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Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: The Moan Ranger on October 01, 2008, 01:05:28 PM
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Installation took 3 minutes. I now can use my own laptop wherever I like cloud9:
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At what cost and from which supplier might I ask ~ I have been looking at this idea as finding a WiFi hotspot often means McDonalds out here in the sticks.
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Orange love me, so "only" £10 per month. I can live with that - I used to spend more that that every lunchtime when I was working.
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rubschin: Unfortunately Orange is shite in this area .... my mobile won't work in the house and hardly works in the garden. Yet both Wife and daughter are with other companies and don't get these problems.
I have been thinking of doing the mobile braodband on a Pay As You Go basis as my useage will be small most of the time.
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Orange love me, so "only" £10 per month. I can live with that - I used to spend more that that every lunchtime when I was working.
rubschin:
Are you able to do it as a one off/pay as you go every month or so or is it contract?
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The Orange deal is a contract deal. PAYG is an up front payment for the USB thingy and then same as a phone you pay for what you use. Prices are coming down I notice as they are becoming more popular. Don't jump in too soon would be my motto. Since I started looking some months ago PAYG has dropped by about 25% on some companies.
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I'm only thinking for when I have the new laptop and when we go to Wales. It would be nice to have broadband.
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WALES
They still use pigeons!
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WALES
They still use pigeons!
Only for the built in Tippex. Mind it makes a mess of the screen. whistle:
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Banghead
You should all be grateful! If I had mobile broadband and a laptop I could communicate with you all without ever taking a break!
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scared2:
Even on
PMT days, like
scared2:
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Banghead
You should all be grateful! If I had mobile broadband and a laptop I could communicate with you all without ever taking a break!
Why would a sensible girl like you want to do a thing like that?
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Banghead
You should all be grateful! If I had mobile broadband and a laptop I could communicate with you all without ever taking a break!
Why would a sensible girl like you want to do a thing like that?
If it is a choice between the MILFH's company and yours it is no contest!
It seems T Mobile do a £2 per day connection once you have purchased the usb stick for £50. Seem reasonable.
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I have retired to the real pub for a few well earned ales.
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Banghead
You should all be grateful! If I had mobile broadband and a laptop I could communicate with you all without ever taking a break!
Why would a sensible girl like you want to do a thing like that?
If it is a choice between the MILFH's company and yours it is no contest!
It seems T Mobile do a £2 per day connection once you have purchased the usb stick for £50. Seem reasonable.
That's a good point well made.
T Mobile eh rubschin: Any download limit on that?
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Another problemo with Mobile Broadband is that I have yet to find one that will work with Linux Banghead
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3 GB fair use amount.
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband/pay-per-day-options/
All our Mobile Broadband pay per day options comes with:
3GB fair use amount
What can I do with a 3GB fair use amount?
It's quite hard to say as every webpage or email is different but as an estimate you could download:
24,000 web pages or
1 million emails or
9000 photos or
600 music files
What is a 3GB fair use amount?
Each price plan has a fair use amount so all our mobile broadband customers can enjoy surfing the internet. If you go over your amount, we'll never charge you extra. Instead we'll work with you to lower your usage or get you onto the right price plan.
I'm trying to figure out how many mins of msn video calling that would be. rubschin:
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Another problemo with Mobile Broadband is that I have yet to find one that will work with Linux Banghead
Not my problemo! lol:
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Another problemo with Mobile Broadband is that I have yet to find one that will work with Linux Banghead
Not my problemo! lol:
If it weren't for that rolled copy of the Evening Standard close to your hand I would censored:
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Who? Me? angel1
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Speed-wise, it's only a little bit slower than the home broadband. I have bought a USB hub, as my old (although turbo charged, cheers Tel) only has 2 USB ports.
But so far, so good.
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Any idea how many MB/GB msn video calling uses?
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Not a clue petal ~ you need to talk to the Geeks for that one. whistle:
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Well where are they!?!?! cussing:
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Drinking beer and responding to you via BlackBerry :-). You should get yourself one...
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happy001
Fvck ~ he's brave with a few pints in him. eeek:
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I'm only on my third!
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evil:
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scared: Tell me when it's over.
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The Orange deal is a contract deal. PAYG is an up front payment for the USB thingy and then same as a phone you pay for what you use. Prices are coming down I notice as they are becoming more popular. Don't jump in too soon would be my motto. Since I started looking some months ago PAYG has dropped by about 25% on some companies.
I agree hound, 3 are offering me £15 a month for a 15Gb download limit and a free dongle, close to what I want but not quite there yet. It will end up being a hell of a lot cheaper than getting a landline set up as bastard BT want to charge me £125 to send an engineer round to test the line is still working as it hasnt been used in a while, and thats before the connection fee. Customer service bint on the phone didnt appreciate me telling her that I used to work for BT and that they could do the same test by sending a signal to the phone I had plugged in for free.
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They used to pull that one on me too. Until I mentioned I used to work for them and was well aware that they could ping the line there and then to figure it out. Couldn't do enough for me after that! ::)
Any answers on the how many mb/gb an msn video call would use?
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They used to pull that one on me too. Until I mentioned I used to work for them and was well aware that they could ping the line there and then to figure it out. Couldn't do enough for me after that! ::)
Any answers on the how many mb/gb an msn video call would use?
It depends... whistle:
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On what? Please help me. cry:
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How close to the camera you sit I spect
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On what? Please help me. cry:
Well... it depends on the quality of the video that you are sending and receiving...
If you have a big, high quality image of the person at the other and and send the same it uses much more bandwidth than a t itchy one...
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On what? Please help me. cry:
Well... it depends on the quality of the video that you are sending and receiving...
If you have a big, high quality image of the person at the other and and send the same it uses much more bandwidth than a t itchy one...
Well on average then? I'm trying to figure out if 3mb of fair use would be considered ok for that and a bit of browsing/emailing.
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On what? Please help me. cry:
Well... it depends on the quality of the video that you are sending and receiving...
If you have a big, high quality image of the person at the other and and send the same it uses much more bandwidth than a t itchy one...
Well on average then? I'm trying to figure out if 3mb of fair use would be considered ok for that and a bit of browsing/emailing.
Actually 3Gbytes... ::)
But yes, that would go a long way... you should be able to yack for hours on that with reasonable settings...
Stop your PC doing automatic updates tho - you could find you use most of your data downloading shite from Micro$oft...
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What is a dongle?
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What is a dongle?
doh:
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Like a dangle but different ::)
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What is a dongle?
It looks like a memory stick but it functions like a piece of hardware. Modem etc.
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On what? Please help me. cry:
Well... it depends on the quality of the video that you are sending and receiving...
If you have a big, high quality image of the person at the other and and send the same it uses much more bandwidth than a t itchy one...
Well on average then? I'm trying to figure out if 3mb of fair use would be considered ok for that and a bit of browsing/emailing.
Actually 3Gbytes... ::)
But yes, that would go a long way... you should be able to yack for hours on that with reasonable settings...
Stop your PC doing automatic updates tho - you could find you use most of your data downloading shite from Micro$oft...
Excellent. Thank-you most kindly.
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Very welcome I'm sure young lady... cloud9:
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That's a Bassett Hound cussing:
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That's a Bassett Hound cussing:
I'd go and get one of those T-mobile dongle things snoops. It seems to be the way forward.
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That's a Bassett Hound cussing:
I'd go and get one of those T-mobile dongle things snoops. It seems to be the way forward.
When the price is right AND when they guarantee that it can handle Linux.
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That's a Bassett Hound cussing:
I'd go and get one of those T-mobile dongle things snoops. It seems to be the way forward.
Don't blame me if it all goes tits and you use up your bandwidth by the time you've said 'hello'... noooo:
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What if I do use more than the 3gb? Can they charge me exorbitant rates?
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What if I do use more than the 3gb? Can they charge me exorbitant rates?
Read the T&Cs before you commit.
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What if I do use more than the 3gb? Can they charge me exorbitant rates?
::) ::) ::)
All our Mobile Broadband pay per day options comes with:
3GB fair use amount
What can I do with a 3GB fair use amount?
It's quite hard to say as every webpage or email is different but as an estimate you could download:
24,000 web pages or
1 million emails or
9000 photos or
600 music files
What is a 3GB fair use amount?
Each price plan has a fair use amount so all our mobile broadband customers can enjoy surfing the internet. If you go over your amount, we'll never charge you extra. Instead we'll work with you to lower your usage or get you onto the right price plan.
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One call to Mummy Wench then ::)
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Ahhh, so if I went over the first time I wouldn't be charged would just have a slapped wrist.
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Ahhh, so if I went over the first time I wouldn't be charged would just have a slapped wrist.
You provided the bloody quote! Banghead
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Ahhh, so if I went over the first time I wouldn't be charged would just have a slapped wrist.
You provided the bloody quote! Banghead
Sorry, not terribly "with it" mentally. redface:
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Ahhh, so if I went over the first time I wouldn't be charged would just have a slapped wrist.
You provided the bloody quote! Banghead
Sorry, not terribly "with it" mentally. redface:
Perhaps you should change your signature from 'castration' (shudder) to 'Sorry, not terribly "with it" mentally. redface:'
point:
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It's her hormones
cloud9:
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Ahhh, so if I went over the first time I wouldn't be charged would just have a slapped wrist.
You provided the bloody quote! Banghead
Sorry, not terribly "with it" mentally. redface:
Perhaps you should change your signature from 'castration' (shudder) to 'Sorry, not terribly "with it" mentally. redface:'
point:
redface:
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Ahhh, so if I went over the first time I wouldn't be charged would just have a slapped wrist.
You provided the bloody quote! Banghead
Sorry, not terribly "with it" mentally. redface:
Perhaps you should change your signature from 'castration' (shudder) to 'Sorry, not terribly "with it" mentally. redface:'
point:
redface:
Oh poor you... gis' a cuddle... happy100
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That's what got the poor girl in trouble in the first place
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Nick!
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Yellow. Such a nice colour cloud9:
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Is it my imagination or has Nick just completely lost the plot lately? rubschin:
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooo angry041: angry041: angry041:
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Is it my imagination or has Nick just completely lost the plot lately? rubschin:
Can he lose something none of us are sure he ever had?
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Ok hound I'll rephrase the question, is Nick's insanity getting worse these days. whistle:
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Ok hound I'll rephrase the question, is Nick's insanity getting worse these days. whistle:
YES!!!