strange it all is.

The weird thing