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Posted By: Ed Daviesbadly designed websites from the local timber merchants
Posted By: WillInAberdeenWe don't need a fixed phone line so save about £20 on 'line rental’.
Posted By: WillInAberdeenUsing Zoom on laptop for quarantinis though, need both hands free for drink and snacks!
Posted By: WillInAberdeenSounds fun, but why not just use a mobile?Because coverage here is rubbish, particularly inside a thick stone walled cottage. When I first moved into the house I'm renting during the build I did try just using mobile but missed too many calls due to that and not carrying the phone round the house with me all the time.
Posted By: djhI tried to install zoom but failed, it wants me to install IBus but I have that tabooed. There's a longstanding open bug report about the dependency; zoom seem to just ignore it.Me too. I tried using it in the browser but it wanted to install some external program which should be totally unnecessary so I assumed it was for some nefarious purpose and refused it. Jitisi doesn't need that.
Posted By: Ed DaviesFor my “landline” number I use sipgate.co.uk which I assume is broadly similar to Mike1's voipfone service.
Posted By: WillInAberdeenSounds fun, but why not just use a mobile?Also, I totally loathe both the widely available mobile operating systems for slightly different reasons. I had an Android tablet (Tesco Hudl) which I hated as you spent all your time fighting its spyware and finished up throwing it at a stone floor in frustration. As a consequence I was about the last person under the age of 70 to have a feature phone and currently have a cheap Chinese Android phone from Argos which doesn't work very well but at least it's quite small so more likely than a larger phone to survive if I have an accident on my site. I'm reluctant to spend any more money on this crap and will probably replace it with a Pinephone or the like at some point.
Hope you have a phone signal at the new place, otherwise obvs 4g internet is harder, though a big antenna might work.Yes, I get 4 bars for EE 3G. Cheap phone doesn't do 4G AIUI so using the Android search for networks thingy isn't so helpful - must ask my neighbours next time dropping by for a cup of tea won't spread plague.
Are you aware of these?In general principle, yes, but useful links. Thanks.
Posted By: Mike1Yes, they sound identical, including the SIP URI, except that it doesn't support video - but I've just taken a look at Sipgate and can't see anything about them supporting it either.Yes, Sipgate, last time I looked Sipgate didn't say anything about video one way or the other. In principle it's just another (S)RTP connection so it ought to work but in practice who knows?
Posted By: borpinlocal masts connecting but then not allowing calls or data. very frustrating as you cannot force connection to a specific mast or blacklist a mast. Had to go to a part of the house where you don't pick up that mast!A gd warning, to one who's thinking of going full-4G for broadband, because of multiple landline failures each winter - which only gives 1.6Mbps at best.
Posted By: fostertomWould a directional receiving aerial allow selectivity as to which mast(s) to use or excludeNo idea. However, in rural areas often you only really have one mast available.
Posted By: fostertomWould a directional receiving aerial allow selectivity as to which mast(s) to use or exclude?
Posted By: fostertomA gd warning, to one who's thinking of going full-4G for broadband, because of multiple landline failures each winter - which only gives 1.6Mbps at best.
Posted By: fostertomI seem to remember that such wiring-together was regularly done pre-ADSL
Posted By: Mike1It's possible to do it with broadband using a dual-WAN / multi-WAN router. I know some Asus routers have that capability - seehttps://www.asus.com/uk/support/FAQ/1011719/" rel="nofollow" >https://www.asus.com/uk/support/FAQ/1011719/Thanks Mike. Looks like this can't add the two bandwidths together, just optimise the choice of which line to use based on the bandwidth currenly being called upon?
Posted By: fostertomAnother reason to get broadband on both lines, is the possibility of wiring them together, for better speed/bandwidth, as bandwidth-hungry things like Zoom incl music-grade audio become 'the answer'. I seem to remember that such wiring-together was regularly done pre-ADSL - anyone know?It's also sometimes done with ADSL. A good word to help with web searches is “bonding”. E.g, the first DuckDuckGo result for “adsl bonding” is:
Posted By: Dominic CooneyI have ordered a "HomeFi" from 3Thanks, useful hint. A bit of digging shows that the modem provided can take an external antenna which is nice.
£22 a month for 24 months, unlimited data.
Posted By: fostertomLooks like this can't add the two bandwidths together, just optimise the choice of which line to use based on the bandwidth currenly being called upon?