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  • #2912
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Slane is an absolutely cracking venue. But it's a total disaster to get in and out of. We know someone down that way thank God but I can fully understand the hate for it


  • #2913
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,292 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Looks like virgin internet has died all over Dublin ? Mine is down, twitter showing loads of people in Dublin with issues.

    DNS issues, google dns will work (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)


  • #2914
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    awec wrote: »
    Looks like virgin internet has died all over Dublin ? Mine is down, twitter showing loads of people in Dublin with issues.

    Just came on here to moan about how shìt virgin are. Wife signed up to Netflix tonight and we can't watch anything. Checked the speed and it's 36 mgbs.

    I really want to smash that horizon box with a hammer...It's beyond useless.


  • #2915
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,292 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Just came on here to moan about how shìt virgin are. Wife signed up to Netflix tonight and we can't watch anything. Checked the speed and it's 36 mgbs.

    I really want to smash that horizon box with a hammer...It's beyond useless.

    Go here, follow the instructions on how to change your DNS

    http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/articles/how-to-change-your-dns-windows-10

    Enter 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 . Your laptop will work for the internet, you can connect it up to the tv I guess.

    I don't know how to do it on one of those horizon boxes, I insisted they gave me a seperate router when I signed up for a better package earlier in the year. But the router they give you is still rubbish, can't even set custom DNS.


  • #2916
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    awec wrote: »
    Go here, follow the instructions on how to change your DNS

    http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/articles/how-to-change-your-dns-windows-10

    Enter 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 . Your laptop will work for the internet, you can connect it up to the tv I guess.

    I don't know how to do it on one of those horizon boxes, I insisted they gave me a seperate router when I signed up for a better package earlier in the year. But the router they give you is still rubbish, can't even set custom DNS.

    Ah fcuk it I'm watching gold rush and she's gone to bed!!


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  • #2917
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,292 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Ah fcuk it I'm watching gold rush and she's gone to bed!!
    Tuesdays are exciting in the ceiling household.


  • #2918
    b.gud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭b.gud


    awec wrote: »
    Looks like virgin internet has died all over Dublin ? Mine is down, twitter showing loads of people in Dublin with issues.

    DNS issues, google dns will work (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)

    Thanks awec having the same issues here in Galway and that fixed it

    I have to say though I'm a bit surprised you didn't find a way to blame it on Lord Nucifora :D


  • #2919
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    b.gud wrote: »
    Thanks awec having the same issues here in Galway and that fixed it

    I have to say though I'm a bit surprised you didn't find a way to blame it on Lord Nucifora :D

    He'd tell us we should have developed our own router!!


  • #2920
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,198 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Jasis, Westworld was brutal boring. Like a ten and a half hour dentist appointment. No idea why I kept watching.


  • #2921
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 20,606 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Yeah my Internet gone to ****e also unfortunately!


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  • #2922
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,292 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Yeah my Internet gone to ****e also unfortunately!
    My solution earlier will work.

    Notice how I come with an actual solution, I do not punish you for not being networking experts who have failed to develop your own ISP infrastructure in your garage with parts you bought in powercity.

    This is what sets me apart from people like Lord Nucifora. This is why I am a better person.


  • #2923
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 20,606 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    awec wrote: »
    My solution earlier will work.

    Notice how I come with an actual solution, I do not punish you for not being networking experts who have failed to develop your own ISP infrastructure in your garage with parts you bought in powercity.

    This is what sets me apart from people like Lord Nucifora. This is why I am a better person.

    I'm tethering from my phone at the moment. I'm not going to start into my router settings tonight, I've got a small home server setup and invariably I'll end up breaking something and then have to re-learn how I set it up in the first place.


  • #2924
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    No amount of DNS changing had fixed it here. Their routers really are the biggest sacks of ****e I've ever had to deal with. Bridge mode and a good router will be returning in my very near future.


  • #2925
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    Lost the internet last night too. Had to talk to the wife, was shocking :)

    Virgin's new white router is decent


  • #2926
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,292 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Synode wrote: »
    Lost the internet last night too. Had to talk to the wife, was shocking :)

    Virgin's new white router is decent

    The superhub thing, I have one. You can't set custom DNS on it. :(


  • #2927
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    awec wrote: »
    The superhub thing, I have one. You can't set custom DNS on it. :(

    Why would you want to set custom DNS?


  • #2928
    CMOTDibbler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭CMOTDibbler


    Synode wrote: »
    Why would you want to set custom DNS?
    If your ISPs DNS servers are down, you get no internet. However you can manually set the default DNS servers on your PC and they will take over.


  • #2929
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    All the years they were NTL, UPC etc. I had to get them out once to give is a new box and that was only because my brother had filled the old DVR so much it basically shat itself and died. Since the switch to Virgin I've had to get two new TV boxes and every couple of weeks there's something wrong with the Internet.


  • #2930
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,475 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Haven't had a problem with virgin since they took over, but I did switch back to the old box 2 weeks after getting horizon. The wifi range on it was pitiful. Did not like the cumbersome feel to the changing of channels either.


  • #2931
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    Found myself in the slightly surreal position of having Mike Ross giving me tech support on twitter over this... https://twitter.com/MikeRoss03/status/806279175908839424


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  • #2932
    CMOTDibbler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,830 ✭✭✭CMOTDibbler


    dregin wrote: »
    Found myself in the slightly surreal position of having Mike Ross giving me tech support on twitter over this... https://twitter.com/MikeRoss03/status/806279175908839424
    Was it worth giving up your anonymity for? :D


  • #2933
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Just got a bridge put in well two crowns and a fake tooth to fix my crooked teeth

    My mouth feels weird


  • #2934
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Upgraded to Spotify Premium today. They're doing 3 months for 99c. It's usually 9.99 per month. Seems good value. Being able to stream stuff offline and in the car is making my life better already.


  • #2935
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    I've been using it for about 6 months now. It really is class.

    You can get it via Vodafone if you're with them for €5.99 p.m. I've just transferred it over to my work phone.


  • #2936
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Synode wrote: »
    I've been using it for about 6 months now. It really is class.

    You can get it via Vodafone if you're with them for €5.99 p.m. I've just transferred it over to my work phone.

    Didn't know that. Is it a limited time offer with Vodafone? I'll go for that in March when the 99c offer runs out. I've only had it for the day but I've already decided I can't be without it now.


  • #2937
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,562 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    dregin wrote: »
    Found myself in the slightly surreal position of having Mike Ross giving me tech support on twitter over this... https://twitter.com/MikeRoss03/status/806279175908839424

    Props to Ross...


  • #2938
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,562 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Jasis, Westworld was brutal boring. Like a ten and a half hour dentist appointment. No idea why I kept watching.

    Currently watching the Icelandic series trapped. It's good.


  • #2939
    Synode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Synode


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Didn't know that. Is it a limited time offer with Vodafone? I'll go for that in March when the 99c offer runs out. I've only had it for the day but I've already decided I can't be without it now.

    No the offer has been around for a while. I just started a company so was able to transfer it last month.

    The amount of music on it is amazing. The one thing that bugs me though is the playlists based off a song (think it's called stations). I'm finding their selections are pretty poor. iTunes Genesis (I think it was called) was brilliant at it. Spotify just lazily picks a load of other songs from the same artist and other tracks that are usually nothing like the selected track - they need to improve it


  • #2940
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,198 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    Currently watching the Icelandic series trapped. It's good.

    Yeah, think there's a second series in the works too.

    I'm not sure how to use Spotify. I've had the same 32 Gigs of music on my phone for a few years. Can I learn from what I have in storage or will I have to teach it or just let it find new stuff for me?


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  • #2941
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Synode wrote: »
    No the offer has been around for a while. I just started a company so was able to transfer it last month.

    The amount of music on it is amazing. The one thing that bugs me though is the playlists based off a song (think it's called stations). I'm finding their selections are pretty poor. iTunes Genesis (I think it was called) was brilliant at it. Spotify just lazily picks a load of other songs from the same artist and other tracks that are usually nothing like the selected track - they need to improve it

    Yeah, I have a couple of play lists of my own and they give you suggestions for songs to add but most of them are just the same artist or completely random. Maybe it's one of those things where the more you use it the more accurate it gets?


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