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- Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
Vodafone is almost completely down broadband, 45, 5G but 2G still seems to be working
I used another sim on my mobile phone with limited data to go online and immediately purchased a travel esim with unlimited data for 1 day (£3.79).
It took seconds to install the emailed esim using the QR code, and now my phone has unlimited data for 24 hours.
Although this esim is data only, you can use voip services like whatsapp ok - it uses existing account.
I have tethered pc to mobile phone creating a hotspot, and using it right now to write this note.
Esims are really great in this sort of situations - most people panic and do not know what to do.
However, to do the above, you may need a dual sim alternative but it does not need much data (mine only has 1 GB, unlimited calls, texts) for £2.90 per month with Spusu (plus 500 mins calling to EU). You could also connect to a wifi hotspot to do this e.g. hotel, bar etc.
edit: it looks like Vodafone is recovering so, maybe I wasted a few bob but it was an interesting test.
Full service resumed by 5pm (2 hrs) - pretty quick compared with other recent similar breakdowns of other mobile providers.
I used another sim on my mobile phone with limited data to go online and immediately purchased a travel esim with unlimited data for 1 day (£3.79).
It took seconds to install the emailed esim using the QR code, and now my phone has unlimited data for 24 hours.
Although this esim is data only, you can use voip services like whatsapp ok - it uses existing account.
I have tethered pc to mobile phone creating a hotspot, and using it right now to write this note.
Esims are really great in this sort of situations - most people panic and do not know what to do.
However, to do the above, you may need a dual sim alternative but it does not need much data (mine only has 1 GB, unlimited calls, texts) for £2.90 per month with Spusu (plus 500 mins calling to EU). You could also connect to a wifi hotspot to do this e.g. hotel, bar etc.
edit: it looks like Vodafone is recovering so, maybe I wasted a few bob but it was an interesting test.
Full service resumed by 5pm (2 hrs) - pretty quick compared with other recent similar breakdowns of other mobile providers.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS Zenbook 14
- CPU
- I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
- Motherboard
- Yep, Laptop has one.
- Memory
- 16 GB soldered
- Graphics Card(s)
- Integrated Intel Iris XE
- Sound Card
- Realtek built in
- Monitor(s) Displays
- laptop OLED screen
- Screen Resolution
- 2880x1800 touchscreen
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
- PSU
- Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
- Case
- Yep, got one
- Cooling
- Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
- Keyboard
- Built in UK keybd
- Mouse
- Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
- Internet Speed
- 900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)
Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
