I love our house. It’s weird and full of quirks which makes it a perfect fit for us. Unfortunately, it also sits in a bit of a valley. Our backyard is the bottom portion of a hill. Thankfully, the rest of our yard is even lower, so snowmelt and rain head away from the house.
This does, however, cause a few problems. One of the difficulties is that the spring thaw tends to overload our leach field and septic system. This has caused a great deal of wailing and gnashing of teeth.
We just discovered another problem today. Now, our Internet is better than many people’s in our area. Still, it can be a bit uncooperative, especially when the ground is wet. We recently found out that our area is supposed to have access to the new FiWi system through Alaska communications. This system transmits via towers and dishes at speeds about five times greater than what we currently can access on our best days (and for the same price that we are currently paying). Sadly, the workers who stopped by today informed us that our house and those down the road from us are too low to make line-of-site to any of the towers and thus cannot establish a connection.
It was nice to think of faster, more stable Internet access, even for a little while. However, now I do feel rather depressed.
This does, however, cause a few problems. One of the difficulties is that the spring thaw tends to overload our leach field and septic system. This has caused a great deal of wailing and gnashing of teeth.
We just discovered another problem today. Now, our Internet is better than many people’s in our area. Still, it can be a bit uncooperative, especially when the ground is wet. We recently found out that our area is supposed to have access to the new FiWi system through Alaska communications. This system transmits via towers and dishes at speeds about five times greater than what we currently can access on our best days (and for the same price that we are currently paying). Sadly, the workers who stopped by today informed us that our house and those down the road from us are too low to make line-of-site to any of the towers and thus cannot establish a connection.
It was nice to think of faster, more stable Internet access, even for a little while. However, now I do feel rather depressed.
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