I had an engineer out this morning to install my new broadband connection. Before he even started, he’d hit a problem – there’s no line of sight from my house to their high-site. There is a line of sight from the house next door, but because of a bloody tree, I’m out of luck.
If I want broadband, I need to get written permission from the owner of the house to put an aerial on their chimney. As the house is rented out to students, and they’re on holidays for another two weeks, I’m not going to be able to get it.
My current provider is due to cut my connection any day now. Access wise, I’m living on borrowed time.
As it stands, I have the following options:
- Try to get permission from my neighbours to put an aerial on their roof, or
- I can go get a phone line put in and go with some variant of DSL, or
- I can cancel the whole lot and do without internet access.
I don’t particularly want to get a phone line put in because I have no use for a phone, and I’m not going to pay for something that I won’t be using. I really can’t do without internet access, so that brings me back to the first point, which is out of my control.
Looks like I’m screwed.
Tags: aerial, Broadband, line_of_sight, Technology, whatithink