One for Dutto.

[Chippy_Tea]

May also be useful to other members if they lose their internet connection.

Plug your phone into your PC/laptop.

Click settings, then look for Teathering and mobile hotspots. (on my phone i have to click on "More" in the main menu) then click on USB Teathering, you should now be able to access the internet on your PC/Laptop.

I would set a limit under "Data usage" to make sure you don't go over your limit.

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[foxbat]

No need for a cable if you're on a laptop or PC with WiFi, just use wireless tethering. If you're in a good 4G reception area then this can be much faster than your normal wired connection. Mobile data usage and tethered limits (which may be different) can apply...

 

[Chippy_Tea]

No need for a cable if you're on a laptop or PC with WiFi just use wireless tethering.

I would worry about security using wireless teathering (as you can tell i am not really up to speed on this subject) using a cable also keeps the phones battery topped up.

 

[Bigcol49]

No need for a cable if you're on a laptop or PC with WiFi, just use wireless tethering.

Hi!
Wireless tethering, is it! What is the world coming to?
I have a really old computer - is the plug for connecting my phone anywhere near the place where I shovel the coal in?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Hi!
Wireless tethering, is it! What is the world coming to?
I have a really old computer - is the plug for connecting my phone anywhere near the place where I shovel the coal in?

Na its round the back where you pour the water into the boiler.

 

[-Bezza-]

Why do I feel that there's a lot of this going on right now?

 

[Dutto]

Ha! I've only just got my Broadband back.

The OP was posted when I was about tearing my hair out with frustration and I'm still catching up with Posts.

One thing I know is I ain't "computer savvy". On the other hand, I don't suppose some of the youngsters on the Forum have ever used a Ticker-Tape Machine, Telex Machine or even a Fax Machine!

There was something quite exciting about reading something that was coming in letter by letter on a long thin strip of paper and trying to work out what it was ultimately going to say!

"Small things amuse small minds." may be true, but some of the messages seemed quite important at the time!:wave:

 

[Bigcol49]

I don't suppose some of the youngsters on the Forum have ever used a Ticker-Tape Machine, Telex Machine or even a Fax Machine!

Hi!
All older teachers will remember the Banda duplicator - the smell of the fluid as it was operating gave quite a lift to the spirits on a drab Monday morning!

 

[BarnBrian]

Ha! I've only just got my Broadband back.

The OP was posted when I was about tearing my hair out with frustration and I'm still catching up with Posts.

One thing I know is I ain't "computer savvy". On the other hand, I don't suppose some of the youngsters on the Forum have ever used a Ticker-Tape Machine, Telex Machine or even a Fax Machine!

There was something quite exciting about reading something that was coming in letter by letter on a long thin strip of paper and trying to work out what it was ultimately going to say!

"Small things amuse small minds." may be true, but some of the messages seemed quite important at the time!:wave:

Hi speed mail connection was the telegram fellow on his highly tuned Beezer Bantam.:UKflag:

 

[Dutto]

Hi speed mail connection was the telegram fellow on his highly tuned Beezer Bantam.:UKflag:

Ah the old Telegram Boy! Loved and feared at the same time; depending on what message he was about to deliver!:wave:

Our family isn't exactly close. When my sister got married back in 1960 I was at sea, so she gave me about £5 to make sure that she got a telegram from her "loving brother" to commemorate the occasion.

As she had written it out herself and costed it to the nearest old penny, I assume that she had to simulate the required amazement when it was read out at the reception!

Happy Days! :thumb:

 

[EddtheBrew]

Hi!
Wireless tethering, is it! What is the world coming to?
I have a really old computer - is the plug for connecting my phone anywhere near the place where I shovel the coal in?

Hi Big Col,
Yup , it's just to the left of the reciprocating twaddle valve !!
Cheers
Edd

 

[EddtheBrew]

Na its round the back where you pour the water into the boiler.

Come on Chippy ,
You know that it's nowhere near the self regulating knee trembler sprocket
Cheers
Edd

 

[Dutto]

........
You know that it's nowhere near the self regulating knee trembler sprocket ........

That reminded me of the time I walked into a local shop in Killingholme.

Just ahead of me was a young lad so I was reasonably happy until he pulled a long written list out of his pocket. He was obviously shopping for a crew of lads working down on the new refinery being built down the road so my heart sank as I looked forward to a long wait while he got served.

About twenty seconds later the lad ran past me, with the lady in charge of the shop (a rather formidable lady who probably shaved more often than I did) very close on his heels and apparently bent on murdering him.

After a minute or so, the lady returned, was obviously still in high dudgeon and demanded to know what I wanted. Apart from a packet of ****, I was curious to know what the lad had said to her to get such a furious response in so little time, so I asked.

"That isn't the first time he's been in here so I'm used to how stupid he can be, but this time he asked for THIS!" and handed me the list that the lad had been reading from. At the top of the list was "A jar of pickled ?????." The ????? being the shortened version of a particular part of a ladies anatomy which the young lad probably had never even heard of!

Happy Days! :thumb: