Posts by timnich 12 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Mar 2016
Not sure of your argument here, you say there is pretty much no choice then mention some who have been making a difference, I get out enough to work with an AltNet laying Fibre in a rural area and BT have done nothing in response.
My point was that there is an alternative option, not that other suppliers were necessarily using it. However, if they get squeezed more they may start to reconsider this option.
"'alternative' ISPs who are building their own FTTP networks currently have no choice but to use the former state monopoly's network infrastructure for backhaul"
This is not true. You can lease dark fibre right into LINX using the likes of ZAYO who have a comprehensive backbone covering most of the country.
The proposals strengthen the case for small providers using this sort of option.
I have experienced many similar occurances of my 'presence' being enough to enable 'malfunctioning' technology to 'behave itself'.
I recall one particular occasion where I was required to stand in a particular place, within 'aura' range of the sound recording equipment while recording took place on a Pinewood Sound stage. Otherwise the sound equiment would start to 'do its own thing' which did not include making satisfactory recordings.
Go figure.
If the meters were really smart, they would provide all the real time info without requiring the backhaul connection.
I therefore conclude that the meters are simply dumb units capable of remote interrogation (backhaul connection permitting), with all the smartness residing in a data centre somewhere.
I used to be able to read the meter under the stairs by opening the door, bending slightly, and peering in. Now I have to get down on my knees, shuffle up to the meter and press a button 4 times.
Aparently this is progress.
Installing meters under the stairs, in the centre of properties in marginal mobile reception areas is to coin a phrase, an omnishambles.
On the US side of the sammy website are instructions on how to do a Win 10 upgrade, which unfortunately is what Google threw up for me when I searched after MS said my machine was suitable for upgrade (Well I wasn't just going to take their word for it was I). Even more unfortunately they fail because inexcusably the post upgrade Sammy s/w that needs installing is signed by a cert that is over two years out of date, and persuading win 10 to ignore the revoked certs is not something I have yet achieved.
One can't but help feel that once Sammy have your cash, they're not really interested in you any more.
"From a non-commercial perspective, some sort of new version of Twitter that used a blockchain to record messages would fit that model because all the messages ("transactions") are public, and getting everyone to trust each other is impossible"
Such a thing exists I believe. It is called "Twister" Much loved by the Chinese as it seems to get round the great firewall of China. See http://twister.net.co
Last time I tried to update the updater(within the last month), as per their instructions, it failed due to being signed with a 2 year out of date cert.
When I queried this with them, they could give me no timeframe for when they might actually renew their certs, so I am not convinced they take security very seriouly at all.
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