Off Topic Sat navs

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tigers1970

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Can anyone recommend a decent mid price range sat nav?my teletrac navman does not work anymore...thanks for any advice
 
Ooh that was useful, just remembered to take out my old Garmin sat nav out my car, that I found the other day.
Car links to 'car play' via phone, acts as sat nav, Spotify thing, what's app and text thing if I understood how half of it works...
 
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Apple Car Play / Android Auto then Google Maps.


Brilliant for real time traffic updates. As an example I’ve just driven from Teesside to Helmsley and got an indication of slow traffic halfway there. Wondered what was causing that until I came upon a procession of half a dozen tractors with all the drivers in full morning suits. Presumably on the way to a wedding.

Also, so long as you’ve got a phone and compatible car system it’s free.
 
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Can anyone recommend a place to go for a decent mobile phone contract...I got quoted £17.99 a month at O2....seemed a little on the high side for not much GB. Tah
 
Can anyone recommend a place to go for a decent mobile phone contract...I got quoted £17.99 a month at O2....seemed a little on the high side for not much GB. Tah
Stating the obvious probably, but use a mobile signal checker first to check signal coverage in places you frequent / need it!
I use EE (ex BT) which isn't the cheapest but is good .... except when I'm up at my daughters!
I tried a mobile wifi sim with Smarty (3's signal). The cost was very good and the user experience, website, etc also. And it's only a rolling month contract.
 
Can anyone recommend a place to go for a decent mobile phone contract...I got quoted £17.99 a month at O2....seemed a little on the high side for not much GB. Tah
Also iD mobile are worth looking at. I only pay £7 per month for unlimited calls/texts and 15gb of data which rolls over any unused each month to the next. No roaming charges in Europe either (within reasonable limits).
It piggybacks on 3 network so just check coverage where you live. It's been very good for me to be fair.
 
Can anyone recommend a place to go for a decent mobile phone contract...I got quoted £17.99 a month at O2....seemed a little on the high side for not much GB. Tah
You could try something like this - it's actually 40GB/ month, unused data rolls over. That's £14.95 for the 6 whole months, not per month. When your 6 months is up, port your number out to a free Three SIM then port back to another of the VF Sims. Cheap as.
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Stating the obvious probably, but use a mobile signal checker first to check signal coverage in places you frequent / need it!
I use EE (ex BT) which isn't the cheapest but is good .... except when I'm up at my daughters!
I tried a mobile wifi sim with Smarty (3's signal). The cost was very good and the user experience, website, etc also. And it's only a rolling month contract.

This is good advice, but also sometimes those signal checkers are misleading. For parts of Kingswood most of the providers have absolutely terrible signal (I've used EE and Lebara) but the signal checkers say that they cover the area fine. When I was moving to Kingswood I asked EE about it because I'd heard so many people in Kingswood talking about the crap signal, and they said no no the signal is good there. Moved and sure enough, it was absolutely useless just as everyone says.
 
This is good advice, but also sometimes those signal checkers are misleading. For parts of Kingswood most of the providers have absolutely terrible signal (I've used EE and Lebara) but the signal checkers say that they cover the area fine. When I was moving to Kingswood I asked EE about it because I'd heard so many people in Kingswood talking about the crap signal, and they said no no the signal is good there. Moved and sure enough, it was absolutely useless just as everyone says.
Might be a high demand and not enough capacity; like at the MKM at half time.