Technology – Part II

Since Saturday evening, I’ve been without ADSL service, and suffering withdrawal symptoms. As I suspected yesterday, the fault was not, as the nice man on the KPN helpdesk tried to persuade me, caused by a faulty splitter in the meter cupboard.

 

That’s because today I watched a KPN engineer drive past in his van on his way to my neighbour’s farm. She had a problem with her phone line, and also her ADSL service was gone. Because her phone service was completely dead, an engineer was despatched. A short time later, he drove back, returning to base. Now, it may have been purely a coincidence, but guess what? My ADSL service was back and steady as a rock.

 

So tomorrow, the postman will deliver a new, and surplus to requirements, splitter. Perhaps I can use it as a paperweight.