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a January 4th, 2010

  1. 3G Dongle

    January 4, 2010 by Daniel

    Bought one of these while dithering about buying broadband, o2 had an offer on and it works out cheap enough. It turned out to be quite handy really – quick enough and the ability to get your laptop on the internet without wifi anywhere it’s pretty handy so we bought it for future times when away and want to look up things (settle IMDB arguments, etc).

    However, don’t let your cat stand on it – they’re not made very well and the connector got broken. Went to the o2 shop and they were a bit narky about it and ummed and arrred but where clearly not going to do anything about it, which we kind of expected. All they could do is point at it and tell us it must be broken (um we knew that? That’s why we came in?). But having paid for a months internet I saw no choice but to get a new dongle and stick the old SIM in it.

    Oh well. Another lesson learnt.


  2. Broadband

    January 4, 2010 by Daniel


    I’d been putting it off a while, not entirely sure why but during the holidays I tend to try and stay away from the internet. I can’t quite manage it any more, especially with the iPhone but I find it worthwhile to try and get my head in the real world for a bit.
    So i’ve been putting off getting ‘full broadband’ since we moved house, partly also because I hadn’t changed my address with the bank but having done that and having no more excuses with christmas being in the way I ordered it.
    I’d done my research before we moved, as you may have read in this blog – I’d decided to go with o2, not only because of the nice discount for mobile customers but also because their network was mainly built by Be Internet, who a few years ago had an excellent reputation but were sadly slightly expensive.

    Now here’s the impressive bit. I ordered it online (using a 3G dongle – another story) on the 29th December. They said that we’d have had the router delivered by the 4th and it’d be activated by the 6th and I was happy with that what with new years eve and all. But by the time we came home on New Years day, the router had already been delivered and when I hooked it up on the second – boom – we were online. Proper Internet, how I’d missed thee.


  3. This one’s for Mike…

    January 4, 2010 by Daniel

    IMDB Vote History

    I will rate every single film I see this year and try to rate one’s I have seen also.