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Satellitebroadbandworks
forme
Ifoundthe‘DitchYourLandline’article
veryinteresting–I’dlovetoditchour
expensivelandline!Unfortunately,
themobilesignalsweget
hereareveryunreliable
andIneedtohave
atelephoneavailable,
particularlywhenI’m
hereonmyown.Our
callslastquartertotalled
lessthan£1!
Wegetourbroadband
viasatelliteandhavedonefor
sometimenow.Wetookadvantage
ofaBetterBroadbandSchemegrant
fromtheWelshGovernment,which
youmentionedinthearticle(bit.ly/
better444).
Incidentally,IwasworkingforBTwhen
Buzbywasaround.Mybosshadtodress
upasBuzbyforsomereason–marketing
probably–andshehatedit andhim!
Madeline,Web UserForums

Call over Bluetoothinstead
of BT
IgotfedupwithsubsidisingBT’s foray
intosportTVanddumpedthemafew
yearsago.Thefinalstrawwasbeing
charged‘extra’forpaperbillsandnot
signinguptoaDirectDebit.
Ihavefourcordlessphonesdotted
aroundthehouseandwouldhave
missedthem,butIfoundagadgetcalled

a‘cellulargateway’fromXLinkintheUS

(youcannowgetthemintheUK,too).

Plugthebasestationofyourcordless

phonenetworkintothegatewayandyou

canconnectuptothreeofyourmobile

phonesviaBluetooth.Meanwhile,you

canstill usethecordlessphonestomake

andreceivecallsasusual.TheBluetooth

connectionis automatic,andthereare

noextradiversioncharges.It allworked

‘outofthebox’,butcanalsobe

configuredviaaPC.

This allbecamepossiblewhenthecar

showroomnextdoorwasreplacedwith

houses.Thehugewoodframesthatwent

up,whichwerelinedwithaluminiumfoil,

meantmymobilesignal

wentfromzerotothree

barsindoors.Yes!

NikoBold,WebUser

Forums

Windows 10

shouldscrap

its apps

IenjoyedBarryCollins’

columninIssue444,‘Nowweknowwhat

the“S”standsfor’.Itseemsthat

Microsoftis completelyincapableof

producingasecureoperatingsystem,

andshouldgiveupnow.Itsimplycannot

keepupwithAppleandGooglein

1

3

5

2

4

6

QuizAnswers: Issue 445

Sleeping

Beauty

The

LionKing

TheFox and

theHound

TheSword in

theStone

Beauty and

theBeast

Bedknobsand

Broomsticks

I

wouldliketocorrectyour

correspondentGeorgeC

Griffiths(‘Thedownsideof

VirginMedia’supgrade’,Inbox,

Issue444).If heswapshisTiVo

foraV6box,it willstill usethe

samecable,soall theTVchannels

andrecordingfeatureswillbe

receivedinthenormalway.The

connectiontotheSuperHubis

requiredtoallowuseofon-

demandfeatures,butTVprogrammes

andrecordingswillbeunaffectedif the

SuperHubceasestransmittingbecause

thesefeaturesarenotreliantonWi-Fi.

AsregardswhetherMrGriffiths

Virgin Media’s upgrade is hardly progress

shouldswapornot,Igivethefollowing

advice.IhaveaTiVoandaV6(withno

Ethernetconnection)installed.Apart

fromtherebeingmorechannelsthatyou

canrecordontheV6,Ifindlittleelse

torecommendit.Inmyopinion,

theincreaseinspeedis allhype.

Soif Iwerehim,Iwouldwait until

thechangeis compulsory.

Moreworryingly,inthename

ofprogress, VirginMediaplansto

haveallitsservicesdeliveredto

yourhousecombined.Atpresent,

thetelephoneis onaseparate

line,whichis usefulbecauseyou

canuseyourlandlinetocall

Virginon 150 toreportTVandinternet

problems.Combinethemandthere

is nowaytocontactVirgintoreport

afault.Someprogress!

ChrisDunford, Brighton

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