Frying ... Fire springs to mind.

In your position it seems you are stuck with satellite warts and all.

Are there any wireless providers in your area?

Alas no. One south of me, (Wessex) And one north of me (Cotswold Wireless)

Annoyingly I get a decent, stable 4G signal about 50 feet away in my field!!

One other query. Is it, as the engineer said, completely IMPOSSIBLE to be fed from a different cabinet? Mine is 2.5 miles away, yet another one servicing neighbours is about 100m down the road. I'd gladly pay thousands if necessary, as the situation is crippling my business - but it's difficult trying to explain that to a Mumbai call centre. So frustrating, meanwhile those around me who already get very decent broadband are about to be given yet higher speeds...


Thanks again

External 4G antenna with 4G router maybe?

Or point to point wireless from one of the 100 m area neighbours.

Get a line installed at your neighbours premises. Then spend run Ethernet with an in-line repeater back to your house?

Or who owns the land between you and the cabinet? If you do, why not build a shed in close proximity and have a phone line installed in that, with the proviso it is fed from the close by cabinet?

As for Mumbai - why? If this is a business need then you should talk to BT Business who are UK based for sales and support.

Thanks again - my simplest options seem to be:

1. 4G - No idea yet how I do this, but will investigate the kit required. However aren't 4G plans only useful for occasional data? Ie usage only seems to be up to a few GB a month, which won't cut it. I need 30+

2. Keep battling and try YET ANOTHER satellite provider. I've tried Tooway and SES now. Avanti Next.

3. Concurrently, keep exploring ADSL and fight my way as far up BT management as possible, switch to a business account. The CAB I'm currently served by is due for 80mbps fibre in the Spring. I really thought my problems would be solved when I heard this - until the OR engineer said that it will be down to nothing again by the time it reaches me.

4. FTTP?! I got nowhere when I enquired to BT about this one.

If it is important enough and you have enough money then Leased Line would be an option - but it isn't cheap for decent bandwidth.

FTTP on Demand is what I presume you mean by FTTP and will only be a consideration once cabinet is live.

Costs £200 to £250 per month and a couple of thousand to install.

4G EE do have some 50GB packages, but price is not cheap, but no voice line rental to pay.

Network regeneration is a possible solution, i.e. move copper line to other cabinet, but you'd have to foot the full bill and as its custom work which is something Openreach tends not to do you will find them not keen to do it. It can cause complications beyond just moving your line and needs to be done right to avoid issues later.

One might say it maybe worth moving house, if the business case for your internet requirements are so high?

Hmm, That's a bit like saying if you can't get clean drinking water you should sell up and move closer to another tap.

I come from the point of view that basic Broadband should be a right, not a privilege in 2015. I'm 50 mins from Central London and my business is not e-commerce or anything so dependent, but suffers like any business would if I can't use email.

Thanks again for the suggestions - I'm exploring 4g next.