In order to watch full screen video over land lines, be it copper phone lines or fiber optic, you need lots of bandwidth (high data speed). If you have optical cable sevice, you may be in luck. If you have only metal phone lines, you are likely out-of-luck. Phone companies such as AT&T have made good strides in recent years in boosting the data flow over phone lines, but the last time I investigated, there was a caveat, and that the length of copper phone wire between your house and the phone exchange building. Good bandwidth for DSL can be had for line lengths up to a mile. At one mile, a drop in performance (data speed) is noticed. DSL internet service can be provided at longer distances, but data quality and speed reduces. In my opinion, data speed over a copper phone line one mile in length is too slow for viewing full screen TV. You need to talk to your local provider to see what they have to offer. Phone companies such as Windstream and Frontier have been extending fiber optic lines into rural areas and if you have one of these, you may have enough data speed to support what you wish to do, but since yours is a fishing cottage remote from population centers, I doubt it. Another option is TV, internet, and phone over a cable service such as Time Warner. Beware that 911 calls and location identification probably will not work over cable service. There is one more "gotcha" for DSL or Cable TV: This service works fine for few users sharing the same equipment. But, if the line gets too busy with many users, service suffers. That depends on how much installed capacity there is to be shared by all. I have DSL in a medium sized town. My service is ok most fo the time, but there are periods when it stinks. Those periods are from 3 to 6 pm and after midnight. School attendees and adults hit the line from 3tot 6 pm; Typically, system maintence occurs after midnight and sometimes Friday night and Saturday. Some folks have tried internet over sattelite link. Transmission delays over the very large distance makes internet interaction action iffy. TV reception is not affected by this delay because it is a one-way data flow. Satellite signal strenght is affected by moisture content of the atmosphere. Rain, sleet, and snow can block transmission. Hopefully, the fish will be biting and you won't have time for TV.

logic, they must do things a whole lot different in Jersey. In Florida a drain field replacement will run around $4-6k for a 3500 SQFT house. If the tank is bad, which is rare, add another 1-2k. Inspecting septic system costs around $150 and is not very scientific. The key is to make sure your drain field is leeching properly. You can tell that pretty easily simply by turning on the water in the house a watching the water leach out of the tank. You can also tell if the drain field is starting to go if you see the grass a lot greener in the drain field then the rest of the yard. How does one get away with charging $1500-$2000 to inspect a drain field? What do they do that requires such an insane amount of money? OP, as for the well, have it tested for contaminants every 2 - 3 years, especially if there is a lot of growth in your area. It costs a few hundred bucks but its worth it. And lastly, have the home checked for radon which is more prevalent in homes with well water. I have a large home that is on both well and septic. I have never had a big issue with either. If I had to take one over the other I would take septic. Our well water is a PIA and we blow through a ton of salt. Even with an automatic softener system we go through about 100lbs of salt a month. And if you forget to add the salt, the system does not shut your water off when it runs out. Hard water = destruction to almost everything it touches. We are getting city water next month and I can't wait. No more yellow underwear!

Well, I am a Flat Earther, and they are even more technologically inept than the Luddites. I post from my newish desktop (a Dell) using Firefox as my browser. My wizard son in law provides all our computers and sets them up. Here's how I get here: type letter "r" in the Google search box. The drop down will show Rose Forum at the top of Google's list. Click on Rose Forum, which then comes up at the top of the search results. Click on Rose Forum again. And I'm in. That's a typed letter "r" and two clicks. I've never once had to sign in. I don't even remember my password. We have passwords?? I post comments and photos all the time with no problem. How do I do this ?? Is it the gnomes that run everything in that little black box, a so called computer? Diane

Hi Jeannie Schaldach We love, love, love our Cristallo. Everyone who has seen it has fallen in love with it. In our case, it has been bomb-proof so far. We prepare food, cook, and eat on Cristallo surface. We eat every meal on our island, and we have to young kids who are not too careful. The countertop has been indestructible, so far. No stains, scratches or chips. However, our installer has told me, right after the installation is finished, that the stone can be brittle, therefore we have been very careful to make sure that it doesn’t get hit hard or in a funny angle. And we haven't re-sealed ours yet. I was told by the installer that it won't be necessary. Hope this helps. Cheers~