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Post by Conchord on Mar 25, 2020 12:43:11 GMT
Ha, contractually Sky can't make my broadband speed any lower than the 2 Mbps it has been for the last five years. Who's laughing now, eh? Oh.
Good news was on the horizon, as Openreach have finally discovered my section of the North East and were installing fibre to the door. I'm guessing C-virus has put a hold on that though.
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Post by mlu035rsc on Mar 25, 2020 13:00:28 GMT
Afternoon all, still here, still no symptoms, and still no caser from Jeff.
Games: Died about four times trying to do a corrupted zone in Dinobots, but before that managed to get the last Tallneck hacked and got a nice trophy for it. OTTM: Watched The Class of '92 on Prime - it was boring. OTTRM: People rinsed Sainsbury's yesterday - no booze, nothing I really wanted / needed. Fcuk people in this country still stockpiling. Cunts. Internet is creaking here today in Brumland, 9 down, 2 up.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 25, 2020 13:21:33 GMT
One of our legal advisors has the virus. Urgent:********** DON'T TRUST THIS IF IT COMES THROUGH ON YOUR WHATSAPP. supermarkets.uk-newpromo.com/it appears to be a scam.*********** Yup scam! |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Mar 25, 2020 13:28:18 GMT
Our internet keeps going down completely. It will be Martial Law soon.
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 25, 2020 13:40:35 GMT
The last non-medical visitor on 11th March was my hairdresser (well, minder, then). I asked her how she was, when passing on some information on where the self-employed can get help... got this reply
"Thanks for information been a nightmare Chloe has the virus been horrific I can tell you ...
Ambulance came last night she couldn’t breath but we still at home wasn’t worth going to hospital they said ... if it gets worse then yes have to go in."
Really upsetting as Chloe is just turned 17...
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 25, 2020 13:56:21 GMT
Guess who got a second guardian pick! What have you ever done? Been counting my eight Guardian Picks. Bored now. Nine It's fair to say I am pretty pleased. Especially as I don't post positive things on every Nintendo article just to get a pick. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 25, 2020 13:59:15 GMT
I get enough for 4K video. About 33 MBS I think.
It occasionally seems to upgrade itself. I have Sky Fibre. I lost control of my account some years ago when I switched to online billing. I basically have no idea what I am actually paying for.
I do see the DD each month.
I know I have sky HD + phone + broadband and I was paying less than when I had a BT phone.
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 25, 2020 14:01:18 GMT
I had a free Audible download ages ago so got Capital by Thomas Piketty since it's too thick to read. As it's about 48 hours long, it's also too long to listen too. Martin Jarvis does a lovely job on it though. Ambitious. I have Lord Of The Rings on audio CD. It is really good obviously, but is 54 hours on 46 CDs. So it is quite a commitment. I usually listen to it in the car. It is great for long journeys. Though It's not ideal if you have to drive round for another 51 hours just to find out the ending. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 25, 2020 14:24:51 GMT
Been counting my eight Guardian Picks. Bored now. Nine It's fair to say I am pretty pleased. Especially as I don't post positive things on every Nintendo article just to get a pick. Hey, someone's got to throw that Guardian Pick Team a bone. You are also underestimating the raw power of my JRPG comments. In any case, you learnt your black arts from me. Show some respect. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Mar 25, 2020 14:38:44 GMT
At least I have never had a pick removed for overly blatant pick whoring. Shenguin has that little sin all to himself I think
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 25, 2020 15:02:29 GMT
@felice Landry. I've plugged in the new router. Latency 83ms Download 9.1Mbps Plymouth Plusnet Still on the old broadband due to circs. OTTM: Which one of you is flying a fighter jet over my property? I bet it's amipal (he's got form - I've seen the vids). Well, you can stop it right now - it's upsetting the cat. Don't make me come up there and...ah..I haven't thought this through have I? |
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 25, 2020 15:04:38 GMT
The last non-medical visitor on 11th March was my hairdresser (well, minder, then). I asked her how she was, when passing on some information on where the self-employed can get help... got this reply "Thanks for information been a nightmare Chloe has the virus been horrific I can tell you ... Ambulance came last night she couldn’t breath but we still at home wasn’t worth going to hospital they said ... if it gets worse then yes have to go in." Really upsetting as Chloe is just turned 17... Horrific. Hope she won't end up in hospital. Just goes to show that the lockdown didn't come a moment too soon. I had worried (as one does) how the neighbours are coping, particularly the deeply unpleasant elderly couple on one side and whether I should offer them any help with shopping (although they have a car and are completely mobile). Today I got my answer when the husband accosted me this morning to claim that our bathroom overflow pipe was leaking onto his roof (he didn't explain how this was possible, given that for this to happen our bathroom would have to be flooded. It's even more unlikely as the pipe is nowhere near his roof). Can't really say that he has got the hang of this whole social distancing thing. I didn't even bother to explain to him that atm it isn't wise or even legal to get anyone in to have a look this (it's not been much use in the past when he has accused plumbers of somehow being in cahoots with us when they couldn't find a fault). So much for looking out for one another. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 25, 2020 15:08:59 GMT
Latest: The great speed results. I've only put in the down speed, I've added a few other columns if people want to update their results, it would be interesting to see the distribution. I used this: Which Speed Checker| CB | Down
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(ms) | Place | Provider | | Chumbles | 386 | | | | | Tent Hen | 215.7 | 25 | Brum | Virgin | | Destry | 122 | 24 | Croydon | Virgin | | Tuffers | 91 | | | | | Cobblers | 76.1 |
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| | Crank | 75.6 | 18 |
| BT | | Me | 68.7 | 7 | Kent | BT | | Kane | 63 | 6 | Croydon(?) | Vodaphone | | Baby | 60 |
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| BT | | Shenguin | 51.1 | 25 | Yokel Town | Plusnet | | Gong | 39 | | | | | Rolling | 33 | | | | | Sheep | 33 |
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| Sky | | Mlu | 25 | | | | | Amipal | 16.1 |
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| | Tids | 9.1 | 83 | Plymouth | Plusnet | | Concord | 2 |
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Post by crankcaller on Mar 25, 2020 15:14:13 GMT
Got a call from our IT to say my laptop with remote access is almost ready.
Great! How am I going to pick it up? Polis bring it round?
Margaret Atwood just retweeted our library account about our twitter bookgroup.
Much excitement in the trenches.
possibly starting Animal Crossing once the child comes off her facetime chat.
Special Covid19 bin night special tonight...
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Post by Lurk McLurkface on Mar 25, 2020 15:15:40 GMT
At least I have never had a pick removed for overly blatant pick whoring. Shenguin has that little sin all to himself I think It was a pretty sweet play tbf. Major lolz. |
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 25, 2020 15:27:40 GMT
The last non-medical visitor on 11th March was my hairdresser (well, minder, then). I asked her how she was, when passing on some information on where the self-employed can get help... got this reply "Thanks for information been a nightmare Chloe has the virus been horrific I can tell you ... Horrific. Hope she won't end up in hospital. Just goes to show that the lockdown didn't come a moment too soon. I had worried (as one does) how the neighbours are coping, particularly the deeply unpleasant elderly couple on one side and whether I should offer them any help with shopping (although they have a car and are completely mobile). Today I got my answer when the husband accosted me this morning to claim that our bathroom overflow pipe was leaking onto his roof (he didn't explain how this was possible, given that for this to happen our bathroom would have to be flooded. It's even more unlikely as the pipe is nowhere near his roof). Can't really say that he has got the hang of this whole social distancing thing. I didn't even bother to explain to him that atm it isn't wise or even legal to get anyone in to have a look this (it's not been much use in the past when he has accused plumbers of somehow being in cahoots with us when they couldn't find a fault). So much for looking out for one another. Thanks. Don't open the door, there's something far more wrong with him than Covid-19, he's an irredeemably stupid, selfish old bastard. He's dangerous because he's obviously a sandwich short of a picnic aka, he should have "Attic space to let" on his forehead. Ref: shopping. Don't. You're self-isolating for a reason. how's he going to pay you? Bank transfer? More likely used, old, unhygienic £20 notes which might as well be Monopoly* money as they go out of circulation soon; and because he's a bundle of selfish spite, Covid Colin (as he will be known) will pass on Covid 19 to you and yours justifying it as a proper punishment for not fixing your quantum overflow** **Quantum, because in some universe somewhere it MUST be magically flying across to his roof... *  |
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 25, 2020 15:50:31 GMT
My top spot has gone ... the local network has tanked with a reduction to single channel
Speedtest.net returns 94.4mbps... it's a fairer test of the service delivery, as Which's test, as I understand it factors in usage by other network providers...
=28ms 24mbps!! 27.4mbps; my upstream is faster than my download speed by this
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Post by Felice Landry on Mar 25, 2020 16:12:18 GMT
My top spot has gone ... the local network has tanked with a reduction to single channel Speedtest.net returns 94.4mbps... it's a fairer test of the service delivery, as Which's test, as I understand it factors in usage by other network providers... =28ms 24mbps!! 27.4mbps; my upstream is faster than my download speed by this Speedtest gives me similar results to which. Also you keep the top spot. |
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Post by Shenguin on Mar 25, 2020 16:22:32 GMT
Latency 25 ms, Download 51.1 Mbps, Upload 15.6 Mbps. Plusnet, somewhere in some really tiny backwater town in the West Country, over wi-fi on a different floor from the router, and not sure if anyone else is using it.
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Post by tenthenemy on Mar 25, 2020 16:23:00 GMT
Fobbing off BoJo with a wrong phone number that night only worked for so long. I've just had my GOV.UK text alert.
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Post by MrTiddles on Mar 25, 2020 16:25:30 GMT
Kane is in Croydon and, I think, uses Vodafone. Or a couple of cans and a piece of string, who knows? I'm sure he doesn't. Update the spreadsheet with these facts and he can tell me if I'm wrong. Watchchat: LED watch still working. I am amazed, it's older than Shenguin's 'new' pants. |
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Post by Chumbles on Mar 25, 2020 16:28:40 GMT
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Post by amipal on Mar 25, 2020 16:31:04 GMT
Re: speed test
That Which? tester seems to show the highest speed attained during the test, rather than the average.
With Which? I got 16.1 Mbps
With speedtest.net, 15.75 Mbps (which is an average)
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 25, 2020 16:41:45 GMT
@felice Landry. I've plugged in the new router. Latency 83ms Download 9.1Mbps Plymouth Plusnet Still on the old broadband due to circs. OTTM: Which one of you is flying a fighter jet over my property? I bet it's amipal (he's got form - I've seen the vids). Well, you can stop it right now - it's upsetting the cat. Don't make me come up there and...ah..I haven't thought this through have I? Way hey! I can see your house from here! catch! |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Mar 25, 2020 16:53:04 GMT
Kane is in Croydon and, I think, uses Vodafone. Or a couple of cans and a piece of string, who knows? I'm sure he doesn't. Update the spreadsheet with these facts and he can tell me if I'm wrong. Watchchat: LED watch still working. I am amazed, it's older than Shenguin 's 'new' pants. Yup, Vodafone. just checked it; 67.7 DL 15.9 UL latency 6 ms, 6 tabs open including online radio. yes you can touch me, as long as 'they' don't find out! (I have a very strong piece of string)! |
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