john6767

I have today had a service update from Three (iPhone 5) and now in Settings/Mobile I get the setting for "Enable 4G", so it looks like that was the carrier settings update to support 4G. I am still showing a 3G connection in Solihull though. 4G is supposed to be rolled out in London, Birmingham and Manchester in December, so has anyone actually got a 4G signal from Three yet? As an aside I ran the speed test app to check my speed now on 3G, and it is a very respectable 10Mbs down and 1.5Mbs up with a ping for 60ms, so perhaps I should not be expecting too much more from 4G in raw speed terms.

That should not be too hard then!

It would seem like the water usage is exactly the same assuming you are going up and you start with both locks empty. I guess the "advantage" it that it will be quicker as you don't separately fill the top lock and then fill the bottom lock from the top, but I don't think I am about to try it.

Sorry for asking, you confirmed what I thought! Looking at the license conditions it also seems that a handheld with an external area is suspect as a ships portable radio seems to be defined and having its own attached antenna and power source. I guess it should be covered by a ship radios licence (on the specific boat) if it has an external antenna connected, but is is possible to have the same set covered by both a ships radio and ships portable radio licence? I hope the exam does not try and catch you out with details like this!

I have no practical experience of VHF yet, but am taking the course next week, and have been swotting up on the subject at bit. I am therefore interested to understand how this setup is licensed for the described usage (the "fixed" set not the handheld)?

Thanks for that. Interesting that in the list of navigations the Titford Canal is not part of the BCN, but the Stourbridge Canal is.

You have to take the chance on it being iced up, but presumably if they can not run the cruise you will get your money back. There are plenty of other things to do in Birmingham, so just plan a contingency that is not weather dependent.

I had the email about this but went and deleted it by mistake. What was it telling you to do?

For me I would say 10m x 14mm is about right. Thinner is not easy to handle for a centre line on a narrowboat, but you could go to 16mm if you wanted to.

So are you not doing the Upper Avon? I was going to comment on the Avon locks particularly the Upper ones being a PITA when going up.

Likewise, over the weekend we passed the Bridge twice by car and twice by boat and there were no signs of life at all, it looks like it has closed again. On the other hand the Folly was doing fine and the Old Hooky was particularly good.

OK cr*p on my part, I am sure I had found actual silicone that was rated to 12000 deg, but I've lost the will to look now..... For the OP's case though, 300 deg has got to be fine at the roof collar.

Here is one example, from a Google search http://www.amazon.co.uk/Den-Braven-Temperature-Sealant-1200%C2%B0C/dp/B004GE97QY I was looking at using on on the actual stove at one point, so was looking at the 1200 deg stuff, but in the end I use fire cement, time will tell if it cracks and falls out, like the old stuff had done .

I depends on what you want to use it for, there are 2 ratings for heat proof silicone, something like 300 dec C and 1200 deg c. So first off you need to decide which you need.

I could be wrong but the errors are not related to bandwidth usage (which I would agree should be small), but to the allocation of resource to the CWDF server on the (I assume) VM on which it is running.

It is a fantastic canal. The visitor moorings are I think all 48 hours, and I believe there is a limit of 14 days on the canal as a whole. In August we called up on the Monday morning and book to go down on the Wednesday. Both when we went up and down that was not the full complement of boats booked, so I suspect it does not often get booked up.

I think the point of the location is that they want a base "on" the Warwickshire ring, that is a very popular route with hirers. Time will tell if being 3 hours off the ring is going to put people off or not as Coventry to Hawksbury and back is a significant time in a weeks hire if you don't really want to do it, and there are plenty of other companies to hire from who are actually located on the ring.

I have seen a wide beam just past barby straight before, so the bridges must be wide enough, and they can turn before Hillmorton locks. Given it has take this particular boat most of this year to go the 5 miles from Napton to Braunston, it is probably a years cruise (pole) to go to Hillmorton and back to Braunston.

I have just had my wife try it on her phone, EE 4G, and she is getting ping times of 70ms, so in that practical test it matches their stated expectation, but I see better than their stated 100-125 on 3G, Typically I see 50-80 ms (on the Three network) looking back at my speed test results in the speed test app. I guess time will tell if on average 4G is better in this respect, but it does not immediately lead me to think that you are going to be seeing ADSL ping times from 4G. But all that said it works well enough with these time, so if I were the OP it would not put me off getting a PS4!

Does 4G improve latency?

Clearly with COD latency is what is going to help get you killed, but in reality I see that with COD at home on ADSL, you get killed while you are shooting at an opponent, and watch the play back and you see that they shot you before you started shooting, from their point of view. So latency is always an issue it is just the mobile if adds a bit more. You just need to be better!

As long as you are somewhere with a good phone signal then bandwidth will be fine. But the thing that will not be so good for gaming is the latency of mobile networks. Use a speed test app on your phone to see what you are getting. On Three I typically see ping times of 50 to 80 ms, when on say an ADSL connection you would be looking at 15 to 20 ms. It depends on the types of games you play as to how much that additional time is going to impact you.

I think we need to be clear on timing. A banter post BCN challenge would be great, and Pelsall is a good idea for a location. The dates suggested by this thread, 14-15 June also seem good.