The phone extensions should work if wired back to the phone socket on the router. The new router will have what would have been a wall socket on the back for the phone. You just need to link that to your house phone wiring, and undo the old BT line.
Thanks. Hopefully the chap from sky will sort it all out on the day so we're not laying any cash out on anything until he's been. I'm wondering if I can hard wire the broadband feeds to the other devices because if that's the case it's going to be a simple matter of just swopping over the connector wire from the Freeview receiver and the one that goes to the splitter for the other devices. I'm having a look online right now to see if I can dig up an image of the router connections.The phone extensions should work if wired back to the phone socket on the router. The new router will have what would have been a wall socket on the back for the phone. You just need to link that to your house phone wiring, and undo the old BT line.
Pretty well all pf this stuff is c;ick on the [programme icon and do what it says on screen. They keep updating stuff and changing how it looks and where you go to do stuff, so dont be put off Apple on that basis.Thanks Andy. Yes it's a complete fibre optic installation right up into the house. In fact open reach will be physically installing the cable and they were round at our door doing the survey just the other day. Then the Sky man comes and connects up the router and makes sure all the other stuff networked to it, NAS, Blue ray, AV amp, Freeview box, is working. Last time the router was updated the Freeview box had a wee hissy fit and insisted on a dedicated connection of it's own. The new router only had two ports so one goes to the Freeview reciever and the other goes to a splitter box which has leads from the other 3 devices. I like these devices connected via a physical wire rather than wirelessly. Anyone know if the new fibre sky router has several ports?
One inconvenience is that the bedroom phone, which is a wired extension, won't work any more. However our living room phone, although it's the type you can wander around with, is quite old now and looks really grotty so I think we'll buy a new one with base station and remote extension which can be positioned in the bedroom. Or maybe we should just do away with a landline altogether and both make the move to smart mobiles? I'm guessing that when we're at home and can link them to the new router then we could make calls at no extra cost? Or maybe not? I still don't really understand how all this works.
We've been talking about what mobile to buy as this thread has been progressing and Mrs J says she thinks we should buy an iphone of some sort as she has her ipad and finds she can't get on with my windows laptop at all. My old laptop, which I'm actually doing this on right now, has a faulty connection to the screen which sometimes corrupts the display. A googly whack has so far sorted it but I know it's just a matter of time 'till it fails permanently. I also still have my old Vista Toshiba - which hasn't been fired up for maybe 4 years but was working fine. So I'm wondering if I should use that as my auto diagnostic tool - so many of the diagnostic stuff that interests me runs on Windows - and finally succumb to buying an Apple laptop for everything else? The extra expense and the fact I know absolutely nothing about working an Apple worries me quite a lot though.
I was in Currys a few days ago. Theyhad smartphones from around £90 for Motorola, which is good, and no need to go with a cheap chinese spy phone.I know you're right but we've just been putting off the inevitable. Trouble is it seems so expensive?
The down side is, He tells me, the land line won't work if the internet goes down so if, at some time in the future, we get emergency personal alarms (red button round your neck on a string when your so old you can't wipe your own bottom - maybe not that far away?) We have to have some sort of modification. Anyway, our internet almost never drops out so I think we're Ok for now. However, with this in mind, a modern smart phone would still work when/if the new fibre internet went down?
You have really hit the nail on the head here. Im happy to give, but Im not going to fund anything that will not make it crystal clear the percentage of income that actually gets spent where the giving is intended. Now you mention it you would think the figures would be included in the programme credits. Charities that have agood control on their overheads are usually very pleased to publish the facts.I have issues with charities in general, especially when you see what those at the top of the charity are getting paid.
But, watching bake off at the weekend with stand up 2 cancer, I kind of thought, if the public are putting the money forward for all this, then you'd think all the findings and results would be public too. Searching their site and theough the web, it's very difficult to find where the money is being spent. It was started around 2018/2019, and the results are still pending on what they've found. It appears nothing has been released or published from them.
It might be a bit naive to think the public should know all. It's different if GSK invest millions into a drug then what to make some money off it, but if it's all public charity money, then you'd think that woud be different.
I had the same issue with Help For Hero’s a few years back, a charity that appeared from nowhere, became massive seemingly over night and trampled all over the British Legion using the poppy on all their merchandise and opening shops in town centres, not “charity” shops but shops selling all new Help for Hero’s products, it was an apparel company masquerading as a charity and if you looked into the figures very little of the money raised made it to the hero’s, they were supposed to be helping, it did however make the founders extremely richI have issues with charities in general, especially when you see what those at the top of the charity are getting paid.
But, watching bake off at the weekend with stand up 2 cancer, I kind of thought, if the public are putting the money forward for all this, then you'd think all the findings and results would be public too. Searching their site and theough the web, it's very difficult to find where the money is being spent. It was started around 2018/2019, and the results are still pending on what they've found. It appears nothing has been released or published from them.
It might be a bit naive to think the public should know all. It's different if GSK invest millions into a drug then what to make some money off it, but if it's all public charity money, then you'd think that woud be different.
That's because you have already sorted your car insuranceIm grumpy today because I have NOTHING TO BE GRUMPY ABOUT.
I ask you!
In the early days of the motor car, your chauffeur was taught to drive by the local blacksmith/car supplier. In 1910, BSM was founded, as an independent organisation, to teach people to drive. From that moment, drving instruction ceased to be a 'motor trade' activity. However, most insurance companies still categorise it as such.What really annoys me is, after retiring and closing Motor Trade Insurance which allowed me to drive and own multiple vehicles some of the quotes for a single vehicle are higher than I was paying for the Trade policy and I haven't made a claim in over 20 years.![]()
PB's Panda is no doubt a W12 Bentley with a body kit!But driving instructors make so much money that they can afford it.
That is so far from the truth.But driving instructors make so much money that they can afford it.
Was this just 'post-covid'?Around here the driving lessons were £40 - £50 an hour a few years ago when our youngest was still learning.
I looked at joining the ranks a few years back and it was clear it was going to be not only hard work but a doubtful earner for one with no experience of the business, so I decided not to get involved. Any one 'man' band self employed jobs are hard, and as you say, if you dont do the hours it will leave you short of money so high risk.Was this just 'post-covid'?
Prior to 2020, prices had not risen with inflation. When the pandemic hit, driving instructors were initially prevented from working, unless teaching 'key workers'. Being self-employed, and with no income, many left the profession, and have not returned. With a year's demand unmet, plus of course the following year's upcoming 17 yr olds, demand was high, availability low. At least prices could be increased to a more appropriate level. Now closer to the hourly rates other professionals charge.
Having been trying to concentrate on fleet work, and losing my one last learner due to the pandemic, I found it a great opportunity to not take on any new learners. So adding to the dearth of instructors.
When I started, in 2004, the hourly rate (Swindon) was £19/hr. Filling the 45l fuel tank from 1/4 full, cost around £21. Prior to 2020, the same fuel quantity was costing around £50, yet lesson prices were around £25-30/hr.
Pre-covid, literally as they failed at the start of covid, then fell into the government trap of you cant sit you test, but your theory has now expired as it only last 2 years, so you need to re-sit your theory before you can sit your test.Was this just 'post-covid'?