Bless Martin Lewis and his financial website. MONEYSAVINGEXPERT.COM
For he has just exposed the fact that the big UK Mobile providers.. 02.. EE etc are, apparently, going to be charging their UK customers a LOT more money to use their mobile (cell / portable) phones to access the internet. So your so-called Smartphones sitting in your bags and pockets are all potential financial timebombs!
There are several things you can do to avoid this massive hike in prices. But the best way is to go into SETTINGS and switch OFF Mobile Data. Unfortunately, most people are now so used to being able to access Google.. Twitter.. Facebook.. their emails or to read the papers on line that they won't do this.. well, they're in for a big shock when they get their bills next year!
She pities parents who pay the bills for their teenage children, for every child you see is attached to one!
She is hideously frugal and makes sure that, unless it is absolutely necessary she gets an email or needs a piece of information whilst she is out and about, her mobile data is always switched off and as she doesn't trust those free WiFi that lurk in public places, her mobile, for most of the day is just that.. a mobile phone and not a mini-computer.
When she comes home, she switches on the WiFi to connect to our own WiFi. And then usually she switches the beast off, for she has an iPad to use for accessing the 'net' and who wants to swint at a small screen when you can read it on a bigger or even larger one if you have a computer - laptop?
Her bills are tiny, very rarely does her monthly bill go over the amount and when it does, well, she knows the reason!
For although Northern Ireland is recognised as UK and you can chat to Belfast or Derry for free, the Isle of Man, which although geographically is nearer to our mainland, is not counted as part of the UK and she pays a hefty price to talk or text our Cousin Bruce.
Start NOW, get into the habit of switching OFF from 4G, if you're lucky enough to get that strength some folk don't get anywhere near that band and are still on 3G or even 2G, whilst you're out and about. If you're travelling.. travel! If you're at work.. WORK!! And if you're at home.. connect to your own WiFi connection.. Simples!
For what she has yet to quite understand is the following.. The masts are up already to connect to the Airwaves, this, theorectically should mean that the technology costs should be going down and yet we are being warned that the costs to her provider, EE, are going to triple at least and they will be passing the costs onto their customers.. aka us!
"Bugger that for a game of soldiers" was her rather impolite response when she read this yesterday.. "I'm not going to pay more, in fact, I'm going to pay less".
But look, it's time for our very late lunch! Whilst She's been waiting for a telephone call from Bissell ~ who are the makers of the best, most FABULOUS cleaning machines ~ she's had her trusty Bissell carpet cleaner out and has done 'Hazel's' rug, more about that in another post, after they call, she's off to Streatham to purchase a present for soneone.. more later!
GeeGee Parrot.
September 26th, 2015.
For he has just exposed the fact that the big UK Mobile providers.. 02.. EE etc are, apparently, going to be charging their UK customers a LOT more money to use their mobile (cell / portable) phones to access the internet. So your so-called Smartphones sitting in your bags and pockets are all potential financial timebombs!
There are several things you can do to avoid this massive hike in prices. But the best way is to go into SETTINGS and switch OFF Mobile Data. Unfortunately, most people are now so used to being able to access Google.. Twitter.. Facebook.. their emails or to read the papers on line that they won't do this.. well, they're in for a big shock when they get their bills next year!
She pities parents who pay the bills for their teenage children, for every child you see is attached to one!
She is hideously frugal and makes sure that, unless it is absolutely necessary she gets an email or needs a piece of information whilst she is out and about, her mobile data is always switched off and as she doesn't trust those free WiFi that lurk in public places, her mobile, for most of the day is just that.. a mobile phone and not a mini-computer.
When she comes home, she switches on the WiFi to connect to our own WiFi. And then usually she switches the beast off, for she has an iPad to use for accessing the 'net' and who wants to swint at a small screen when you can read it on a bigger or even larger one if you have a computer - laptop?
Her bills are tiny, very rarely does her monthly bill go over the amount and when it does, well, she knows the reason!
For although Northern Ireland is recognised as UK and you can chat to Belfast or Derry for free, the Isle of Man, which although geographically is nearer to our mainland, is not counted as part of the UK and she pays a hefty price to talk or text our Cousin Bruce.
Start NOW, get into the habit of switching OFF from 4G, if you're lucky enough to get that strength some folk don't get anywhere near that band and are still on 3G or even 2G, whilst you're out and about. If you're travelling.. travel! If you're at work.. WORK!! And if you're at home.. connect to your own WiFi connection.. Simples!
For what she has yet to quite understand is the following.. The masts are up already to connect to the Airwaves, this, theorectically should mean that the technology costs should be going down and yet we are being warned that the costs to her provider, EE, are going to triple at least and they will be passing the costs onto their customers.. aka us!
"Bugger that for a game of soldiers" was her rather impolite response when she read this yesterday.. "I'm not going to pay more, in fact, I'm going to pay less".
But look, it's time for our very late lunch! Whilst She's been waiting for a telephone call from Bissell ~ who are the makers of the best, most FABULOUS cleaning machines ~ she's had her trusty Bissell carpet cleaner out and has done 'Hazel's' rug, more about that in another post, after they call, she's off to Streatham to purchase a present for soneone.. more later!
GeeGee Parrot.
September 26th, 2015.
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