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[ThaiTaffy]

I could sign up with 3 (Three) for the same monthly price. They would even send me the router for free. I'm just afraid that being a wireless technology, it wouldn't be as stable as a cable connection.

well my fibre cuts out with a few gusts of wind and i end up relying on my 4g for house internet via a wan connection to my phone so im not the best person to talk about the stability of wireless i might be a little bias.

i should add though i pay 8 quid for my fibre a month and 4 quid for my 4g so i really don't mind paying both

 

[AusWolf]

well my fibre cuts out with a few gusts of wind and i end up relying on my 4g for house internet via a wan connection to my phone so im not the best person to talk about the stability of wireless i might be a little bias.

i should add though i pay 8 quid for my fibre a month and 4 quid for my 4g so i really don't mind paying both

And how is your 4G in those times? Do you connect multiple devices?

 

[ThaiTaffy]

And how is your 4G in those times? Do you connect multiple devices?

Not great I only pay for 4mb so my wife steals all the bandwidth on YouTube and I get to read text on tpu slowly. Everything else in the house runs locally anyway but atleast we have a enterprise grade firewall handling the connection

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

its the price of data on 5g though and the router cost it might even be cheaper to grab a usb dongle and some sort of typical router that supports usb


nothing wrong with burning goats is there?


as best we know indeed, whats the saying " history is written by the victor"

Kin el initially I missread burning goats and was offended, but glasses on , fair enough lol.

 

[AusWolf]

Not great I only pay for 4mb so my wife steals all the bandwidth on YouTube and I get to read text on tpu slowly. Everything else in the house runs locally anyway but atleast we have a enterprise grade firewall handling the connection

Oh I see. Actually, I can say the same about my cable broadband. If I start a Steam download, my girlfriend can't watch Youtube in HD anymore.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Kin el initially I missread burning goats and was offended, but glasses on , fair enough lol.

I'm Welsh btw I got accused of bumming goats regularly on rugby tours in England

Well shagging sheep but same difference

 

[the54thvoid]

I studied British archaeology at uni and there's a bit of muddling going on in this thread. Anglo-Saxon was preceded by the Celtic languages, which would have been the original (as far as we know) languages of ancient Britain. Our native tongue was decided by the native settlers who definitely did not speak Anglo-Saxon.

As for paganism, it's a very wide term for all systems which deify nature and place humanity within its influence. Practically every pre-Abrahamic religion is defined as paganism.

As for Tarot cards, never met a girl who was into that. I'd blame Hollywood and YA magical reality literature for that, I guess.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Welsh is the closest to the original English language and people iirc.

The Romans did a pretty good job of wiping out the Pagans(Druids)

As for stupid Tarot, i once met a girl, who i suspect had mental issues, who would not make most decisions without consulting her Tarot deck.

 

[Space Lynx]

Well I got 30 days left in England, so far I have seen lots of sights in Cornwall and Devon... next up Wales/West Midlands... then I may make my way over to Lincolnshire.

Anyone want to go half in half with me on petrol? I got the rental car.

Better yet, ask two of your friends to join us, we split petrol 4 ways, then go on grand adventures assuming we can find cheap places to sleep

 

[AusWolf]

Well I got 30 days left in England, so far I have seen lots of sights in Cornwall and Devon... next up Wales/West Midlands... then I may make my way over to Lincolnshire.

Anyone want to go half in half with me on petrol? I got the rental car.

Better yet, ask two of your friends to join us, we split petrol 4 ways, then go on grand adventures assuming we can find cheap places to sleep

Would be nice if I could get away from work. I live in the West Midlands as well.

 

[phill]

Well I got 30 days left in England, so far I have seen lots of sights in Cornwall and Devon... next up Wales/West Midlands... then I may make my way over to Lincolnshire.

Anyone want to go half in half with me on petrol? I got the rental car.

Better yet, ask two of your friends to join us, we split petrol 4 ways, then go on grand adventures assuming we can find cheap places to sleep

As long as you don't have a diesel rental you should be ok.... I mean, £2+ a litre in some places or more when I was last out the house, down in Somerset it was a little less but still. I don't think its dropped back as fast as I'd like it too, like at all...

You won't miss much in the west midlands, lived there for a year and was seeing a lady there back for a few years.. Sadly not missing much.

The south is apparently much nicer which most people seem to come down this way, the tale backs and queues to get down the roads here can be amazing but not in a good way.

Wales will be a little nicer I think, but not really remembering a happy or nice Welsh person lol

Just my opinions but god do I miss my home town. I mean its a mess now with all the houses that have been built and so on but still...

Has anybody tried using 4G or 5G as home broadband? I've never thought too much of any wireless technology, but doing a quick speed check made me think.

To the left: mobile signal in my area. To the right: my home internet, which is the highest available cable broadband package in my area.

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I've been damn lucky recently as I've had fibre installed to the house and I'm talking proper fibre not FTTC rubbish along with the aluminum or copper wires... My old connection was about the same as yours, around 30 to 35Mb maybe, now I've been happy to have changed over to Jurassic fibre and I'm on a lovely near makes no odds, 1Gb package with a 200Mb up speed. Its utterly heaven.

What I was used to waiting for 6 to 7 hours to download, now takes a little over 10 minutes.. I've seen my Steam downloading at 118MB/sec so far.. I can't really make the most of it on a laptop or mini desktop, the CPUs struggle with the speed tests as they seem to hit about 500 to 700Mb down and it just stops lol The Ryzen rigs seem to hit 945Mb no problems The 450/100Mb package I was on was a little better in terms of what you where getting. I managed to get nearly 460/110 I think, but still I wouldn't wish to go back.

Wow I know Britain's infrastructure was awful but I didn't realize people were still in the stone age I'm in the Thai countryside and heres my 8 quid a month connection.
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native implies original btw

For that money and that performance, WOW......

 

[tabascosauz]

Not bad. I pay 26 Great British Rubbles for this POS. That's why I'm wondering about switching to a 5G home broadband when my contract is over. I just want to collect some info first, as I've got my worries about anything wireless.

I read somewhere that when it comes to the quality of wired internet connections, Britain is somewhere on the bottom of the list of countries, way below some developing ones.

Tethering LTE/5G is an okay stopgap if you have plenty of data. I play Genshin with a friend in the UK - his internet used to be something seriously awful (25Mbps I think???) and cut out all the time. We sarcastically sang praises of "British copper" every time it happened. Tethering data was better.

When I was in Bristol we were lucky to have Virgin fibre wiring where we were in Clifton. The 200Mbps service was a bit pricey but acceptable performance - however the provided router/modem was absolutely horrendous. No fibre BT or Virgin coverage yet in your area, I'm assuming?

Many pros and cons to living on both sides of the pond, but the internet service in the UK is appalling enough to overshadow some of the good stuff. At home I have Telus gigabit service and it is a big upgrade, with an Asus AC86U.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Tethering LTE/5G is an okay stopgap if you have plenty of data. I play Genshin with a friend in the UK - his internet used to be something seriously awful (25Mbps I think???) and cut out all the time. We sarcastically sang praises of "British copper" every time it happened. Tethering data was better.

When I was in Bristol we were lucky to have Virgin fibre wiring where we were in Clifton. The 200Mbps service was a bit pricey but acceptable performance - however the provided router/modem was absolutely horrendous. No fibre BT or Virgin coverage yet in your area, I'm assuming?

Many pros and cons to living on both sides of the pond, but the internet service in the UK is appalling enough to overshadow some of the good stuff.

It's crazy considering were in the age of information the UK is so bad! Not sure what the definition is but the UK infrastructure really is 3rd world! 5 or so years ago I visited my brother and discovered he still had lead pipes feeding water to his home. Thailand got rid of all the copper lines years ago, mainly because people kept stealing it for scrap I think, is that what needs to happen? Do the travellers need to stop stealing lead from church roofs and go after the landlines instead for any change to happen.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

It's crazy considering were in the age of information the UK is so bad! Not sure what the definition is but the UK infrastructure really is 3rd world! 5 or so years ago I visited my brother and discovered he still had lead pipes feeding water to his home. Thailand got rid of all the copper lines years ago, mainly because people kept stealing it for scrap I think, is that what needs to happen? Do the travellers need to stop stealing lead from church roofs and go after the landlines instead for any change to happen.

Its crazy that in the UK, Brits pay around 3-5x more for broadband then the yanks do and their broadband is so much faster... However they are short on service providers there and most have terrible service and customer support but thats what happens when there is a monopoly.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Its crazy that in the UK, Brits pay around 3-5x more for broadband then the yanks do and their broadband is so much faster... However they are short on service providers there and most have terrible service and customer support but thats what happens when there is a monopoly.

Recently our ISP here turned into a national run service, there still lots of other companies not government run but the main one many use has been taken over by Thailand itself packages start at £8 for 600/600 and goto £25 for 1000/1000 personally if I wanted faster than 600/600 I'd just get add more lines rather than increase the package speed as I don't believe there's any setup cost for a new line so you could technically pay £24 quid for 3x 600/600 lines

 

[Space Lynx]

The south is apparently much nicer which most people seem to come down this way, the tale backs and queues to get down the roads here can be amazing but not in a good way.

the car I rent is petrol, and it gets amazing gas mileage. I drove all over Cornwall a couple weeks ago and it only cost me 90 quid in petrol, but it was a solid 7-10 hours of actual drive time or so...

google maps took me through some stupid back roads. on the way back I planned my own way on the A and M roads. was much nicer. google maps is stupider than I thought possible. I wonder if Apple Maps works better in this country?

 

[phill]

the car I rent is petrol, and it gets amazing gas mileage. I drove all over Cornwall a couple weeks ago and it only cost me 90 quid in petrol, but it was a solid 7-10 hours of actual drive time or so...

google maps took me through some stupid back roads. on the way back I planned my own way on the A and M roads. was much nicer. google maps is stupider than I thought possible. I wonder if Apple Maps works better in this country?

What car have you rented?

Google is ok but if your going across country it will take you the quickest route, not normally the best route. The amount of times I've tried going around an accident and ended up with getting stuck with a bunch more traffic is a nightmare. I find it's just best to sit on the main roads. Probably safer too considering the back roads you will meet utter crazies at times and there won't be anywhere to go. Single track roads ok in the dark, but day time, utter nightmare.

I hope you are having a great time around the UK, its an amazing place. The south west (Devon, Cornwall etc.) amazing places and beaches. The worst thing about them are the prices, just so overpriced for the holidays and such and I don't get why. Surely cheaper prices and more custom would make up for it. What do I know...
Rant over... lol

Can't really comment on the Apple Maps, I don't use anything Apple. The only apples I have anything to do with is the ones to eat lol

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Could be worse I remember using a TomTom to pick my brother up from Bristol airport years ago and the only route it would suggest was through someone's garden.

 

[AusWolf]

the car I rent is petrol, and it gets amazing gas mileage. I drove all over Cornwall a couple weeks ago and it only cost me 90 quid in petrol, but it was a solid 7-10 hours of actual drive time or so...

google maps took me through some stupid back roads. on the way back I planned my own way on the A and M roads. was much nicer. google maps is stupider than I thought possible. I wonder if Apple Maps works better in this country?

Stupid back roads? Britain is all about the back roads! Google maps just wanted to do you a favour by taking you down the scenic route.

 

[dorsetknob]

. The only apples I have anything to do with is the ones to eat lol

Don't Forget Cider !

 

[qubit]

Can't believe the size of this thread. Epic!

 

[DoLlyBirD]

Has anybody tried using 4G or 5G as home broadband? I've never thought too much of any wireless technology, but doing a quick speed check made me think.

To the left: mobile signal in my area. To the right: my home internet, which is the highest available cable broadband package in my area.

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Where in the midlands are you? BT is rolling out FTTH in lots of places, I pay £40/mth for 0.5Gb download and it hits that consistently though the upload is pretty weak at 50mbps if that bothers you, it's with EE which is essentially a BT subsidiary, though before this, the best I could get was about 55mbps download fttc then copper to the premises

 

[Space Lynx]

Can't believe the size of this thread. Epic!

yep it is.

now, its time for you to decide, are you going to go half in half with me on petrol to explore this Great Island?!!!?

Where in the midlands are you? BT is rolling out FTTH in lots of places, I pay £40/mth for 0.5Gb download and it hits that consistently though the upload is pretty weak at 50mbps if that bothers you, it's with EE which is essentially a BT subsidiary, though before this, the best I could get was about 55mbps download fttc then copper to the premises

I just found out Jurassic FIbre is available in my area, 22 pounds for 450 down and 100 up... probably making the switch to that asap.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Can't believe the size of this thread. Epic!

How to put it? Us Brits like to chatter.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

We have a lot to complain about