The totally off-topic thread

[JohnK]

I am on Virgin (MVNO on Optus). I cannot complain for the price I pay ($19/mo, 2.25gb data, $450 of calls, unlimited virgin2virgin calls/text/mms and free voicemail). But if I were paying $60-$80 per month for the same I would be feeling a little ripped off.

I tried Virgin for a while. Too inconsistent. Would drop out quite a lot and everytime it dropped out I had to restart the application again to get connection, not just hit connect. Sometimes I had to reboot.

I had 3 Mobile broadband for more than 2 years and they were shocking. There were many websites such as IHG I could not access.

Now Optus has been OK but they are almost unusable in Sydney. On the train down Brisbane-Gold Coast almost impossible to use. They are not too bad in my hotel room in Brisbane.

Just because someone pays less for a service does not mean they should not receive continuous internet access.

 

[QF WP]

Not even the Qantas F PJs?

I'm wearing them now. They aren't THAT warm.

 

[drron]

what a wooz.I wore them in Armidale last month.Quite often the minimum was <0C

 

[QF WP]

I'll bet you weren't wearing them outdoors drron.

I'm indoors with everything shut and I'm an ambient temperature.

 

[drron]

Ran out one morning to hang my shirts on the line.And ran straight back in again.:shock:

 

[QF WP]

Too right, any longer outside and your extremities would be complaining

 

[drross]

I tried Virgin for a while. Too inconsistent. Would drop out quite a lot and everytime it dropped out I had to restart the application again to get connection, not just hit connect. Sometimes I had to reboot.

I had 3 Mobile broadband for more than 2 years and they were shocking. There were many websites such as IHG I could not access.

Now Optus has been OK but they are almost unusable in Sydney. On the train down Brisbane-Gold Coast almost impossible to use. They are not too bad in my hotel room in Brisbane.

Just because someone pays less for a service does not mean they should not receive continuous internet access.

warwick is not the bush but both virgin and Vodafone consistently drop out in our cbd and are hopeless on the edge of town.

 

[whatmeworry]

Aah. Great to be in the UK with the mobile phone and mobile data plans on offer...

And the lower wages and the great weather...

 

[medhead]

Moral dilemma. VA would like to know about my 9 year old's flight experience from MEL to SYD. To do the survey on their behalf or not.

 

[Flashback]

Ran out one morning to hang my shirts on the line.And ran straight back in again.:shock:

Foreign concept for us adopted-Poms!

 

[Mal]

Foreign concept for us adopted-Poms!

Indeed. Who would be stupid enough to hang their clothes outside!

 

[amaroo]

Foreign concept for us adopted-Poms!

Indeed. Who would be stupid enough to hang their clothes outside!

We haven't used a peg since the solar system was installed

 

[Hvr]

We haven't used a peg since the solar system was installed

I use the solar system as well, clothes hanging on the line. Well pegged I will add.

Works wonders and is very cheap.

 

[amaroo]

I use the solar system as well, clothes hanging on the line. Well pegged I will add.

Works wonders and is very cheap.

Got my electricity bill the other day......CR $270 The last bill before I switched the solar on was $850.

Those black panels are saving/earning around $4,500 per year.

 

[yeahbut]

Got my electricity bill the other day......CR $270 The last bill before I switched the solar on was $850.

Those black panels are saving/earning around $4,500 per year.

Good outcome there... How big is the system? What's your feed in tariff?

 

[amaroo]

Good outcome there... How big is the system? What's your feed in tariff?

7kw on a 5kw inverter. QLD Gov 44c + AGL 8c = 52c/kw.

We're exporting around 80% of the generation. Basically, not much consumption during the day however, everything is turned on at night. Every load of washing goes into the dryer & the pool pumps are doing the midnight shift

 

[yeahbut]

Nice system, way to go...

 

[markis10]

Got my electricity bill the other day......CR $270 The last bill before I switched the solar on was $850.

Those black panels are saving/earning around $4,500 per year.

Got mine $130, with two weeks of air con use in that three months, no solar.

 

[amaroo]

Got mine $130, with two weeks of air con use in that three months, no solar.

$130 for a qtr:shock: Are you using candles?

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Every load of washing goes into the dryer

I wash at night too, but still peg it out - usually it is dry by lunch time only use my dryer to finish off damp clothes or if it has been raining !!