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All the Brits in Crete Greece, I am sure will vouch that Crete is the wot's hot spot, and not just for the property market right now!


Heatwave - Summers Here

If UK is wet, wet, wet, we are basking in dawn to dusk sunshine on Crete!
Cold beer goes down well at any hour..one member is so hot they are jumping in their fridge to keep their cool!

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Snakes Alive!

It seems the heat in Crete is also attracting uninvited guests to seek cool sanctuary inside a home.

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What, "No Men Only" Board?

So the ladies got 'their' board, now several chaps say this is sexist. So the webmaster got a poll going. Vote for what you think! Both guests and members can vote.

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Crete's Beaches Blue Flag Rankings 2007

It was meant to be a simple guide to Crete's Blue Flag beaches and how to find out more about them. But this spurred some controversy in the Agios Nikolaos area. Enjoy the sparring between members but you get to check out links to many blue flag beaches throughout Crete which incidentally as a region, has the most in Greece. Perhaps, you'll find a Nudest beach or two among them.

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Whats New at the BritsinCrete web portal!

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Buying on Crete? Some advice!

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Must dash to get a cool drink...a hot 46C on the Crete South Coast today!

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LivinginCrete | BritsinCrete Blog | Grrr OTE Crete

Every month, I outlay nearly 40 euros for the usage of OTE Broadband package called Conn-x. Someone wrote in the Brits in Crete Forum that the island of Crete was having its telephone cable network improved - supposedly, I guess to bring better broadband, faster broadband and happier customers.

I am not one of those beings. In the mountain village of Vrahassi, Lassithi we are more than the 5kms from a "node" or distribution "hub" to have the advertised optimum capacity. But we are paying the same as anyone else.

Here's the rub, there are times in the day where capacity on the cable is so reduced, using broadband is unproductive. That is at those times in the day when our friends and neighbours start their post siesta telephone chats, and the Internet dial up users get going online, there is little room for data distribution for broadband.
So the network gets clogged.

It takes so long at these peak times to access the Brits in Crete Forum or the main web site - both in the UK, if in different server locations, that I give up and take a break. Another congestion period can be 1400-1500hrs on working days. Perhaps that is when the day's outgoing e-mails are dispatched before everyone goes for their lunch and siesta.

Of course when I applied originally for Broadband service I was told it was impossible. "You are too far away" OTE staff said. But a after a special cable here and some dickering there, in the end I got online in a matter of days.

OTE have got smart. They now have an online tester to see if your telephone can have ADSL capability - for broadband. Check for yourself for your own number. If the answer is negative, do not give up, check around from friends and neighbours to see what they have heard.

Now here I am whingeing but I know of one expatriate lady in Drapanos village, western Crete who has been told she has to wait 2 years for a telephone line. How ridiculous is that? If it were me I would be on my bike to the OTE regional head office in Heraklion and challenge the top brass there, seeking explanations!
Or get online at Brits in Crete and write chapter and verse about the OTE episode. Grrr.

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