350zedd Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 interweb speed is currently 6.7mb - it should be in the region of 14 - 22mbs Lucky you!! Download speed here is 1.8 mb Its so slow you half expect to hear the di-di-di and squeal of a dial-up modem That's the sacrifice you have to make for living in the middle of the Welsh outback I guess!! Quote
spursmaddave Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 interweb speed is currently 6.7mb - it should be in the region of 14 - 22mbs Lucky you!! Download speed here is 1.8 mb Its so slow you half expect to hear the di-di-di and squeal of a dial-up modem That's the sacrifice you have to make for living in the middle of the Welsh outback I guess!! I remember 56k dial up on AOL I now get almost 11,000k on my iPhone wirelessly, wired is just over 3 times that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
350zedd Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 interweb speed is currently 6.7mb - it should be in the region of 14 - 22mbs Lucky you!! Download speed here is 1.8 mb Its so slow you half expect to hear the di-di-di and squeal of a dial-up modem That's the sacrifice you have to make for living in the middle of the Welsh outback I guess!! I remember 56k dial up on AOL I now get almost 11,000k on my iPhone wirelessly, wired is just over 3 times that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What the!! 33000kb ......................meanwhile back in the ...... Quote
sipar69 Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 This thread made me think about how much I pay (a lot). I used the Sky online chat function to discuss options and they were surprisingly helpful. They gave me a link to the online chat team that deal with subscriptions and I got my bill reduced by £25 per month (mainly by removing Sky Sports, which I almost never use). Worth finding out if you can do something similar before jumping ship. I agree that Sky is pricey but I've not seen anything else I prefer the look of in terms of what is available to watch. Quote
ioneabee Posted April 27, 2015 Author Posted April 27, 2015 my bill was £57 and going up another £3 at the end of the month .......... enough is enough so, at the moment I've reduced it down to the basic package - no films, no HD (which I couldn't see the difference with anyway) once I get the TV converted to "smart" - I'll sort out some sort of film package Quote
sipar69 Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 You can't tell the difference between SD and HD? . What size screen do you have? Quote
ioneabee Posted April 27, 2015 Author Posted April 27, 2015 32" only a little 'un .......... by todays standards Quote
Ekona Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 Think I pay about £85 pcm. Maybe I could get rid of the movies, but sod's law says that the one time I get rid of them... I need the sports for F1, and the HD package is a must. Multiroom too, which bumps the price up a tad. Quote
Ebized Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 32" only a little 'un .......... by todays standards Little telly for a little fella then............... Mind you, trying to convince my other half she needs 50"+ for our mutual enjoyment got this reaction: Quote
ioneabee Posted April 27, 2015 Author Posted April 27, 2015 I'm trying to push for a 47" (but will settle for a 42") getting nowhere for the last 2 years Quote
ts743 Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 · Hidden by Neilp, April 27, 2015 - Promoting illegal downloading Hidden by Neilp, April 27, 2015 - Promoting illegal downloading Old PC/Laptop / HDMI > TV / Remote mouse app on your handset + https://popcorntime.io/
Ekona Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 I jest, of course. We were going to put up my old 55" one in the bedroom but it was just too big for the wall, as the door would've opened into it and that was never going to end well. Ended up buying a new LG 46" one dirt cheap from Curry's instead, seems to do the job okay. Quote
sipar69 Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 (edited) Think I pay about £85 pcm. Maybe I could get rid of the movies, but sod's law says that the one time I get rid of them... I need the sports for F1, and the HD package is a must. Multiroom too, which bumps the price up a tad. I was paying about that (including multi room). I shaved off £17 just by dropping sports. I used to watch a bit of boxing every once in a while, but that was about it. I nearly dropped the Variety package until they said I'd lose documentaries. They gave me a six month discount on the movies instead. Paying about £60 now. I'm going to do the same thing with Virgin broadband next. We're on the supposedly super fast package. I reckon we'd be fine on one of the cheaper options. I'm hopeless with money - earn it, spend it; but I think I've saved about £100 a month this year but doing this sort of thing. It's quite addictive. Edited April 27, 2015 by sipar69 1 Quote
Ekona Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 I quit smoking about 7 years ago, and have in theory saved at least £15K. I have no idea where that money is though! 3 Quote
ilogikal1 Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 I quit smoking about 7 years ago, and have in theory saved at least £15K. I have no idea where that money is though! You've given it to Sky so you can watch Game of Thrones on the 8 foot TV in your bathroom... or something. Quote
Ekona Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 I only watch GoT for the nudey bits. I'm hoping that dragon lady gets her lady garden out soon. Quote
ioneabee Posted April 27, 2015 Author Posted April 27, 2015 sadly - unlikely to happen................ unless you rewatch series 1 (which I've just done ) Quote
jimboy2 Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 I quit smoking about 7 years ago, and have in theory saved at least £15K. I have no idea where that money is though! I gave up just over 2 years ago. I think I'm worse off now than I was when smoking lol. Plus I have put 3 stone on somehow! Quote
JetSet Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Lucky you!! Download speed here is 1.8 mb Its so slow you half expect to hear the di-di-di and squeal of a dial-up modem That's the sacrifice you have to make for living in the middle of the Welsh outback I guess!! Yes, know what you mean I get a mighty 2.5mb. My exchange is Infinity enabled but the roadside box that serves me is a good 3 km's to the next box that I know for sure is Infinity enabled. I'm also a further km away from my nearest box......that makes me a good 7 km's away from the exchange, in fact my house is the most distant point on the Buckley exchange. Still, it could be worse, our nearest neighbours just half a mile away are the last houses on the Deeside exchange and they barely get 1 mb from what I'm told. So much for the Welsh Assembly saying everyone will have fast broadband by 2016. Pete 1 Quote
ioneabee Posted May 1, 2015 Author Posted May 1, 2015 woo hoo broadband engineer been and gone the profile was incorrectly set - so gone from a measly 6mb upto 14mb speed ............... and all on copper can't wait to see what Fibre Optic will allow me when it arrives Quote
Adrian@TORQEN Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Give it about 23 minutes, will revert back to 3mb, but you'll still be in the placebo effect for a while :lol: Quote
Adrian@TORQEN Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 #teamsky... <--- so much meaning into this tag... 1 Quote
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