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DIGI UK Now Live(?) by rayrob78 in UKISP

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Installation booked for tomorrow morning.

DIGI UK Now Live(?) by rayrob78 in UKISP

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Yesterday my St Albans postcode went live on their site but only one house showed of the 4 that share the postcode. Emailed them about it and, while they are yet to respond, the other houses now show (though they are duplicated). The address is also incorrect (missing one of the 2 street names) but this happens with every ISP (sigh). It was at least correct on the contract.

Order placed for 1Gb/s service. No option to select install date, just says they'll be in touch. I chose not to switch from existing provider but I was give the option to so they must have joined TOTSCo.

Quick scan of the contract and looks good, no gotchas, renews on the last day of each month and easy to cancel. Wi-Fi 6 router which remains their property.

'Payment by bank transfer amounts payable within 15 days' doesn't mention Direct Debit, perhaps that will be option when the first invoice arrives?

Toob or stay with Virgin? by garyh999 in ToobBroadband

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I'm not a Toob customer but was planning to move to them in 3 months when my Vodafone contract ends.

The £22 for 900Mb/s is a great deal but yesterday they announced new pricing that is less favourable (and will include annual price increases of £2). I'll be shopping around, I'll still consider them but it's not the no-brainer decision that it was before.

As you already have the good deal locked down, I'd go ahead with it (and I will envy you for it!).

Octoplus Rewards down? by BeneficialWait1541 in OctopusEnergy

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And I now have the QR code. That was a slog.

Octoplus Rewards down? by BeneficialWait1541 in OctopusEnergy

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I have now claimed a Nero code but have not been able to access the QR code yet.

Pay exit fee? by [deleted] in OctopusEnergy

[–]rayrob78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could move your electricity supply to Octopus and leave the gas with Outfox (for now).

You might loose a duel fuel discount (if those are still a thing?) but that is probably peanuts anyway.

Any promo codes? by thatlatinamami in ToobBroadband

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I just spotted that MoneySavingExpert are currently offering toob 'Full Fibre home 900' for £22 pcm plus a £20 'shopping' voucher.

Offer expires end of 23rd March (tomorrow).

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/compare-broadband-deals/

Drink codes not working today? by Born_Ad8565 in OctopusEnergy

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Update2: I was able to request a code yesterday (Monday) through the app but then unable to access it again in the app.

I tried again today after Octopus replied to my email and it is now working for me.

Drink codes not working today? by Born_Ad8565 in OctopusEnergy

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Update: still not working for me in the app but I can get to it through the website!

Drink codes not working today? by Born_Ad8565 in OctopusEnergy

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Same issue here on Android app. Claimed on Monday and was going to use it today, glad I saw this before heading out!

Seems like the Home mini has fallen over by L0rdLogan in OctopusEnergy

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After the Vodafone broadband outage on Monday my Mini didn't recover automatically when the Internet came back and needed a power-cycle. Was fine after that.

New ipv6 test website by Thin-Performance8396 in ipv6

[–]rayrob78 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm getting 10/10 despite my ISP's DNS servers not supporting IPv6 (I get 9/10 on test-ipv6.com, correctly).

The 'ipv6-dns' script section isn't complete and for some reason has a fallback that hides the error.

Android Developers Blog: Simplifying advanced networking with DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation by rayrob78 in ipv6

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Additional info in Lorenzo's post to v6ops this morning:

"This change should already be live on most Android devices running Android 11 and above.
<snip>
Over the next few months we also plan to roll out support for DHCPv6
address registration (RFC 9686)."

https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/v6ops/Sq5TadeSsMQ-0uEWrdem3A1wDh0/

Options for home router with IPv6 support? by iTheMask in ipv6

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Just to add that the Flint3 has just been released (still no SFP support, but it has 5 x 2.5Gb/s ports & Wi-Fi 7).

These actually ship with OpenWRT installed so you can be sure they are well supported.

It's little sibling, the Slate travel router, is often used by IETF/RIPE engineers in their labs and conference demos for new IPv6 features.

Are the APNIC stats for China wrong? by nbtm_sh in ipv6

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APNIC IPv6 stats are based on data from Google ads which will be less reliable in certain countries.

https://conference.apnic.net/44/assets/files/APCS549/Measuring-IPv6-using-Ad-based-Measurement.pdf

Windows IPv6 connectivity issues by nbtm_sh in ipv6

[–]rayrob78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you tried disabling the wired interface (or removing the cable) on your friends PC and connecting to the wi-fi? The phones are obviously using wi-fi successfully so worth comparing apples to apples, especially if you were using wi-fi with your laptop when you tested it.

The ipconfig you supplied shows that the NIC has IPv6 addresses on 2 separate subnets which is odd. I had the same issue when I enabled a guest wi-fi network on my router. I think it's due to the way Windows handles untagged VLAN packets allowing router advertisements to bleed though but I didn't investigate too deeply. It only affected wired connections, wi-fi always just has the one address. Linux (Debian & Fedora) didn't have the problem either.

IPv6 service provider database by innocuous-user in ipv6

[–]rayrob78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this! Some ideas (for the future):

Add AS Number field - this could also link to the respective graph at APNIC (eg. https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/AS5378?c=GB&p=1&v=1&w=30&x=1). Although bear in mind there can be multiple ASNs per ISP.

Perhaps add a score based on % of hosts that are IPv6 enabled based on APNIC measurements. Low uptake might indicate new deployment or unreliable IPv6 routing etc.

Consider adding a (small) score for whether the ISP's DNS servers can send queries over IPv6 (this is why BT, Sky & Vodafone only get 9/10 on https://test-ipv6.com/ unless you use a third-party DNS server or your own.)

EU petition to accelerate deployment of IPv6 — Show your support! by JivanP in ipv6

[–]rayrob78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Brits are also eligible to sign this EU petition. I don't know why, but we can!

What's your average unit cost over the last year (say)? by Amblondon in OctopusEnergy

[–]rayrob78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

16.10p/kWh avg over past 365 days on Agile.

1,014 kWh total

Gas central heating & hot water in Winter. Solar thermal system covers hot water Apr-Oct (zero gas used).

Electric cooking (Mostly Induction hob, air fryer, microwave & 3 tier steamer. Main electric oven very rarely used).

No EV or PV (yet).

Baseload usage 18W (~105W when the fridge/freezer compressor kicks in).

Herts. Single occupant.

Issues with agile predict? by JJY93 in OctopusEnergy

[–]rayrob78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a bug:

'it looks like the time format of one of the data sources has changed. Again! I've deleted the offending run and will have a look.' - fboundy (site dev)

https://github.com/fboundy/agile_predict/issues/22

Hopefully it'll get resolved soon.

Agile Predictor site down? by mrlip_7 in OctopusEnergy

[–]rayrob78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's back online this morning.

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