This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

[newbiejim]

Jeremy is that you?

lol , I`m ok with that, not a fan but I`m 100% certain he would be better, or not as utterly criminal as this lot.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

I’m genuinely surprised. Last time I was there, the locals still had outdoor toilets and thought aircraft were giant owls.

Its why they voted for Brexit in that area, to keep the Vikings out

 

[theone8181]

No no no, none of that.

We are well educated now, the wind turbines for example are important, I mean, how else do we keep the planet spinning around?

 

[jpaul]

is that ironic ? Cambridgeshire, now paying for the brexit vote in the rest of the country with the proposed ARM redundancies. .... right here is where you start paying,

AFAIK Cambridgeshire turbines aren't too close to houses, E of A10 N. of Cambridge, so maybe there wasn't nimbyism.

Can you see list of wind farms by county (https://www.thewindpower.net/windfarms_list_en.php?country=GB seems pretty useless)

 

[Rroff]

Got the email now from Netflix with the price increase from my June payment onwards :s

In theory just gonna cancel I think with the idea of just subscribing the odd month to catch up on anything interesting but in practise it will probably be too much :effort: and I'll probably not go back.

 

[theone8181]

My sky contract ends tomorrow, netflix have emailed me saying I'm paid until Dec 2020 at 11.99 (that year is not a typo). Seems weird to me lol.

 

[the shadow]

Millions wait for £150 council tax rebate.. when can you expect yours?

Millions of households across the country are waiting to receive their £150 council tax rebate, that was due to be distributed from this month, but could come as late as September 30.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[jon86]

just gonna cancel I think with the idea of just subscribing the odd month to catch up on anything interesting

This is what my wife and I do. We subscribe to Netflix about once every six months, and do the same with Disney+.

You can get through a lot of content in one month, and I find that I really enjoy binge watching shows.

 

[Puzzled]

Martin Lewis thinks a fixed tariff 25% more expensive than the current price cap would be worth taking out for those that want the security of knowing their budget, although he doesn't know of any deals available that come close to that.

 

[Surveyor]

Martin Lewis thinks a fixed tariff 25% more expensive than the current price cap would be worth taking out for those that want the security of knowing their budget, although he doesn't know of any deals available that come close to that.

If wishes were horses...

With the expected increase in October no energy company is going to offer such a deal.

 

[Energize]

On top of that web iplayer is only 720p (and even only that after forcing it to london region, 420p everywhere else).

I agree on the earlier comment the value in bbc now days is really the news and education stuff, entertainment part of it should not be funded from the license.

**** me 720p, that is shocking, like 2001 quality when 512Kb/s broadband was out.

 

[Puzzled]

Iplayer is 1080p with a limited selection in 4k.

The live stream is poor quality but everything else is fine.

 

[pimper]

Iplayer is 1080p with a limited selection in 4k.

The live stream is poor quality but everything else is fine.

isn't Iplayer 720p? Pretty sure if you set your region to London its mainly in 720p whereas in other places its 480p..

 

[Energize]

isn't Iplayer 720p? Pretty sure if you set your region to London its mainly in 720p whereas in other places its 480p..

@jpaul's post shows it running at 720p, can't test it myself as I don't have a TV licence.

 

[n111ck]

If wishes were horses...

With the expected increase in October no energy company is going to offer such a deal.

How much extra are we expecting in October? The fix I have been offered from June is 35% more.

 

[Energize]

How much extra are we expecting in October? The fix I have been offered from June is 35% more.

About 35% based on the above chart, but I believe gas prices have recently increased due to Russia turning off the gas supply to some European countries.

 

[n111ck]

About 35% based on the above chart, but I believe gas prices have recently increased due to Russia turning off the gas supply to some European countries.

Not worth fixing then - plus lot easier to limit gas use..

 

[jpaul]

Have been working around the house with the plugin energy monitor data collection -
kettle & coffee machine each coming in at 0.5KW/day, garage 90Lsmallish freezer 0.4 (maybe opened once a day) ... so that's ~£50 each pa.
I'm expecting main fridge freezer, opened multiple times a day to be greater than 1, but will be interesting to see split between overnight, when it's not opened, and day.


Economization by netflix - Meghan's animation cancelled - another vanity project pretty much like the Duchess of York had had, BBC did an excellent interview with DoY as though she was a Booker prize winner, much like the Andrew interview.
Quit Nowtv a year ago they are spamming with £1/pm movies offer - but not sure they have anything worth watching to even justify that.

 

[robj20]

Hoping my ongoing project insulating the loft pays off next winter.
Gone from 75mm of standard fiber stuff, to 140mm of PIR boards.

 

[chrcoluk]

@jpaul's post shows it running at 720p, can't test it myself as I don't have a TV licence.

I also tested it and even posted the official iplayer documentation.

Country region is 720p, any other regions its lower. This is for the web iplayer.