As I am trying to figure out the best way to set up the house for internet, I got a note from the cottage's current owner, who was responding to a question I had about their television provider. Normally I would not care about the TV, but the cottage comes with two of them so I was curious. She said they have a satellite dish (which I never saw because it's on the backside of the roof) and a Skybox, which gets TV stations for free from the UK, including BBC, CNN, etc. I didn't really believe there was such a thing as free TV programming anymore, so I sent her another note asking for an explanation.
Well, it seems that British folks living in France have all figured out how to bring their Skybox service to France with them, even though viewing UK telly is illegal outside the UK. So, it's all a little hush-hush, but the bottom line is that I get free English-language telly. Free! How cool is that??
The downside is that I can't call Sky to have them piggyback internet service with the TV service because they don't know I will be illegally watching with my satellite dish. Oh well.
This is all totally amazing to me. . .a reasonably priced house with reasonable taxes with helpful people at the bank and now free TV!! It's as smooth as butter on a hot summer day. Yay for you!
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