Today, I have been assaulted by nuisance callers. I had 3 calls from various UK landline numbers, with a recorded message saying “this is BT, we are going to cut your line off, unless you press 1 to talk to our technical department.” Needless to say, I didn’t. It would probably have costed me an international call rate. Then I had an almost identical call…
Technology is a wonderful thing. To be able to video chat to your family 1000s of miles away; to be able to find and then order an obscure book and download have the hard copy the next day or a Kindle version within seconds is incredible. Some things are not so good about technology. Kids who walk into you because they are looking down at…
Sadly, it appears that Webb Computers has ceased trading. Their webpage is down and the shop has gone. I have found no official statement, they just appear to have gone. One of their former customers, who came to me with a computer problem, says they are not answering the phone. It is sad to see a reputable Pembrokeshire firm close down. People in Tenby and…
They appear to target an area for a while before moving on, claiming to be from microsoft and that you have errors on your computer and that they will fix it. At least one case I know, they put a password lock on the computer to stop the person logging on and then demanded £400. This is an article I wrote on 2010 https://pcrescue.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/latest-phone-scam-asian-cold-caller-trying-to-take-over-my-pc/
With BT Openreach digging up roads all over Pembrokeshire (and the UK), let’s examine some of the “sales speak” of the misleading adverts. Fibre Optic broadband is faster than copper False, at least in all practical purposes. Firstly, the fibre optic cables only go as far as the street cabinets, and from the street cabinets to homes is using copper cables. Secondly, copper is capable…
We had an excellent foray on Sunday organised by John Steer of the Wildlife Trust. At least 22 species were found and mostof these identified. [print_gllr id=373]