Thank you, waltergmw for the pointers...will look into that.
Our problem is that the the Local Community Council set up to review the offers and to make applications therefore does not include anybody with your depth of knowledge and experience and we are to a great extent fishing around in the dark. I am sure that opportunities are being missed due to this.
I am trying to persuade the Council to accept the offer of a cable network in the village...even if it does not give access immediately to a "live" network, it will, I feel, give us some ammunition when the time comes to talk to suppliers about giving us such a service.
The only cellular mast that I am aware of is in the wrong direction from here....but there must be more than that one.....will investigate.
And I will have a closer look at the local tower lines.........if you hear of a duck being arrested for suspicious behaviour, it's just me.