Today I Received...

[Peter]

The best is probably to ask Marcel directly.

[bwinkel67]

Today I received this little item:

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My first order from AliExpress since our overlord added high tariffs. It seems AliExpress is just eating them because I haven't seen any major price differences and the package came in the usual manner. I expected, upon checkout, besides our state sales tax, for there to be a 30% tariff charge, but that never showed up. Then I expected to hear from our postal service asking me to pay some insane amount, and that never came (the shipper was UNIUNI)

This item was heavily discounted to $9.99 with and additional 55% off and free shipping (that was a special on my wife's account since she hadn't ordered in a couple of years). Still even at $9.99 it would have been a steal at about half the price from the sellers website. I expected it to come in a thin envelope to save on shipping, but they stuck it into a small box and added a USB cable. I have no idea how AliExpress's sellers can make any money on that. I get this was likely a special to get US buyers back, but I don't mind a few dollars added to pay the tariff, I just didn't want to have to pay a $100 or $200 charge for the tariff.

[RalfR]

Delicious....

[martyn_hill]

Delicious...

Yummy!

[dilwyn]

You'll have to visit Britain more often, Ralf. Then you can satisfy your craving for British foods! Meanwhile, I was on Irish beers last night, left for me by Darren Branagh when he visited last week

Beer bottle

[RalfR]

Yes, that's true, from English breakfast to teatime with sandwiches, I'm always up for anything. I just refrain from Marmite . But delicious fish and chips aren't to be sniffed at either. And of course, cheddar in numerous varieties.

Yesterday we visited a friend from Ireland who had her mother visiting from England. They served authentic English tea, which I drink with milk, of course. Very tasty.

And congratulations on the beer—you don't get that every day.

[RichardCGH]

Today I recieved my ultra fast fibre thingie.

Some faffing around as the OpenReach guys hit a snag or two, but got them sorted.

My PlusNet Hub2 hasn't arrived yet but that's not a problem as my ASUS RT-AC-68U works fine and you caneven plug a VoiP phone into it.
(Mind you they left my copper landline phone connected as well - shame it's been disconnected at the exchange.)
VoiP needs a sperate contract as does the landline.
Still not decided best route to take.

After a while it was showing an impressive turn of speed: (depending on which site you use : fibretest gives a speed around 900Mbps which is plenty fast.

I know some people have problems getting even 10% of that speed whilst others can get faster.

But it's a big leap up from about 70Mbps.

[dilwyn]

> But it's a big leap up from about 70Mbps.
On a good day I get 35Mbps here - although faster more expensive packages are available.

Living alone, I don't usually notice its limitations until my son comes home and starts streaming big videos!

Those of us who belong to a generation who remember dialup and 512Kbps broadband or 64K ISDN appreciate 35Mbps I suppose.

[t0nyt]

I used to have 100mb here, but a couple of years ago, as I don’t know how long I’ll be living here and didn’t want a contract, I just switched to a router with just a 4G SIM card that I can just take with me

There are times when I miss the fast speed, large downloads/updates, but in general 20 to 30mb suits me fine

[NormanDunbar]

I win! (or lose!)

Upload 1.6 mbs.
Download 0.8 Mbs.

WiFi/Broadband is absolute pants here!


Cheers,
Norm.