Tenant rights landline Connection

jjlandlord

thehare wrote: »

We have 3 children of school age who need Internet access for school, and a son with asthma and we need to be contactable in an emergency.

I'm sure you have mobile phones.
As for broadband you can get it through 3G network for about the same price as through landline.

fishpond

jjlandlord wrote: »

I'm sure you have mobile phones.
As for broadband you can get it through 3G network for about the same price as through landline.

" We are rural so mobile communications not reliable"

buglawton

With 3 kids, capped satellite and capped 3g aren't gonna hack it.
You could be looking at £150/month add-on data bills.
The location is obviously semi rural by the broadband speed were it even available.
To cable will be a distant dream.
If the neighbours are not prepared to share their WiFi (doing this does put you in a begging position...), give notice.

jjlandlord

fishpond wrote: »

" We are rural so mobile communications not reliable"

Mobile is reliable in rural areas unless in deep Wales or Scotland.
Or, they are really unlucky...

buglawton wrote: »

With 3 kids, capped satellite and capped 3g aren't gonna hack it.
You could be looking at £150/month add-on data bills.

Spending the day on youtube or whatnot is not compulsory for kids, you know?
OP said "internet access for school", that's not going to cost £150 a month.

martinthebandit

jjlandlord wrote: »

Mobile is reliable in rural areas unless in deep Wales or Scotland.
They really are unlucky...

Really? I had no idea I lived in a either of those places.

jjlandlord

princeofpounds wrote: »

This is another example of shoddy product quality control in the rental sector. It's not unreasonable to assume that sockets mean a connection; people shouldn't have to cart landline phones around to perform socket tests.

Always going over the top, with the red flag in the background.

People can just ask for anything of importance to them and get it confirmed in writing.

woodworm001

I live in North Wales and you don't need to be that rural to have an unreliable mobile service here.

kinger101

jjlandlord wrote: »

Mobile is reliable in rural areas unless in deep Wales or Scotland.
Or, they are really unlucky...



Spending the day on youtube or whatnot is not compulsory for kids, you know?
OP said "internet access for school", that's not going to cost £150 a month.

In the sticks, you'd need line of sight to a base station. So you can get cold spots in England too. Particularly hilly areas.

woodworm001

If the OP lives in Wales she can get help with the cost of satellite broadband, she just needs to be able to see the sky. I don't know if England have a similar scheme.

http://www.broadbandwherever.net/support-schemes/free-broadband-for-wales

GwylimT

martinthebandit wrote: »

Really? I had no idea I lived in a either of those places.

I used to live in a village called great gonerby which is essentially attached to grantham, no mobile phone signal and as my cousin still lives there I know only half the village can get a signal. Another village local to the area required you stand on a ladder near a park bench to get a mobile phone signal.