immortalpuppet

What was the reason for not pressing on with permanent ANPR network across the Island? Seems like an absolute no brainer.

Batshit crackers.

IPTV from say Spain stipulates you need to be in Spain to sign up and have a Spanish IP. VPN a Spanish provider, might be against T&C’s of the provider but not illegal.

Struggling to understand how Joe Public would end up getting nicked for watching an illegal stream. I would have thought proof would be an issue to obtain. The pubs sub to EU/US legitimate IPTV services for the 15:00 or non UK televised games(all you need is a subscription from an address in Europe/US and a decent VPN) aswell as Sky & TNT for the normal games.

Fixed wireless access and Star-link/BT Satellite would give a much better experience over a mobile solution where Fibre isn’t an option for the consumer. 4G can struggle with indoor penetration, 5G much more so. Only the prom is geared up for the type of lampposts layout needed for offering anything meaningful which could also improve the current 4G and future 5G networks. I think planning is the inhibitor around that part of douglas. Local authorities are not going to invest in a massive overhaul of their estate to support mobile data and due to changes in planning, it’s unlikely that we will see many new mobile cell sites up anytime soon. If 5G genuinely was the challenge to Fibre, Sure would have rolled theirs out to places like Lakeside and Birchhill along time ago in direct competition to MT’s Fibre programme where there’s no duct on the consumer side.

Lots of government funded private 5G networks in the UK. Asset management, smart home monitoring for publicly owned property type systems rather than a replacement for consumer mobile data. There are also a lot of mixed solutions (Satellite backhaul to Fixed wireless access to 4G) rather than 5G due to performance over distance, 4G/LTE still has a long lifecycle. 2/3G will be binned at some point. So little data use on the island it’s difficult to understand what the need for 5G is. Those thinking it’s a rival for Fibre, so is 4G. If you can’t get great speeds on 4G you are never going to get great speeds over 5G. The difference is the ping, although there will be huge fluctuations in performance based on variables like subs on a particular cell, building materials etc for indoor use. There are a couple of 5G cells live but not flagged as 5G (LTE). There’s no noticeable difference on a mobile data device. Roaming in parts of the UK where you can actually get a signal isn’t much different on a mobile device than 4G or free WiFi.

I couldn’t give a fudge where you live, you claim you have seen miles and miles of buried fibre so that would be a lot of properties to be among.

So where is this buried fibre?

Yes

Really?

So I can report it to the regulator and ask if they are aware of fibre buried.

Where though? Not seen anything put in the ground without ducting or overhead.

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Not the type of cables that are being used on the Island. Where is the street you claim the Fibre is buried?

Fibre cables have not got the structural integrity to be buried as the cable will crush under the weight and light would be lost. If the cables were buried without duct, the people in your area would not have a working Fibre solution.

It’s all there on open reaches pages and community forums if you care to actually learn about the subject.

In the UK if there is no duct, they just put a load of poles up without people moaning too much. If there is a short underground run on estates, the UK providers usually send their own civils teams and absorb the cost under excessive construction costs (up to 1k) but it’s not a fully ducted solution, it’s blown fibre down a microduct which can be laid much shallower than normal duct or clipped to a garden wall. There are still some properties in the UK where openreach or other providers have simply said they won’t connect full fibre due to the civils costs which would be passed to the property owner - this seems to be the IOM position. Pretty sure most providers using the homes past model have done the same due to years (historically) of property developers burying cables rather than ducting them as directed in the services guidance.

Fixed type handset with a SIM card in it. No need for a line/fibre if you just want a “house phone”

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Something weird about drinking under the villa, the smell of rotten seaweed/piss made me question if Ted Ball was still around. I think the concept may have been better with app ordering etc in a bigger venue. Seems very strange to be scanning QR codes and ordering with apps when it’s not beneficial to the punter and adds more of a wait.

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Visiting relative has an eSIM from Airlo - selected an IOM specific eSIM and all works ok. I don’t think it has anything to do with whether the networks over here support eSIM, it’s just a roaming contract with the provider.

The couple of YouTube videos and now the Energy FM interview show Katie Hopkins as an interesting character. Utter gobshite by all accounts but not the raving mad racist bigot I remember when she was on social media. She seems to like the Island.

Solo travelling friend of mine booked the palace through hotels.com and went for the cheap as chips option. They got a cramped little room out the back which looked like it may have been used for staff or something. They spoke to reception and paid a little extra to move to a better standard of room. The manager was quite specific about not getting a free upgrade as it was a heavily discounted room.

Friday was fairly quiet, only about a hundred in the main barn but there are another 3 music tents and a dance/rave stage that had plenty of people spread among them. Yesterday was really busy, the music was fab and the main barn had a few hundred people dancing to the main acts. The bar is amazing, most people brought their own booze but it’s handy having a full bar on site. Scotty has done well for sorting this festival out, the venue is much bigger than I thought it would be. I hope they put it on again next year.