On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 04:29:10PM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
[...]
> Why don't any of the reviews of these places talk about wifi? Ugh.
Because almost nowhere offers it, and of those that do, it's usually beneath
contempt. 3G actually works in the UK, and wiped out the nascent wifi indust
On 21 November 2014 00:29, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> > "Schmoo" == Schmoo writes:
>
> >> 8 Patriot Square, Bethnal Green
> >> London E2 9NF
>
> Schmoo> Approach Tavern
> Schmoo> (
> http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/13/1310/Approach_Tavern/Bethnal_Green
> ),
> Schmoo> if you're hangi
Quoting Peter Corlett :
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 04:29:10PM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
[...]
Why don't any of the reviews of these places talk about wifi? Ugh.
Because almost nowhere offers it, and of those that do, it's usually beneath
contempt. 3G actually works in the UK, and wiped
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 04:29:10PM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> > "Schmoo" == Schmoo writes:
> Schmoo> Approach Tavern
> Schmoo>
> (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/13/1310/Approach_Tavern/Bethnal_Green),
> Schmoo> if you're hanging around in Bethnal Green.
> Why don't any of the
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:59:53AM +, Dave Cross wrote:
> Of course, the quality of the service often leaves much to be desired.
>
> http://blog.dave.org.uk/2013/06/public-wifi.html
The wifi in tube stations used to do that hateful and stupid and slow
and unreliable webby login thing. A co
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:59:53AM +, Dave Cross wrote:
> Quoting Peter Corlett :
[...]
>> Because almost nowhere offers it, and of those that do, it's
>> usually beneath contempt. 3G actually works in the UK, and wiped
>> out the nascent wifi industry years ago.
> I can't remember the last t
On 21 November 2014 12:28, David Cantrell wrote:
>
> The wifi in tube stations used to do that hateful and stupid and slow
> and unreliable webby login thing. A coupla months ago they stopped, and
> now my phone just connects and everything works. Yay.
>
Actually it still does. I guess you're o
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:54:59PM +, Gareth Harper wrote:
> On 21 November 2014 12:28, David Cantrell wrote:
> > The wifi in tube stations used to do that hateful and stupid and slow
> > and unreliable webby login thing. A coupla months ago they stopped, and
> > now my phone just connects and
> "David" == David Cantrell writes:
David> Because people don't go to pubs to mess about on laptops, and in any
David> case 3G and 4G are ubiquitous and cheap.
Not for us furriners.
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> "Sue" == Sue Spence writes:
Sue> You are going to be very near the London Hackspace, which has fantastic
Sue> wifi and welcomes guests. The LHS favoured pub is the Sebright Arms on
Sue> Hackney Road. As I work in the area I'll have a look at the current
Sue> condition of the pubs already me
On 21/11/14 15:40 Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>> "David" == David Cantrell writes:
>
> David> Because people don't go to pubs to mess about on laptops, and in any
> David> case 3G and 4G are ubiquitous and cheap.
>
> Not for us furriners.
>
You can get cheap pay-as-you-go SIM cards with data
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
"David" == David Cantrell writes:
David> Because people don't go to pubs to mess about on laptops, and in any
David> case 3G and 4G are ubiquitous and cheap.
Not for us furriners.
For anyone who's here for more than a day or two, it's invariab
On 21 November 2014 15:06, David Cantrell wrote:
> > I believe the issue happens because after you've "logged in" Virgin Media
> > set a cookie, which when they see it adds you to the "allowed to use
> this"
> > list.
>
> Maybe they've just set a sensible session expiry time so that it still
> re
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