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General Discussion Area / Re: Any internet or phone deals?

« on: 06 June 2025, 15:49:07 »

example EE Network will slow you down once you hit 600Gbs in any month.

I'm guessing this could depend on the contract, as I don't appear to suffer that, although this month could be interesting as I reckon I did 200+GB roaming in the last week

It depends how old or when you started the Contract, if your on an old one then you can just fill your boots with unlimited Data and no Speed Capping, All new'ish Unlimited Plans now have the 600gb per month Speed Capping, I think the UL Speed Capping thing kicked in around the same time EE decided to take away Free Roaming, so what's that, 3 years ago maybe.

Having said all that, EE's Speed Capping after the 600gb+ pm is actually done by switching off your 5G access untill your monthly refresh date, even though your Phone will still display 5G, so most folk don't notice as they still have UL Data but only on 4G+ etc, which is good enough really on the EE Network

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General Discussion Area / Re: VodaThree

« on: 06 June 2025, 15:16:17 »

I need to keep my BP down.................so I may have to leave OOF.... again. 

What!, your thinking of leaving OOF and buggering off to Italy...

     ...maybe we should consider having a whip round
 

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General Discussion Area / Re: VodaThree

« on: 05 June 2025, 18:39:29 »

I wonder which bright spark in the Business Dept thought it was a good idea to let two giants of the British telecommunications sector merge and take away competition and choice for consumers?   

Probably the same bright spark who let Orange and T Mobile merge to become EE.

Although I doubt it was the same bright spark who when Vodafone bought Orange all them years ago and was then told they had to sell Orange again as it was seen as unfair Competition.

  

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General Discussion Area / Re: VodaThree

« on: 03 June 2025, 23:11:22 »

Maybe they'll call it Threefone. 

And in Ireland it will be called Treefone! 

I believe they have decided to name it already, it's, wait for it, it's very unique ...

                                                VodafoneThree

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General Discussion Area / VodaThree

« on: 03 June 2025, 21:27:01 »

So it looks like the Vodafone and Three Merger thing has finally been given the Green Light today.

From a Personal point of view still undecided on the Commercial side of things as Thee have alwys seemed to aim at the cheaper Tariffs for Consumers where VF tries to targets it's efforts into Business and Corporates, maybe they will leave it well alone for the time being.

From a Technical point of view it's good news as Three have so much of the 5G high end Band Spectrum (n78 the stuff that runs on 3300 to 3800mhz with loads of Bandwidth) that they almost didn't know what to do with it, mix that with Vodafones existing lower 2/3 and 4G bands it could be a nice overall Network outcome if they plan it right.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Any internet or phone deals?

« on: 03 June 2025, 20:44:46 »

After a 4G router as I'm living 'off grid ' to an extent, so no chance of getting a phone line to me where I am

Also o2 will only offer me a paltry contract deal after a mere 24yrs loyal custom. I'm on 600mins, unlimited texts and 1gig data.

Anyone know of anything out there?

First thing I would say is source and buy your own Router 4G / 5G CPE, then go down an SIM Only option on Pay Monthly or Upfront SIM Payment, rather than go down the SIM and Router together option, it will work out cheaper long run and will give you better options for early upgrade of hardware or adding external Antennas etc. also some of the Network Routers could be SIM Network locked (Routers do not fall under the same rules of New Phones must now be Network UnLocked) also Network Branded Routers will almost in most cases be Firmware Locked to the Network, main reason is so the End User can't mess or twerk with it too much and gives the Network easier Support for the Hardware.

5G CPE Routers are fairly cheap to pick up second hand but make sure where possible you selected an Network Free and not a a network Branded Model, also try and source a CPE that has external Antenna options if your looking at ling term use.

SIM Only wise your really looking at Contract or or Bulk Pay in Advance, you can get Data Only Sims but its sometimes cheaper to get a bundled Phone SIM with bundled Mins and Text and just use the Data.

Also worth pointing out that a lot of these Unlimited Data deals from the Network can have limitations if or once you've hit Thier FUP (fair use policy), example EE Network will slow you down once you hit 600Gbs in any month.

Also try and get a SIM that is not Speed Capped, so Unlimited Speed but rember you may get hit with Speed on the FUPs.

CPE Router wise I would be looking at Huawei, Zyxel, ZTE, Nokia and Oppo to name a few as good budget starters, personally I would go Huawei, there Equipment is well designed and made and have been in the game a long time. Just stay away from the unknown cheap Chinese Tat that your probably come across

Go for Unlocked 5G CPE Router any good makes will fall back to 4G+ as the CAT rating will or should be higher than CAT18 which is really the bare minimum Rating now for CPE Routers

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General Discussion Area / Lee Mack

« on: 27 May 2025, 22:52:43 »

I've never really liked Lee Mack as an Actor or as a Comedian but this short Sketch hit's the spot  , thought I'd share -

https://youtu.be/dmbpagijVkk?si=O4uX-Hwm92jbl95U

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Omega General Help / Re: Diff ratio. How to identify.

« on: 25 March 2025, 20:22:39 »

Fairly sure the if my memory serves are the 2.5TD had a 3.45 Diff.

The bit I can't remember is wether this ratio is for Manuals and Autos, or wether the Autos were higher ratio, don't think they were.

If your just going up in one tyre size from normal then the profile normally is smaller, so I wouldn't worry about the ratio etc, or if going totally bigger sizes then your next choices are a 3.7 and 3.9

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Immobilizer issue

« on: 18 December 2024, 23:22:41 »

long Shot, do you charge a Power bank via Front or Rear Ciggy Lighter Socket and if so are you leaving it plugged in when you start or trying to start the Car?

If so remove it before locking up, or if it's non starting remove the PB and do this -

Remove Key from ING Barrel, open Drivers Door then close it, lock the Car with Fob or Key, Unlock the Car, open Drivers Door, shut Door then try a new Start.

Even without a Powerbank, you you could try the above.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Another NCDC topic.

« on: 07 November 2024, 14:24:54 »

I would imagine so yes. The antenna has been connected and everything worked fine until the screen messages about no disc etc. appeared.

Is the SatNav Disk a known good one ie, genuine?, if you put a good original Audio CD in the SatNav Disk does it play / work? (From memory you need to select the Single / Multi button for above as well).

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General Discussion Area / Re: My old Man

« on: 20 September 2024, 19:10:34 »

Fine thank you, he's still at home and mobile with his wife, so he's still got it all (including his money  )

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General Discussion Area / My old Man

« on: 20 September 2024, 18:48:19 »

It's my Dad's Birthday today, he is.......
                       
                                  .....100.

There's hope for me yet. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....

« on: 10 December 2023, 22:30:52 »

RWD
Auto

Last time I bought a RWD it was only 600cc and and had some cylinders missing, did have Merc written on the tiny engine though. 

On a more serious note, I wouldnt rule out a Lexus model, I ended up by accident driving about in a  run around iS200 for over a year,  and have to admit it did change my views on them, OK, So there's the Name involved, but they are basically a well designed Toyota with all the useful bits added on,  and have bloody good reliability, no experience of the Diesel versions though.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Pump prices haven't dropped much

« on: 10 December 2023, 01:20:05 »

89.9p in My nearest Morrisons at the moment, when they can actually be bothered to stock the stuff, taking the piss if I'm honest considering it was only 37.9p this time last year at the local Sainsbury's before they decided "were not playing that game anymore, so bugger off".

Obviously I'm referring to LPG, which is now like Liquid Gold unless you live in Brum or Manchester. 

Best I can get on the UL Jungle Juice at the moment is 137.9 or 145.9 for the pure Crude in East London. 

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Omega General Help / Re: 3.2 conversion Worth it

« on: 15 October 2023, 03:54:41 »

I would agree wit TB on this, stick with the 3.0 Lump if its a good one, the 3.0's were top end happy at higher Revs, the 3.2's more tourqe'y at low low revs but a lot worse for overall MPG.

 Cheapest Mod for the 3.0's is to Chip it, Courtenay or SuperChip makes it slightly more push able , to go a bit further, a decent Exhaust, and a tiny bit more with Wider Throttle Bodies and 4 x G Cams (Dont lose the standard Opel/Vx Intake Multi Ram Setup though), going down the Turbo / Supercharger route will probably just shag the Engine if pushed to its lmits.