My girlfriend hogs our internet connection...

Kmodo said:
Looking into a second line myself and it is £130 (I assume from Openreach).

If you then went with a BB provider that lets you pay the 12months line rental upfront for a discount and then get the usual new customer half price BB deals it's going to be quite reasonable :)
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This is probably what I'll end up doing. Either that or a usb Dongle, but it'll probably cost a similar price anyway.

Kaeo said:
1) Inject her in the neck with a horse tranquilizer.
2) Whilst she's sleeping, wrap her to the top of a table with clingfilm.
3) Lay out pictures of all the possible games you could play more successfully if she didn't use netflix.
4) Cut her cheek and take a blood slide.
5) Stab her in the chest.
6) ???
7) Profit.

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This is funny :)

Teknobry said:
Several people have come up with the ideal solution, download the episodes during the day and have them ready to watch so she doesn't need the internetz!
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I've been a bit scared to download recently with all the crazy stories about people getting fined. Mainly in America but you know...

Hedge said:
Any decent girlfriend would happily rewatch a show with you.

I'd hate to be with some selfish woman who cant even make effort to share time with you .
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The girlfriend really isn't the problem. It could be anybody I lived with that watches online shows.
 
Hedge said:
Any decent girlfriend would happily rewatch a show with you.

I'd hate to be with some selfish woman who cant even make effort to share time with you .
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This. I would never dream of racing ahead of something someone else wants to watch, especially the other half.

Its fun to be able to talk about etc etc
 
A) Get a QoS unit.
B) Understand that she has just as much a right to use the net as you, and that by getting a QoS unit, you may ruin her experience of Netflix.
 
If I had 100 ping constantly I'd just give up multiplayer completely, I certainly wouldn't want to force someone else to stop doing something they enjoy just because it was making my crap online experience slightly more crap. :p
 
Wouldn't it be cheaper to cancel netflix and get lovefilm instead and get the physical copy of the dvd rather than pay for a second phone line? At least you'd have the choice of streaming when you're not gaming still?

Usually you can do a free trial month first with cash back and there are often codes floating about where you can get 3 months for the price of 1 etc.
 
Is your connection located in the kitchen area? If so, you have no choice but to let her hog the connection.
 
Fus Ro Dah said:
Feedback
P.s My particular girlfriend isn't the actual problem (I have 99 problems but the ***** aint one! :p) as it could be anybody I live with that watches online .
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Fus Ro Dah said:
I'm about 2 seasons behind her and she's impossible to catch up with. She's also impossible to reason with, I proposed that she watches something else until I catch up but that was out of the question :(
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you sure?
 
Heres my argument with this. Get a router that can do proper QOS. When she moans deny all knowledge or state if she waits 5 minutes longer for it to buffer she can watch the whole thing and you can game without ****ing each other off.

QOS is the only way to really sort it.
 
where do u live? are you sure you have no wirless options? round this area we have a company called vfast who are pretty damn good, better than the dsl unless in fibre area.
 
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