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GMJ said:
OY STANSKI...

stop editing my posts! :)

I only support 2 teams: Wales and anyone who is playing England!
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I have some affinity to Wales, mothers' called Blodwen, but as oi wuz borren in Bristol, have to say I'm Zummerset first, English second, Irish third, Welsh fourth.
Wager a pint, of your choosing, on the outcome. Mine will be zider.
 
Hooking up to PC now, current usage 2.87Gb, will be interesting how much used by end of game.
Cum on England.
 
Hi GMJ,
.... Mine will be zider. ...
Good second half, enjoyed it.
See you somewhere around Spain.
5Gb used for game.
 
Stanski said:
Hi GMJ,
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Good second half, enjoyed it.as I love Wales and have been crying inconsolably since they lost
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See how you like it
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Luv the humour,
Was about to write ... as Frankie Howard said "titter yee" but thought it may be misconstrued.
Now have to face Ireland game with an excitable SWMBO. Ah well, at least I have 1/4 gall scrumpy to swallow.
 
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I managed to get through half my stash of Mcewans Export yesterday and half my secret bag of KP dry roasted nuts. I'll be back on the Eurofizz for the Ireland game as I want to keep the proper beer until on the way home.
 
GMJ said:
I managed to get through half my stash of Mcewans Export yesterday and half my secret bag of KP dry roasted nuts. I'll be back on the Eurofizz for the Ireland game as I want to keep the proper beer until on the way home.
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Happy Dayz, enjoy.
 
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Stanski said:
We bought 250Gb, from Tesco Mobile for, I think was £25. Will check.
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Actually was £12.50 for 250Gb.
Over the month we have used just about 40Gb, but have been frugal, as satellite used to watch news and weather.
RUGBY and F1 this weekend, Yippee.
We are just below Alicanti at Arinals, ( have noticed a few Welsh registrations here - are you here GMJ?).
Had bad buffering with waiting and bandwidth messages last night, only 2 bars sig strength, so guess with many parked up the poor phone transmitter had reached its capacity.

Have researched how to view F1, seems to do it live have to get DAZN, (£7.99 / mth - no contract).
Has anyone bought this?

We shall probably move on to find a pub for Rugby, then highlights F1 on Ch4.
 
Stanski said:
Actually was £12.50 for 250Gb.
Over the month we have used just about 40Gb, but have been frugal, as satellite used to watch news and weather.
RUGBY and F1 this weekend, Yippee.
We are just below Alicanti at Arinals, ( have noticed a few Welsh registrations here - are you here GMJ?).
Had bad buffering with waiting and bandwidth messages last night, only 2 bars sig strength, so guess with many parked up the poor phone transmitter had reached its capacity.

Have researched how to view F1, seems to do it live have to get DAZN, (£7.99 / mth - no contract).
Has anyone bought this?

We shall probably move on to find a pub for Rugby, then highlights F1 on Ch4.
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Sadly no. We are sitting in an aire in carcassonne at the mo...a very wet Carcassonne. We are on our way back home, arriving next Thursday.

The hotspot worked 100% fine for the trip 9and in fact I'm using it now) but it don't half suck the juice out of the mobile phone battery. It'll need some charging this weekend because as you say, rugby and F1 on.
 
GMJ said:
Sadly no. We are sitting in an aire in carcassonne at the mo...a very wet Carcassonne. We are on our way back home, arriving next Thursday.

The hotspot worked 100% fine for the trip 9and in fact I'm using it now) but it don't half suck the juice out of the mobile phone battery. It'll need some charging this weekend because as you say, rugby and F1 on.
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Agree about battery charging, have turned off WiFi also to preserve some charge.
The phone is lasting just about 18hrs, especially after a session watching videos, which is understandable with refreshing of the screen picture required.
So alnight charging required.
 
Luckily if we are off grid I have found a USB port in my MH which is live so I can recharge the mobile inside off the hab batteries. We also have an inverter but that's in the battery locker accessed from outside
 
Follow Up details of Our Data Use.
2 nights ago watched Red Nose Day, for approx 3 hrs with News & Weather.
Yesterday was our first really long watch of TV day testing the system and hence lengthy use of data to watch TV, for News & Sport mainly,
From approx 3pm to 11:30, nigh on constant use watching the Rugby, F1, Footy and News.
Overall we used an average of 1.5 Gb per hour, and this figure has been consistent in all cases.

We switched between BBC, ITV + Ch 4, easily, once registered on each and had only a couple of buffering issues, with a middling (2 bar) signal strength.

Conclusion
Thus over a month of 30 days, one can potentially need 150Gb for TV (5Gb/day) with 30Gb(1Gb/day) for general text use, add 20Gb for spare capacity, the monthly data required is 200Gb.

footnote
Actual use is 44Gb over 25days so far. But footy and F1 today will push it up.
Bugger - the sun is out so down to the beach we must go.
 
GMJ said:
Sadly no. We are sitting in an aire in carcassonne at the mo...a very wet Carcassonne. We are on our way back home, arriving next Thursday.

The hotspot worked 100% fine for the trip 9and in fact I'm using it now) but it don't half suck the juice out of the mobile phone battery. It'll need some charging this weekend because as you say, rugby and F1 on.
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ITALY, ITALY, ITALY, ....
A BRILLIANT final try to win the game.
Thought Wales were tired, had sporadic bursts of energy only.
Pleased for Italy after so long they have been rewarded.
ENGLAND tried hard and should have been closer in score, France deservedly won with faster play.
IRELAND were also sluggish but prevailed with guile and technique.

F1, Good to see Leclerc mix it up, but over race distance may not keep it at front.
Happy to see George Russell on similar time to Lewis, hope McLaren get in the mix soon.

Overall a good day.
 
Stanski said:
Follow Up details of Our Data Use.
2 nights ago watched Red Nose Day, for approx 3 hrs with News & Weather.
Yesterday was our first really long watch of TV day testing the system and hence lengthy use of data to watch TV, for News & Sport mainly,
From approx 3pm to 11:30, nigh on constant use watching the Rugby, F1, Footy and News.
Overall we used an average of 1.5 Gb per hour, and this figure has been consistent in all cases.

We switched between BBC, ITV + Ch 4, easily, once registered on each and had only a couple of buffering issues, with a middling (2 bar) signal strength.

Conclusion
Thus over a month of 30 days, one can potentially need 150Gb for TV (5Gb/day) with 30Gb(1Gb/day) for general text use, add 20Gb for spare capacity, the monthly data required is 200Gb.

footnote
Actual use is 44Gb over 25days so far. But footy and F1 today will push it up.
Bugger - the sun is out so down to the beach we must go.
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This is useful info thanks.

I watched all 3 matches on hot spot yesterday and as you say, only had a couple of bufferings all day. No idea how much data I used but probably in line with your calcs I guess.
 
3 games on a hotspot.

I guess you we well cooked.
The final table is a true reflection of the teams ?
Despite being a half-Welsh supporter .... I was pleased to see Italy get rewarded..
They battle hard and were unduly penalised against Ireland.
Ps my first live rugby was at Cardiff Arms Park.
With Don Clark at no 15 for NZ...When was that ?????
 
Stanski said:
Follow Up details of Our Data Use.
2 nights ago watched Red Nose Day, for approx 3 hrs with News & Weather.
Yesterday was our first really long watch of TV day testing the system and hence lengthy use of data to watch TV, for News & Sport mainly,
From approx 3pm to 11:30, nigh on constant use watching the Rugby, F1, Footy and News.
Overall we used an average of 1.5 Gb per hour, and this figure has been consistent in all cases.

We switched between BBC, ITV + Ch 4, easily, once registered on each and had only a couple of buffering issues, with a middling (2 bar) signal strength.

Conclusion
Thus over a month of 30 days, one can potentially need 150Gb for TV (5Gb/day) with 30Gb(1Gb/day) for general text use, add 20Gb for spare capacity, the monthly data required is 200Gb.

footnote
Actual use is 44Gb over 25days so far. But footy and F1 today will push it up.
Bugger - the sun is out so down to the beach we must go.
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According to your figures you are watching at 1080p HD quaility (1.5GB/hour) if you lower it to 720p HD it will use about 0.9GB/hour and if you lower it to 420p SD it would use 0.7GB/hour (not worth it unless you are really struggling for data) and in truth unless you are watching it on a nice big screen you probably won't notice the difference between 720p and 1080p. So you can save data as and when if you just lower the quality abit :unsure:

Regards,
Del
 
jagmanx said:
3 games on a hotspot.

I guess you we well cooked.
The final table is a true reflection of the teams ?
Despite being a half-Welsh supporter .... I was pleased to see Italy get rewarded..
They battle hard and were unduly penalised against Ireland.
Ps my first live rugby was at Cardiff Arms Park.
With Don Clark at no 15 for NZ...When was that ?????
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There's not much to choose between England, Scotland and Wales at the mo I think notwithstanding yesterdays Italy game). Ireland are definitely ahead and France riding high...but have they peaked too soon before the WC next year??

I console myself that Wales seldom do well in the 6N the year before a WC so hopefully that will continue :)

PS 1963?
 
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