In message <20240327104455.19d8e010@jrenewsid.jretrading.com>, Joe
<joe@jretrading.com> writes
>On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:07:02 +0000
>Tim Lamb <tim@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> My login with Plusnet starts 666 which may have been allocated to all
>> the ex-Demonites:-)
>>
>
>No, I went there from Demon, and have no sign of the Beast. I jumped
>somewhat earlier than the end, which could be seen coming after
>Vodafone took over, and I had been using non-Demon domain names since
>1998, so it was not too traumatic and I had no dealings with Namesco.

Looking back through my payments, I see Namesco were charging
£2.88/month before the demise:-(
>

--
Tim Lamb

In message <878r239787.fsf@wylie.me.uk>, Alan J. Wylie
<alan@wylie.me.uk> writes
>charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> writes:
>
>>> Timber is highly saleable, one day :-)
>>
>> some 20 years ago, the factor (estate manager) at Balmoral announced the
>> planting of a significant sized tree plantation. He said " We look forward
>> to harvesting them in about 400 yeasr time."
>
>https://longnow.org/ideas/humans-and-trees-in-long-term-partnership/
>
>[New College, Oxford]
>
>"a dining hall that features expansive oak beams across its ceiling
>...
>infested with beetles
>...
>They called in the College Forester, who of course had not been near the
>college itself for some years, and asked him if there were any oaks for
>possible use.
>
>He pulled his forelock and said, “Well sirs, we was wonderin’ when you’d
>be askin’.”

I have what is left of a row, planted along the contour where the river
valley is too steep for horses to plough. Must be 300 years or more.
Possibly dating from the inclosure acts.
>

--
Tim Lamb

On 27/03/2024 12:08, charles wrote:
> In article <uu10ju$2qifn$1@dont-email.me>,
> Andrew <Andrew97d@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> On 26/03/2024 16:29, Tim Lamb wrote:
>>> In message <utucm1$1pnvu$1@dont-email.me>, John Rumm
>>> <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> writes
>>>> On 26/03/2024 09:22, Tim Lamb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> OpenReach have just notified me that *ultrafast full fibre* is now
>>>>> available to my premises!
>>>>> With 6 months left on my contract with Plusnet and currently an
>>>>> adequate/reliable 12meg service, how best to proceed?
>>>>
>>>> Do you still use the phone line/number on the current service?
>>>
>>> Yes. Currently use a Panasonic KX-TGC220E. Not directly compatible with
>>> VoIP:-(
>>>>
>>>> Do you have a fixed IP on the plusnet service (probably - they are one
>>>> of the few that gave them out as standard). If so, do you need to keep
>>>> it? (if the answer is "I don't know" then you probably don't!)
>>>
>>> Don't know:-) We were with John Lewis..
>>>>
>>>> Do you need to retain the username.plus.com email address for any reason?
>>>
>>> Er. Not understood. My username with Plusnet is not important.
>>>>
>>>>> All advertised services are for new customers only and start at
>>>>> several hundreds of pounds.
>>>>
>>>> I would be tempted to go to a different ISP (I would second TNPs
>>>> suggestion of IDNet - small ISP still focussed on decent customer
>>>> service).
>>> Good thought.
>>>>
>>>> You have some options...
>>>>
>>>> Buy whatever FTTP package you want. That then leaves the plusnet
>>>> service unaltered. At your convenience you can then cease the
>>>> broadband on the plusnet line (just after you have got it working :-)
>>>
>>> I actually got 3 months rebate!
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>> You can also then migrate the number to VoIP, accessed via the new
>>>> FTTP, and cease the POTS line before it ceases itself anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Or:
>>>>
>>>> Buy new service, but keep plusnet as a backup. Stick dual WAN load
>>>> balancing router on the FTTP, and wire in the plusnet ADSL service as
>>>> a backup. Configure for "failover" and you then have a fallback if the
>>>> FTTP is ever interrupted. (probably not worth the expense unless
>>>> internet access is business critical)
>>>
>>> Not business critical now. Although I will miss the Govt. telling me how
>>> to help save the planet by planting trees and not actually growing
>>> anything saleable!
>
>> Timber is highly saleable, one day :-)
>
> some 20 years ago, the factor (estate manager) at Balmoral announced the
> planting of a significant sized tree plantation. He said " We look forward
> to harvesting them in about 400 yeasr time."
>

Well, you always plant trees for future generations, as residents
of Sheffield? are now realising as these trees are now huge and
many have been chopped down to avoid subsidence claims from
house insurers.