The New French Forum

WiMax .... yes.

We were with a small local Wimax provider we inherited from the previous owners. It was always slow compared to what I was used to - but we got used to it - never use the internet and try to stream something - download where possible overnight etc. If it went wrong it would be at least two days before it was fixed. Then it became...

Mission accomplished by the A Team :)
Thanks to all assisters.

Even then 'cos we're oldies we frequently get things wrong.

That's exactly my problem. Not sure I could have stayed awake at that time though, I am trying to have earlier nights, not later ones. :roll:

The master NTES has it's equivalent in the French DTI as phone line entry point. Once upon a time this was all propriété de l 'État , don't touch or else......Nowadays they are more tolerant. I don't'know if your house has a proper DTI or only a simple phone socket. With a DTI just add additional wiring (good quality). More information

I decided on the the offer of full book passport and card as the card costs €25 that way. Shame about the €15 delivery charge. :shock:

It took me seven minutes to complete the online application. As digital code photos for Irish passports are different to UK version and the only sources in the UK are in Manchester and Liverpool I took a photo on...

The new radio cleared the final hurdle with flying colours this morning - booting up quickly after the supply was turned off overnight, which I always do.
Somebody on a techy forum reported difficulties with this and it turned out he hadn't enabled the revert to previous mode after mains off

Another thing I've learned today - if the link is one or two lines above the Task Bar, 'hovering' produces the URL at the bottom Right of the screen! :good:

I've been using DuckDuckGo via Firefox for some time. No tracking and no cookies.

Spot on!

Again thanks to you all for the info - Cyberghost is definately off the list.

Forget VPN's - just use a Smart DNS service. Cheap, easy, no software or apps, works on any device.

Aha! Then you obviously speak good French.

We have two phones bought in France and both were extremely easy to change the language. In fact I think the first step in setting up the phones was Langue with a pull down menu listing all the different languages including English. Can't get much easier than that.

Thanks everyone. Trying to work it all out. At least I know how to go to different pages on the site

There are only a limited number of eSIM phones. I believe they all have a standard single SIM slot as well so by using an eSIM as well you get similar functionality to an ordinary dual SIM phone.

At present I don't think any of the virtual mobile phone companies offer eSIMs. So you need to have an Orange, SFR, Bouygues contract in France and EE,...

‘ Thank you for replies.” I’m downloading VLC good to know you have used it safely was a bit worried at first.’

I went for my RDV with Orange yesterday which went swimmingly. My reason for choosing Orange was that as our landline and internet are provided by them, I was hoping my mobile agreement could be incorporated with my monthly payment, which would be convenient and indeed it could. For €3+/month I now get up to two hours per month mobile usage which...

Andy,

Department schoolmaster: you are not supposed to use your DTI box for a direct connection to your phone or modem. See the indication kindly provided by Orange and others on the box. Only to be used for line testing purposes, switching off (plug in a T- or RJ-45 plug) the house wiring so the testers of Orange see only from their side in the...

Had the same this morning from Colissimo. Give away it was a gmail email address to return my personal info to and colissimo is of course la poste!

Those vouchers for us are a waste of paper. We get home, unpack the shopping and the vouchers get stuck in a drawer to be forgotten. One day the drawer gets emptied for a clean and what do we find? Out of date vouchers, aka firelighters.
Ah, but whose fault is that, Aardvark? There are websites and special wallets dedicated to the voucher system,...

And likewise their are some recievers that can learn any remote on the correct frequency but rolling codes screw those up as well.

Gate automation manufacturers sell bundled kit with one or two remotes and make a lot of money on selling additional ones which are usually really overpriced, I used to install Faac and put to one side all the...

I couldnt bring myself to cut the dashboard for a double DIN unit although thats exactly what would have been done in the day.

I would however want the 7 /8 screen, satnav & recersing camera, decades ago the silly expensive look at me! stereos had a screen that motorised out and deployed, dont even think it was a touch screen but to show the...

Thank you, I suspect the higher price reflects some level of service which may be helpful for us. Sadly we can’t install a bigger dish so we’ll use the IPTV route.

I just checked, I'm in-

Mountain View
California

Apparently :lol:

Not now your in a place in the UK that stinky sauce is named after. ;)

Many thanks.