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GlennC [soylentnews.org] writes:

From BBC Magazine - http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34130499 [bbc.com]

The Welsh village of Staylittle can be found to the west of Newtown in Powys. It's an isolated place - the nearest market town is almost eight miles away. "Staylittle, which has remained outside the perimeter of progress and stayed little, is miles from anywhere," complained a reporter in the Times in 1965. Fifty years might have passed since then but the village's communications are still tenuous.

It has no mobile reception. And because of this, most people in Staylittle have to rely on their landlines to stay in touch with people. But a fortnight ago, the villagers were cut off. Ten days later, Staylittle was still waiting for the problem to be fixed. The main conduit of communication is one working landline in the Post Office.

Yes, the UK is more compact than either the US or Australia, but I imagine it's still frustrating to be as cut off as the people here are.

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