Richard

Rural Devon

Designer

Depends on what "rural" means:

Our "rural" phone lines are very unreliable. Also, where they pass through trees, they are badly affected by damp or windy weather; Ancient street-lights add interference; Any lines which pass near radio masts, suffer severe interference.

All this reduces the quality of speech calls but is disastrous for dial-up or for broadband.

In our hilly area, mobile phone coverage is very weak & patchy.

So, many people have signed up for broadband - with ISPs offering "up to 8Mbps" - but many are very disappointed with the actual service.