Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

SpekySquarehead

Generali wrote: »

You should consider an extended break in the NT or Queensland, they have mental weather there.

Don't tempt me!

If I was guaranteed a job I'd book my flight tomorrow. I've 2 friends who, separate from each other, done exactly that. They both loved it. Met the partner of their dreams and live the life they dreamed of. I've contemplated it often.

PasturesNew

chris_m wrote: »

My broadband's been going up and down like a yo-yo and has finally settled at less than half what it was before

Funny you should say that, but yesterday and this morning I've lost my broadband completely! Yesterday I did a reboot of the whole PC "just to be sure" - and this morning I just waited it out and it was back 2-3 minutes later.

Hadn't connected broadband with weather!

michaels

A colleague said there was a tweet from BT saying there were issues with their whole BB network.

ivyleaf

silvercar We had very high gas bills and thought it was just because of the cost of gas, but it turned out we had a leak in one of the pipes :eek: and had to decamp to a hotel for a couple of nights (as it was winter), while it was fixed,
It might be an idea to have your gas supply checked just in case

silvercar

ivyleaf wrote: »

silvercar We had very high gas bills and thought it was just because of the cost of gas, but it turned out we had a leak in one of the pipes :eek: and had to decamp to a hotel for a couple of nights (as it was winter), while it was fixed,
It might be an idea to have your gas supply checked just in case

I suspect it is because we use gas to heat our house that has solid walls with no cavities to fill. Add to that the rooms we use most are north facing.

Eon has a comparison of similar homes nearby and we are well within the range.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

A colleague said there was a tweet from BT saying there were issues with their whole BB network.

Not much help if you can't get the Internet
While I appreciate it's a great way of communicating, if you can't get on it's like a chocolate fireguard.

PasturesNew

81°F/27°C now. I think my "cut off point" for being uncomfortable in the heat is 80°F.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

81°F/27°C now. I think my "cut off point" for being uncomfortable in the heat is 80°F.

In Aus I reckon I'm good if it's 5C-38C. The weather should be hotter than my fridge and colder than me!

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

Not much help if you can't get the Internet
While I appreciate it's a great way of communicating, if you can't get on it's like a chocolate fireguard.

I guess most of us resort to our phones when we lose broadband in which case low badwidth stuff is useful.

Apparently it was the DNS so you could change your ip settings to use the google DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

I had somethign similar with skyBB 2 nights ago and found th DNS was hard coded on my router but obviosuly you can change it on individual PCs but harder for STBs and other devices.

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

I guess most of us resort to our phones when we lose broadband in which case low badwidth stuff is useful.

Apparently it was the DNS so you could change your ip settings to use the google DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

I had somethign similar with skyBB 2 nights ago and found th DNS was hard coded on my router but obviosuly you can change it on individual PCs but harder for STBs and other devices.

I only understood the first sentence of that.