Charging for Wi-Fi

Posted on 29/06/2023 08:14 by Tinwheeler

“Make no mistake we are now a third world country.”

PD, you’re driving around in an expensive MH going on holiday. You have food on the table, a good income, access to free health care in a country that has a civilised ruling system. Your comment quoted above is ludicrous.

Posted on 29/06/2023 09:18 by Geejay

@Tinwheeler "Third world Country", I think that was perhaps a metaphor.

"a country that has a civilised ruling system" you mean the one that has just thrown out a lying etc B that was PM?  A fist past the post system that creates an elective dictatorship (Quinton Hogg) and the second largest unelected legislative chamber in the world.

Yes, most of us on here probably are reasonably comfortable and have food on the table, but many have not, hence food banks at record levels, tens of thousands can't get the health care they need because of years of underfunding, aka "austerity" which research has shown caused around 250,000 excess premature deaths, meanwhile the poor are being gutted by interest rate rises deliberately designed to cause a recession and unemployment in order to keep those at the top in luxury.

And that's just some of it.

Posted on 29/06/2023 09:43 by Tinwheeler

No way was I making a political statement. We have a democracy. That is an absolute fact and what I was referring to. We do not have a dictatorship or autocracy as often found in the third world.

I actually find PD’s use of the term “third world country” rather offensive when there are countries around the world with millions of people starving and existing in dire poverty. No way can our situation, even of the less fortunate of our population, be compared to that.

Posted on 29/06/2023 10:40 by mickysf

Would second World or second tier country be more acceptable, tinny? We most certainly are not anywhere near first in many facets of our society!

Posted on 27/06/2023 17:20 by DavidKlyne

The pervious time we were at Clumber we did get a signal of sorts near the cafe by the lake. This is also near a village so perhaps the reason for the signal? There is probably little incentive for the networks to improve the signal simply because no one really lives there. No doubt the NT have a wired/fibre connection so not that interested in canvassing  for a better signal? 

Does anyone know if you can report not spots to either Ofcom direct to networks?

David