The TPU UK Clubhouse

[ThaiTaffy]

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?!!!?



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.

I'm thinking about finding a fibre engineering and chucking him a couple of quid to run a spf connection between us and all the families houses in the area you constantly see them with their picnic tables working on the lines here. Might aswell consolidate all the connections to our house, load balance them and just give the houses what they need mostly all of us have 600/600 and they only use them for their phones I doubt anyone is using more than 100/100.

It would also be a good way to justify a purchase of a threadripper server to my wife and get the family off their reliance on cloud storage

 

[qubit]

We have a lot to complain about

lol true.

 

[AusWolf]

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

Burton on Trent.

Fun fact that Virgin has fibre in half of the town, but didn't bother laying down the lines in the other half. I live in that other half.

Another fun fact that TalkTalk's 65 Mbps package costs me £26, even though my line only supports 35 Mbps max. The actual 35 Mbps package would only be £2 cheaper.

Yet another fun fact that my parents pay 10 quid for 200 Mbps in Hungary. Openreach should be ashamed.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Burton on Trent.

Fun fact that Virgin has fibre in half of the town, but didn't bother laying down the lines in the other half. I live in that other half.

Another fun fact that TalkTalk's 65 Mbps package costs me £26, even though my line only supports 35 Mbps max. The actual 35 Mbps package would only be £2 cheaper.

Yet another fun fact that my parents pay 10 quid for 200 Mbps in Hungary. Openreach should be ashamed.

Yes totally insane I think my mother is paying £50 a month for what's just ctth I keep telling her to change it but "it works" as she says

 

[AusWolf]

Yes totally insane I think my mother is paying £50 a month for what's just ctth I keep telling her to change it but "it works" as she says

Wow, that's mad. And here I am, starving for something better when this pile of ... is the best thing in town (I mean my half of it).

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Wow, that's mad. And here I am, starving for something better when this pile of ... is the best thing in town (I mean my half of it).

We had a business line when I was a teen and she just kept the contract,bgoing from 56k to ISDN to DSL and now ctth it's always been top of the possible internet tree and always had a static IP but I haven't been able to do anything about it for a few years.

I bought her a Samsung Tab when they first came out and she's loved browsing the internet since (thank God she's not interested in social media).
so she wants to keep it but CBA to deal with changing it. I could just screw it sort it out online and just give them her mobile number to get her to confirm. Which I think I'm going to do now infact

 

[Space Lynx]

Just got home from driving around Somerset. Beautiful county. 9/10 (nothing will ever beat Cornwall for me, that is only one that gets 10/10)

Next up I want to go to the Cotswolds and run around yelling Codswallop!!! Codswallops in the Cotswolds




Someone go half in half with me on petrol, my bank account is crying. I am having though, so eh

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Nothing makes sense to me,I really can't see any reason for people who can't get a proper fibre connection in the UK even bothering with BroadBand or a landline it's crap and expensive.
I'm just gonna get dear old mum to tell talk talk to shove it, she can get a Giffgaff goody bag with unlimited calls and 80g of 4g data for £25 that's plenty for her.

 

[the54thvoid]

I'm on 350/35 download/upload. I'm with Virgin Media and the fibre line pretty much comes to the wall. I'm sure it could be higher but it serves its purpose well enough for me. I'm in no panic about my connection speeds and I think a lot of talk about download speed is almost akin to moar cores. If you want fibre to the door, even the street, you need to dig a lot of countryside. Usually along those very same roads young Callandor was complaining about earlier. I mean, if you travel North of Glasgow, things get sparse real quick and the cost/benefit ratio for a private company to invest in that sort of infrastructure becomes unpalatable.

The UK is also a very old country and the new streets lie on top of older streets--it's not like the utility companies can dig through green fields to reach your house. It's the same reason we've got piss poor prospect of electric charging and house insulation; much of the UK stock is very old (we avoided the worse damage of WW2). In some cases being a young industrial nation (Thailand), or having your country bombed to bits (modern rebuilding), has helped to make moving to a modern technological life far easier.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

I'm on 350/35 download/upload. I'm with Virgin Media and the fibre line pretty much comes to the wall. I'm sure it could be higher but it serves its purpose well enough for me. I'm in no panic about my connection speeds and I think a lot of talk about download speed is almost akin to moar cores. If you want fibre to the door, even the street, you need to dig a lot of countryside. Usually along those very same roads young Callandor was complaining about earlier. I mean, if you travel North of Glasgow, things get sparse real quick and the cost/benefit ratio for a private company to invest in that sort of infrastructure becomes unpalatable.

The UK is also a very old country and the new streets lie on top of older streets--it's not like the utility companies can dig through green fields to reach your house. It's the same reason we've got piss poor prospect of electric charging and house insulation; much of the UK stock is very old (we avoided the worse damage of WW2). In some cases being a young industrial nation (Thailand), or having your country bombed to bits (modern rebuilding), has helped to make moving to a modern technological life far easier.

I'm not sure about digging in Thailand but the local rotary club would shut a brick if they saw this outside on every pole.

Like I said I'm thinking of running a sfp cable to all my in laws houses, one sister is a few km down the road but I should be able to hide it in that lot.

I think it just more like the industrial Revolution never stopped in Asia they just keep going and going. Britain didn't give a crap back then either they just got things done didn't care about the consequences or aesthetics.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I'm not sure about digging in Thailand but the local rotary club would shut a brick if they saw this outside on every pole.View attachment 245995

Like I said I'm thinking of running a sfp cable to all my in laws houses, one sister is a few km down the road but I should be able to hide it in that lot.

I think it just more like the industrial Revolution never stopped in Asia they just keep going and going. Britain didn't give a crap back then either they just got things done didn't care about the consequences or aesthetics.

Oh ffs

 

[Mr McC]

Ladies and gentlemen, I am sure that none of you need reminding that tomorrow you are called upon to postpone any gaming and/or tweaking and appear at your local polling station with suitable ID, it seems of particular importance on this occasion...

 

[phill]

I have a feeling I won't be bothering or able to more to the point.... Got out from hospital Tuesday afternoon after an over night stay that wasn't planned but at least I'm ok I mean, no worse than before I guess

How is everyone??

Just got home from driving around Somerset. Beautiful county. 9/10 (nothing will ever beat Cornwall for me, that is only one that gets 10/10)

Next up I want to go to the Cotswolds and run around yelling Codswallop!!! Codswallops in the Cotswolds




Someone go half in half with me on petrol, my bank account is crying. I am having though, so eh

I did warn ya

I'm not sure about digging in Thailand but the local rotary club would shut a brick if they saw this outside on every pole.View attachment 245995

Like I said I'm thinking of running a sfp cable to all my in laws houses, one sister is a few km down the road but I should be able to hide it in that lot.

I think it just more like the industrial Revolution never stopped in Asia they just keep going and going. Britain didn't give a crap back then either they just got things done didn't care about the consequences or aesthetics.

A few cable ties would sort that out no problems......... Maybe

 

[DoLlyBirD]

Hmmm labour or more tories, do you want your eyeballs poked out with a hot knife or repeatedly rear ended by the entire england rugby team over and over again? it's a hard pass from me, unfortunately we have taken on the American system of a two party democracy and it's more of a case of voting for the lesser evil rather than a democracy....

 

[ThaiTaffy]

A few cable ties would sort that out no problems......... Maybe

They actually actively started cable tidying last year after the king brought in a law about it, too many cables were falling and decapitating passing motorcyclists(no joke). The pole outside our land isn't quite as bad as that but we're rural so far less customers.

 

[Mr McC]

Hmmm labour or more tories, do you want your eyeballs poked out with a hot knife or repeatedly rear ended by the entire england rugby team over and over again? it's a hard pass from me, unfortunately we have taken on the American system of a two party democracy and it's more of a case of voting for the lesser evil rather than a democracy....

I don't accept the argument that they are all the same, nor the view that it is merely a binary choice, but in any event you take a regrettable Anglocentric view of matters: many of us can vote for neither of the parties you mention, though our lives are governed by the decisions taken by both, consider that before bemoaning an apparent lack of democracy. That said, I would encourage you and everyone else to use their vote, even if you feel that it is a futile gesture.

 

[micropage7]

I'm not sure about digging in Thailand but the local rotary club would shut a brick if they saw this outside on every pole.View attachment 245995

Like I said I'm thinking of running a sfp cable to all my in laws houses, one sister is a few km down the road but I should be able to hide it in that lot.

I think it just more like the industrial Revolution never stopped in Asia they just keep going and going. Britain didn't give a crap back then either they just got things done didn't care about the consequences or aesthetics.

poles and spaghetti cabbles
in here not on poles but they are destroying the road and the sidewalk for placing the cables and i dunno after years i don't think they have master plan to make a main channel for cabling and its' mess
they usually prefer digging and fix it then digging and fix it and leave bump and scars

everywhere

 

[the54thvoid]

A note for the UK clubhouse - no politics, thanks.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Yes let's continue to laugh at optical cables

 

[Mr McC]

Cable mess, or an artistic opportunity?

A note for the UK clubhouse - no politics, thanks.

Understood, I apologise for prying open that particular Pandora’s box, no malice intended.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

I've got a real shocker to show you guys later, my cousin's house has the road that leads to the local temple next to it. The temple have an archway that's currently resting on the 11kv overhead lines. When I go back later I'll snap a shot to show you.

Too hot to work ATM

And this is still spring!!!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I've got a real shocker to show you guys later, my cousin's house has the road that leads to the local temple next to it. The temple have an archway that's currently resting on the 11kv overhead lines. When I go back later I'll snap a shot to show you.

Too hot to work ATM
View attachment 246153
And this is still spring!!!

Fuck that. Most Brits complain at the weather, but i would deffo rather have this, than that.

It's about 15c here, spring too.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Fuck that. Most Brits complain at the weather, but i would deffo rather have this, than that.

It's about 15c here, spring too.

6 years and I'm still not totally used to it, when summer comes I tend to reverse my sleeping patterns and work in the dark but even then it's 30°+ but that's far better than the 50°+ during the days. Even the Thai's can't deal with it when it gets that hot but I find myself cold at anything below 20° and the locals walk around like eskimo's.
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[FreedomEclipse]

Anyone use Adobe Creative Cloud Photography?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Anyone use Adobe Creative Cloud Photography?

Not here. I don't use anything that requires a internet connection to run, nor subscription model software.