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This is how an old television took out an entire village’s broadband for 18 months

  • September 23, 2020
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Perplexed engineers couldn’t work out why signals kept vanishing.

 

September 23, 2020 By Charlie Osborne 

 

Whether you are in a remote setting or living in a densely-populated city, the sudden disappearance of your internet connection can be incredibly frustrating. 

For the 400 residents of Aberhosan, a small rural village near Machynlleth, Wales, the loss of broadband and problems with their BT lines have occurred for 18 months, with signals simply vanishing on a daily basis -- and a single television set was to blame. 

 

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