Whats The Point - April 2007

We thought we would be organised and get the phone line early as I need the internet to work and its as well we did , it only took about 8 months and several trips to the island to get it installed! It was an interesting experience to say the least.We thought it would be easy, Oh how naieve of us! Of course the idea of simply attaching the line to the pole that just happens to be in out back garden would be out of the question! On the first trip they cancelled the appointment and forgot to tell us!! On the second trip we had been told the outside work had been done and they just needed access to fit the line in the house.When we arrived we found no such work had been done the engineer told us the pole was unstable and they need to put up new one,which could take some time to organise,but before he disappeared again we did manage to convince him that it made sense to fit the internal cables through to the outside,so in theory they could come back any time and attach them to the new pole when we were not there.! So we returned home hopeful of a new Pole and Line soon, But NO!, B.T couldnt make up their mind if the new pole should be at the back or the front of the house! So we left it with them, A few months later, B.T have phoned to say we have a telephone line and could we please test it to see if it works ?, We explained as politely as possible that we had already made two 700 miles journeys at their whim and now they would just have to wait until we moved in! So to date we only have B.T's word for it and no idea if the pole is in the Back garden ,Front Garden or even there at all! The next hurdle is getting a Broadband connection......... .All This of course,is 'island time' and i am resigned to it, Although if Mr B goes on island time I may never get my house finished....

view from the front window minus a pole!