I was going to write a long post/rant/whinge about it all, but it's so depressing I really can't be bothered. Suffice it to say I think I'll be long dead before reasonably decent (let alone superfast) broadband comes to town.

PS
It's something of an irony that after our broadband was repaired (several months ago) our speeds are now slightly slower than they were before, and that's even with an i plate (which we previously didn't have) on the master socket.

Oh, and after the rebuild of the local college our Orange mobiles no longer work in the house. Luckily, however, the cows in the field 50 yards hence are okay.