MDL Free WIFI - bloody hell it's slow!!!
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Talulah
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As I remember - Spectrum got slated and a number of very disgruntled customers. Customer Support was non existant.
I never bought Spectrum because their price was misleading. All their posters excluded VAT. If they aren't honest about the price then I take that as a reflection of the company.
P4Paul
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I agree, strangely enough connecting to the payment page was really easy, if they then had provided a service that was as fast as the speed that they extracted my money then I would have been happy.
I am sure Martin said they were looking at another provider and dropping spectrum.
Steve Clayton
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As per my link then in December it was going to be all singing, all dancing, free wifi with supa speeds for video downloads, etc. Now it's a single user logon per bertholder for 4 hours a day free (so no concurrent users) and no indication yet as to when it will go live.
P4Paul
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Ah, sorry, didn't twig your link was to an archived page, just thought you guys were being offered a better deal
oGaryo
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whizzing along at the moment, completely different to last night and this morning. maybe load based latency last night but not first thing this morning surely.. especially considering comparing against a Friday evening. It clearly has the capability to perform quickly so puzzled why it's so hit and miss in Ocean Village?
rafiki_
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Are the many businesses around, possibly using the same link Gary? They will all have finished for the week now I guess?
oGaryo
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rafiki_
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Portishead has very little industry around the Marina. Lots of flats, but they don't seem to impact on the wifi, but kill the TV reception. I watch TV on my iPad.Quite possible mate... it's on WIFISPARK so I imagine they may be, the barstewards
volvopaul
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If it's any consolation Gary...it's the same with Premiers wifi at Swanwick. Very rarely can I get a connection and when I do, it's painfully slow then just drops out. I use my phone as the hotspot too but data useage is huge.
L
It's no better this end of the marina on A pontoon.
I have unlimited on 3 a scan watch films. U tube, I player etc . No need for profit making wifi .
oGaryo
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Panic over, got it sorted :encouragement:
CharlieAlpha
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Yes but you will get bored of standing on top of the radar arch Laptop perched on your arm
lisilou
Active member
O2 won't give me unlimited data grrr. The max I can have is 2!!! I'm gonna get a Wifi Bat I think.
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lanerboy
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no I was told they would be offering a premium service which we could pay a small charge for which we could stream movies and my son could go on xbox live and link up with his mates
with this advise we went out and bought a smart tv for the boat used it over the xmas period whilst the trial was being run all worked fine
now the premium service has been dropped and we are left with a smart tv I cannot use ggggrrrrrr
oGaryo
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Yes but you will get bored of standing on top of the radar arch Laptop perched on your arm
you stole my thunder Chris
matt13
Member
I logged on last week Ian so it does work, albeit not that quick!
oGaryo
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Just spotted this. looks remarkably similar to the WIFI Bat for a quarter of the cost: what do you think? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/High-Powe...osters_Extenders_Antennas&hash=item3a8cfad9be
Pinnacle
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Ok, so it does indeed looked like they have not kept their part of the bargain.
When you go into the office to ask for a berth without a tidal stream running through it, maybe you should ask them when they are going to deliver on the wi-fi front.
Wavey
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MDL's Wifi cost SWMBO a job application last year, courtesy of an on-line questionnaire with a 10 minute time limit. No chance
oGaryo
Active member
Now on the hard in Kemps Quay with internet flying along using MDL Shamrock Quay's WIFI. Definitely something amiss with Ocean Village's setup at present