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General Discussion Area / Re: Starlink.

« on: 28 March 2024, 17:51:48 »

That's a similar price to high speed fibre I think?  If you have fibre that is... 

My 500Mb synchronous has just gone up...   ...to £22

Admittedly that is a special deal, but my previous 900Mb synchronous was only £50 on a rolling month basis.

Decent fibre from altnets is significantly cheaper than services like ADSL when that first came out.  But not many have access to altnets, although more small villages have a better chance

Yeah OK I'm a bit behind the times with broadband speeds and prices. 

The cost has come down massively in the last couple of years. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Starlink.

« on: 28 March 2024, 17:10:28 »

I've seen them advertise deals with refurbished kit, so keep your eye out. 

It looks like the cost is currently £225 ( £450 before) for the dish, and then £85 a month. Not cheap.

Elon is worth £280 billion so he could afford to make it less expensive.

What sort of speeds do you get for that? 

That's a similar price to high speed fibre I think?  If you have fibre that is... 

High speed fibre is well cheaper than £85. But, if you live on a rambling country estate, Openreach aren't about to use a whole drum of cable to get to you.

Ah yes I forgot about Opti Towers! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Starlink.

« on: 28 March 2024, 16:41:04 »

I've seen them advertise deals with refurbished kit, so keep your eye out. 

It looks like the cost is currently £225 ( £450 before) for the dish, and then £85 a month. Not cheap.

Elon is worth £280 billion so he could afford to make it less expensive.

What sort of speeds do you get for that? 

That's a similar price to high speed fibre I think?  If you have fibre that is... 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Starlink.

« on: 28 March 2024, 15:57:49 »

I've seen them advertise deals with refurbished kit, so keep your eye out. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car

« on: 28 March 2024, 15:56:18 »

My first car, a 1980 Renault 5 GTL produced about 500bhp and went like stink!                                                 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse.

« on: 26 March 2024, 20:14:29 »

This thread is far too sensible. 

Where are the conspiracy theories?  It was ISIS, Putin, Trump, Aliens etc that wot done it etc?     

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General Car Chat / Re: Insurance renewal .

« on: 25 March 2024, 16:01:35 »

There are certain insurance companies that are refusing to insure anyone over 70 now. Or quoting such a ridiculously high price that they know won't be accepted.

Glad you're old? 

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General Car Chat / Re: Insurance renewal .

« on: 25 March 2024, 14:42:17 »

Yes I still get the occasional call after having an accident on my motorbike in 2010! 

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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.

« on: 25 March 2024, 10:26:36 »

Mm….. using the half a gallon of petrol you had in the first post could have been used in a far more
Efficient manner IMO👍🔥🔥

He could rename this thread  C1 (The skate) serious bonfire!

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car

« on: 24 March 2024, 23:02:37 »

Less than three hundred quid a year/10,000 miles sounds OK to me. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 24 March 2024, 21:45:14 »

Pressure washing the paths and patio is a quite satisfying job. 

But then you get the water bill!    Which is why I only do it every other year.   

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General Discussion Area / Re: Womens Football

« on: 24 March 2024, 12:56:52 »

1174 views and one reply.... predictably from Lord Opti! 

I wonder if certain words in the title trigger the bots to come and have a look?     

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General Discussion Area / Womens Football

« on: 23 March 2024, 23:41:32 »

They have different tactics in women's football! 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Consumer rights after warranty has expired

« on: 22 March 2024, 18:48:52 »

Been playing away M'lud?     

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General Discussion Area / Re: Careless driving FFS

« on: 22 March 2024, 11:11:56 »

Read summat tother day that actually boiled my piss

Bicyclists and motorbicyclists are actively encouraged to swerve around anything in the road that might make them fall off regardless of the fact that the reason they haven't spotted said anything is because they're either speeding/tailgating/filtering (whatever the fruck that's supposed to be...  ) and drivers are taught to expect all of the above and make allowances for all of it at the same time.

Yet...

If a car drivers even thinks to make such an avoiding manoeuvre they risk being prosecuted for careless driving with a ridiculous fine and potentially lose their licence. Presumably if you crash as a result of ripping a wheel off in a pothole the size of Birmingham whilst trying to avoid splatting a filtering motorbicyclist you get charged with careless driving for the whole thing.

I understand that being unlicensed and uninsured vermin, bicyclists are basically untouchable, but having presumably passed some sort of test aren't motorbicyclists held to the same account as any other driver In which case what's good for the goose and all that.

Aaaaand breath......