Speeding up

Last year there was a flurry of activity in Viviers, in fact in all the villages around, as the workmen descended to lay fibre optics.

It’s something of a mission of the French government to ensure everyone has access to high speed internet, but I really didn’t imagine a small village like ours would be so quickly included. Anyway, this month we finally decided to join in, and get a speedier connection. It all started with a man and a van.

The chap began by accessing the connection across the road. Then he quickly decided we would have the same set up for our wiring, which was overhead.

he was swiftly up his ladder and threading a cable across the top of the house. Next he needed to have access for the cable into the house. I made sure I was right there when he did it, as I don’t like surprises, but he was surprisingly careful and efficient.

After putting a plug on the end of the cable inside, all that was left was to connect to the main box across the road.

Voilà. All was done in super fast time. For all those that knows about these things, you may be interested to see what a little village in the French countryside can offer in internet speed terms.

Me, I just know it’s fast.