* Posts by david 142

4 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Feb 2011

Vodafone offers '5G Ultra' to users of very specific phones in very specific locations

david 142

Yes, hot spotting can be a big thing. I didn't have a land line in my place in Bristol in 2018. 4g was consistently above 50 Mbps, adsl would have been slower probably less than 10. Sometimes you have to download big files so faster is better.

The big one for me was when there is network congestion. You need the big numbers initially so it's still workable when you only get a small percentage.

Post Office burned £100m in UK taxpayer cash on Horizon IT scandal legal fees, MPs told

david 142

I think also misconduct in public office

Lenovo's craptastic fingerprint scanner has a hardcoded password

david 142

I use my fingerprint scanner on my win 7 x220 thinkpad. It adds a layer of security to keep the casual pest out. It doesn't do much more but my family wouldn't be able to get past it.

Nationwide customers find online front door shut

david 142

a bad bank that doesn't need a card reader to logon

Natwest doesn't need a card reader to logon but they have repeatedly let me down, failing to pay standing orders and redusing my overdraft without telling me.

I will be leaving them for first direct pretty soon.