I don't think I've ever lived anywhere where the phone signal cuts out as often as it does here. It is a bit annoying! And quite a lot of communication these days goes through Internet, and even though 4G also cuts out when the phone signal does, at least I have my own wifi. I can only be reached through wifi when I'm not too far away from the modem, though. The conservatory is out!
It normally doesn't last very long, but one evening it was out, and I naïvely assumed it would be back the next morning. It wasn't. And a bit later I saw on the village Facebook group that someone had contacted their provider, and they said that indeed, there is maintenance going on. They figured it would be repaired by Friday. This was posted up on Tuesday. And an update on Wednesday postponed it to Saturday.
I really should get my landline sorted! It stopped working and I don't know why. It would really be handy to be able to just phone people. It was a bit typical that I rarely get phone calls; that is a bit of a 20th century mode of communication. But I did manage to miss two phone calls in the time when the signal was down. Luckily, both callers then also contacted me via Internet. And I wasn't always in the conservatory when they did that. So all communications were performed in the end. And text messages just come in as soon as I leave the village. Not all the people I communicate with by text have iPhones, so iMessage isn't always an option.
I'll be glad when this is sorted again! Isn't it handy when things just work the way they should…
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