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Thanks you two and so quick !
Rocky...I rarely lose my TV due to weather. It does happen but only very occasionally. Its happens about as often as I used to lose the TV signal from my local transmitter, when bad weather occurred. In fact, I think it happens less now that I use SKY.
WyeDyed...thanks for the tip. It would seem that SKY, and others of course, are missing a trick here. There must be millions of people in Britain that aren't getting a very good speed via their telephone line. I have used a fibre optic connection recently, at a meeting in central London and the difference was breath taking ! As an ex-BT engineer, admittedly of nearly 20 years ago, I can say that it will be many, many years before BT gets around to providing a good, fibre optic service to most places, despite what they say. If you live in the country, than you will be the last to be upgraded.
Surely with all the huge leaps in technology, there has to be an alternative to having a dish the size of a Ford Escort strapped to your chimney ? When I use my iPhone, I sometimes think back to early episodes of Star Trek !