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5G broadband: good idea or too soon?

Last post by Hairy-Joe « Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:10 am
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by Breezin » Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:50 pm

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I'm thinking of switching from my expensive Virgin fibre broadband to Three 5G, thus saving €24 a month.

Has anyone tried this? Is it any good? Fast...

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From walking around at home and from studying the telegraph poles, I'd say well over half the houses that could take Fibre have taken it. The cables...

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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:10 am
When you had to replace your laptop and say goidbye

Last post by Cobham « Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:23 pm
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by gugleguy » Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:12 pm

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What made you part company with your work tool?

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My 'other issue' was overheating as the fan went on old HP machine and could not be sorted DIY. I am delighted with my present laptop, Microsoft,...

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Last post by Cobham
Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:23 pm
vimeo - don't bother with it.

Last post by gugleguy « Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:30 am
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by gugleguy » Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:06 pm

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Visited the site just now at 8pm

It's down.Not good enough from the amount of money I pay in subscription. This will need to change. Had high...

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Closed my Vimeo account.

Post all my anyway decent vids up on YouTube.

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Last post by gugleguy
Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:30 am
5G mobile battery killer ?

Last post by Ncdjd2 « Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:50 am
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by Ncdjd2 » Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:31 pm

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Anyone else notice your mobile heat up and battery draining quick when connected to a 5G network?

I've gone into my cellular settings and set it at...

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Mines a Samsung phone, maybe its the battery on it. I don't usually get over a day on it and I have to recharge it. I've no book face or anything...

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Last post by Ncdjd2
Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:50 am
What is most 'Tech' university or Third Level institution on the island of Ireland.

Last post by Hairy-Joe « Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:47 pm
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by gugleguy » Mon Jul 11, 2022 4:29 pm

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Here's my list:
1. Queens university Belfast
2. University College Cork
3. UL
4. UCD
5. NUI Galway

Best institute of technologies worth mentioning,...

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Having mentored graduates in various pharma and biopharma establishments, for technical roles, I'd take IT graduates over university graduates simply...

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Last post by Hairy-Joe
Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:47 pm
Positive Developments in tech gadget marketing

Last post by JayZeus « Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:22 pm
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by gugleguy » Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:36 am

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I'll start:
You no longer see slogans like works best with Beats Dr Dre headphones

Some poor bricks and mortar tech shops in Dublin and suburbs...

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a shop in Terenure refused to sell me apple wired headphones.

you are a gaslighter.

And that right there is a 'tell'.

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Last post by JayZeus
Mon Jul 11, 2022 12:22 pm
Apple STUDIO Mac with M1 Ultimate processor

Last post by GrowlerG « Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:27 pm
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by gugleguy » Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:38 pm

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So what do the die hard Apple Gubernites think?
Very grown up plump Mac mini that one can spend up to
$ 8500 on.
As seen YouTube videos from Marcus...

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Very minor quibbles.

Issues with external drives is very common across all computers.
I do fairly big file copies to external drives, HHD, SSD and...

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Last post by GrowlerG
Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:27 pm
Artificial Intelligence and Sentience

Last post by Cyclepath « Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:22 pm
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by isha » Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:07 pm

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I suppose people have seen the story of Blake Lemoine and the conversation he had over several months with a Google chat bot called LaMDA....

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One thing I have seen (albeit in videos of monkeys, apes, chimpanzees etc) is that they love and they grieve. But I have seen what looks like the...

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Last post by Cyclepath
Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:22 pm
"Vintage" 1990s PCs

Last post by GrowlerG « Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:50 am
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by BrianD3 » Thu May 26, 2022 6:13 pm
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What have you got? Is this stuff still junk or becoming collectable, useful for retro gaming or for use with other obsolete equipment (e.g. something...

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Rip...
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Last post by GrowlerG
Sat Jun 11, 2022 10:50 am
Signed up for Vodafone fibre, now learning that Gigabox router is terrible. Anybody have experience with it?

Last post by GrowlerG « Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:30 am
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by Séimhe » Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:24 am

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We’ve been tethered to smart phones for months and now that we have broadband coming, the last thing we need is the stress of broadband dropping off...

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Virgin Media router Hub 3 isn't great for Wifi.

But of all the solutions to bad WiFi we had. A cheap Mesh (TPLink) solved them all.

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Last post by GrowlerG
Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:30 am
Home Assistant or Other

Last post by mmercedes84 « Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:53 pm

by mmercedes84 » Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:53 pm

Wondering anyone using home assistant for home automation and what they rub it on.

Use it myself for few things.

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Last post by mmercedes84
Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:53 pm
EPG link (free)

Last post by Hugh_Bigazz « Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:37 am
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by Saint_Mel » Tue Mar 29, 2022 2:03 pm

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Long shot but does anyone have a link for a free EPG guide (UK & US channels) that can be uploaded/added to IPTV.

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Upload your m3u to M3u4u.com then use theirs and sort your channel order and add epg and logos

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Last post by Hugh_Bigazz
Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:37 am
Is it possible to easily copy a movie from SKY?

Last post by simone « Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:55 pm
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by Del.Monte » Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:19 pm

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I want to get a copy of a movie The Colour Room from SKY as they seem to have no plans to release it on DVD. I don't have SKY and would have to get...

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Pick one and leave it downloading over night.

Or you can pay for an account and download at your max download speed.

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Last post by simone
Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:55 pm
Arcade & Retro : Amiga 500 Mini

Last post by gugleguy « Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:02 am

by gugleguy » Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:02 am

Smyths will be flogging it here. I owned an Atari STe back in the day. Some good games on the Amiga 500 mini like stunt car racer, another world and...

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Last post by gugleguy
Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:02 am
The upcoming Levy on Streaming Services from the Irish Government

Last post by 316670 « Fri Mar 18, 2022 3:35 am
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by Mr Daniel F. O'Leary » Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:29 pm

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I wasn't sure whether to post this on here or the Television forum, but here we are anyway.

For a while now, there has been talk by the Irish...

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Love it, i would guess at most 1million Netflix irish subs, the tax will raise €23m a year, so about €2 a month extra to keep RTE stars in the good...

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Last post by 316670
Fri Mar 18, 2022 3:35 am
Your favourite Irish Phone Service Provider would do this - cautionary tale about 3 in UK

Last post by nlgbbbblth « Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:02 pm
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by gugleguy » Wed Mar 16, 2022 5:08 pm

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Might affect your credit rating

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Much easier to take control yourself and pay bills like that via internet banking.
None of my utility bills (mobile, gas, electricity, landline) are...

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Last post by nlgbbbblth
Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:02 pm
Mikrotik ...... and other routers and AP's?

Last post by PogMoThoin « Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:09 pm
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by 490808 » Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:07 pm

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I have a bit of a thing for Mikrotik atm, so thought I'd start a thread. As Mikrotik make routers then it could just as easily be a general thread...

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I'm in the same boat I have a house full of Mikrotik gear, a CRS rack mount router with VPN server, 3x Vlans and use Capsman with 2x wAPs and an...

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Last post by PogMoThoin
Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:09 pm
PC Building slipups : let he who has not sinned cast the first stone

Last post by fancy pigeon « Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:37 pm
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by gugleguy » Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:18 am

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Never built my own rig.
I DID wrongly install memory on my IdeaPad z500 laptop but it was later installed professionally okay.
Great article worthy...

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I am an IT engineer in my daily life. Whilst I'm a newbie to the game and have lots to learn yet I've seen some questionable setups and dealt with...

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Last post by fancy pigeon
Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:37 pm
4G, outdoor, poe router any suggestions?

Last post by 490808 « Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:21 am
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by 490808 » Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:26 pm

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After the lines came down in storm Eunice I'm looking to set up a 4G router as a internet backup.

The setup is not without its problems :cry: There...

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Nothing that exciting but I've just bought another very cheap Mikrotik router to experiment with.

This one often goes down from around £15 to a...

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Last post by 490808
Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:21 am
Your favorite Youtube channels

Last post by quodec « Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:31 pm
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by Hodors Appletart » Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:31 am
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James Hoffmann, coffee guru

I also follow a few Cocktail bartenders, Anders Erickson is good

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I posted above about my current favourite Youtuber - Mr Bald, who visits countries around the old Soviet USSR. This is his latest, put up just...
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Last post by quodec
Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:31 pm
The other site off line

Last post by Peregrinus « Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:04 am
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by Calahonda52 » Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:59 am

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wonder was it hosted in Ukraine?

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It's live for me.

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Last post by Peregrinus
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:04 am
Vodafone Gigabox and USB share drive. Anyone got it working from macOS?

Last post by Séimhe « Fri Feb 18, 2022 5:38 pm
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by Séimhe » Tue Feb 15, 2022 11:04 am

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I've added a USB stick to the back of the modem and if I log into the admin console I can view it, upload files etc. If I connect to then network...

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Thanks guys. I haven't had any luck, even with the solutions suggested at PógMoThoin's link. I did get FTP working by connecting as a guest so I'll...

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Last post by Séimhe
Fri Feb 18, 2022 5:38 pm
Relatively simple tech that you'd hate to go without?

Last post by quodec « Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:21 pm
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by Norman Breaks » Mon Feb 14, 2022 10:50 pm

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Got out of my car and started walking away to get into work because it's so cold out. Reached in my pocket, pulled the fob out and locked it with one...

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I don't know how I managed all those years when I was travelling, staying overnight in hotels etc. and having to get up at ungodly hours, and having...

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Last post by quodec
Wed Feb 16, 2022 11:21 pm
VOIP question?

Last post by PureIsle « Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:41 pm
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by 490808 » Sat Feb 12, 2022 11:08 am

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So here's a strange one. I've just plugged in a random VOIP phone (old Yealink T20p) and I can make calls with it.

Now this is strange because the...

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OK think I've solved it?

Seems I put some config on this particular phone, because one of the passwords I use for setting things up got me in....

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Last post by PureIsle
Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:41 pm
Do you still have a landline phone ?

Last post by PureIsle « Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:32 pm
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by Ncdjd2 » Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:22 pm

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I'm toying with the idea of taking out the land line phone I have here. It's costing me 60 euros a month and the only time it rings is either scam...

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While I still had the copper landline I set up a VOIP account and used it for all outgoing calls over the internet connection provided on that copper...

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Last post by PureIsle
Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:32 pm

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