Thursday, December 16, 2004
ADSL has arrived.
As of today we now have an ADSL enabled exchange. According to http://www.degrouptest.com/ we might only be able to get 512K as we are at the extremities of the exchange. But hey, it's still 10times faster and I can use the telephone at the same time.
Caroline is going to phone France Telecom tomorrow about ordering our ADSL line and a modem/router via Wanadoo. I might even go WiFi and give the kids the old PC for games/surfing.
Even though I was in IT just a couple of years ago I'm already feeling old and perflexed by this new technology. Does my phone plug into the ADSL modem ? What happens on 'change-over' day ? What about wireless security ? Whoa, get the pipe and slippers out.
| 8:00:15 PM
ADSL has arrived.
Floor laid
Caroline and I picked up 8 windows and 1 side door from Lapeyre today in my now trusty van. Thats all the windows and doors for the gites except the two front doors. They didn't have a suitable size and style so we have had to get them made specially from a local firm. Ian and I laid most of the 'chipboard' yesterday to level off the existing floor. We couldn't finish the job because the roofer has been delayed for a week meaning the roof is not watertight. Any ingress of rain would ruin the new floor. He did come today to put extra sheeting over the roof to help protect the floor. It's going to delay things a bit as I'm reluctant to do too much work upstairs in case it gets spoilt. The floor is my datum for ceiling height, wall positions etc. | 7:51:50 PM Floor laid
