Broadband Blues Update

Broadband Blues (my blog, August 26th) may be a lighter shade of that colour - my friends with Numéo now report continuous functionality for the past week or so, AND their first payment has been lifted (Numéo said they wouldn't start taking subscriptions until the problems were solved).

To be fair to Numéo, the problems seem to have been higher up the chain with their physical network suppliers AXIONE who provide the 'backbone' of cabling here in Limousin on which the Wimax distribution is based, utilised by Numéo.

The two-way satellite broadband story plunges us back into the dark blues; cost of kit for self-installation, ('Tooway') including all the bits and TVA (VAT) added is nearer 900+ euros, not 600 as I'd previously suggested.

Enough of this techspeak.  We're off to UK next week so that should give me something to write home about.

Mapmaker