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  1. Boomerang

    BT /Open reach

    Father who's 90 complained his phone was dead, checked ,yes dead. Rang Bt got a diagnostic bot. Checked all is well. No fault found , I replied still no phone , an engineer is assigned for next 48 hrs. In the mean time I went to have a look and was astonished to see openreach just down road ...
  2. Horn&corn

    WiFi in old house

    We’re struggling to get proper wifi round the old farmhouse. Presumably thick walls aren’t helping. Boosters don’t seem to make sufficient difference. Does it work to run the wifi through the house wiring or is that also going to struggle with the size of the property and distance involved...
  3. serf

    BT UK call centre number !

    At my wits end with this shamboliic fekin company , got a bill again today with some random 280£ added " by mistake " 🤬 again 🤩 2nd quarter in a row 🤬, They recon I'm in contract till September but I'm not ( long story) trying to ditch them ! but icing on the cake my fone has disappeared the...
  4. D

    Fibre internet

    I'm working on some ways to diversify use of our land, and trying to get some fibre lines installed at some of our sites. Basically hoping to hear from others that have been through this journey of any success stories, challenges and how best to navigate the suppliers. So... Do you have Fibre...
  5. Boomerang

    Phone lines and broadband.

    Need to sort job out. Got a mobile on sim only. Land line Broadband . Only 44 calls on land line last quarter. Use lap top for odd spreadsheet Emails mostly on phone . Laptop knackered needs replacing with something . But have to do spreadsheet once a month and email it . Not up on tech ...
  6. Precision AG RSS

    Deere Inks Deal Connecting Farm Equipment to SpaceX Satellites

    Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag John Deere plans to leverage Elon Musk’s Starlink infrastructure so farmers with poor internet can operate precision agriculture tools. The post Deere Inks Deal Connecting Farm Equipment to SpaceX Satellites appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative...
  7. nelly55

    Starlink

    With BT copper cable totally useless I went mad and ordered a Starlink ,now the nightmare of understanding all this techie stuff.Anyone fitted a starlink themselves it all looked so simple ,disc and router what could ho wrong.Now on the Fb site They keep saying about about other Flippin things...
  8. E

    Wi fi or Ethernet cable for a new house?

    We are converting a farm building to a small house (about 1000 sq ft) for a family member. Do we go for Ethernet cable (what type?) or use Wi-Fi? There is a solid brick internal wall between 2 of the rooms. Trying to ‘future proof’
  9. Bloders

    Land lines

    Hello Ive put it in Agricultural Matters as it is relevant to a lot of farmers Weve had a call from a company, their web and email is btlocalbusiness.co.uk They are saying our landline is no longer supported. Pur local ohine exchange will be switched off soon and any issues with the phone lines will not...
  10. W

    Phone line without broadband

    Been running starlink for 6 months which has made our landline broadband redundant so I just want a provider to give me a landline without broadband and it seems its not possible. I've not spent any time researching this yet but has anybody got a line without broadband on it? Its hardly used to...
  11. Dman2

    Ubiquity point to point

    Just wondering if i can connect an existing Ubiquity M5 unit to a pair of Ubiquity 5ac gen 2 nanobeams. Have installed Starlink in farmhouse, and i`m sending it over to the cottage. The cottage already has 2 M5 units which send DVR signal back from caravan storage, can I do away with one of the M5s
  12. Clive

    Digital Combinable Crop passports

    This seems to have slipped under the radar but if you have anything to say about digital passports then AHDB have consultation open now https://www.farminguk.com/news/consultation-on-plans-for-digital-grain-passport-to-soon-commence_63682.html
  13. PSQ

    About to get FTTP. Who to sign with / how much / business or private / line rental ?

    In short, new ducting in place, cables about to go in, no connection date but told "either this quarter or next". Happy days. BT phoned today to ask if I need a landline and a new fibre compatible phone, and I replied that before we go any further let's talk about package prices. BT replied "We...
  14. slackjawedyokel

    Starlink - techy question…

    We’re thinking about getting Musk’s Starlink because our current broadband provider doesn’t seem able to provide a service of the quality we need. I was wondering whether anyone else uses Starlink bb in the way we would like to, and whether it is likely to work well. We’re currently on a max...
  15. P

    Mobile phone signal in rural area , questions

    No apologies if this has all been asked recently or in the past. If you live in a rural area do you think the mobile phone signal is deteriorating,as I do. Are there any reliable ways of boosting a phone signal when in a rural area, where on certainly can’t get wi-do I used to get 4g but now I...
  16. Dman2

    best point to point wifi bridge

    as title Putting Starlink on farmhouse and want tot sent it 75m to another property
  17. P

    Starlink suitable for remote site?

    Thinking of getting Starlink to monitor a remote site. On another remote site that had conventional boardband we had an issue that it would lose connection but wouldn't "self right" meaning a near 200 mile round trip to reboot. Eventually we fitted a plug timer to knock it off every day at...
  18. Still Farming

    BT copper wire land lines going

    https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broadband/retiring-the-copper-network Not certain how old people with care line ,no mobiles ,no internet going to manage??
  19. A

    Kelso sale averages

    This gives guide as to the relative demand for various breeds. Just look at the average for Texel tup shearlings and Blue faced Leicesters. And Lleyns!!! https://borderunion.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Results-Summary-for-Shearlings-2023_v2.pdf
  20. W

    My dispersal sale

    A straight forward plug for my Dispersal sale this Thursday 14 Sept. https://rostons.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lower-Hall-Farm-Dispersal-Sale-Catalogue.pdf Full silage set up ,JF 955 chopper, Tractors JD 2140, JD 3050 , JD 6610, JD6220 Did almost everything our selves on a 240...
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