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soundbar coming up

04 Wednesday Jan 2023

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soundbar

Last spring I was in El Corte Inglés taking the escalator up to the top floor (gourmet food shop) and by chance noticed a Telefónica Movistar desk on the fourth floor. And there was no queue! So I thought I’d just check in to see if I could get a better deal on my internet-tv contract. Well imagine my surprise (horror!) when I discovered that for the past four years I’d been paying an extra 20 euros a month for a fucking sports channel that I didn’t even know I’d signed up for (!!!). So got that cancelled. Phew. And then it turned out that with my renewed contract I could choose a device from their online catalogue, which mostly included tablets, smart watches, smart tvs… none of which I needed. Especially as I was only looking at the ones that wouldn’t cost me anything and they weren’t especially interesting brands. Meanwhile for the past almost year Movistar has kept sending me reminder emails that I still haven’t chosen my device.

So the other day I had another look and saw that they had added some new 0€ options: a robot vacuum cleaner and a couple of soundbars. And I thought… soundbar? I mean, the robot vacuum might have been fun with the cats for a while, but then again, maybe not. I also wondered if there was a time limit on claiming my free device. Anyhoodle, this baby is now coming my way. I usually have the “hard of hearing” subtitles on for Peter since he is, well, hard of hearing. But this might make everything sound a bit nicer? What the heck, it’s free. And I was thinking that I might be able to play my music streaming using this, which would actually be very cool.

Anybody out there have one of these? Any advice?

UPDATE: It arrived! Took about 3 (very stress filled) hours to set up tho, mostly moving shelving and the tv stand around and then trying to find 2 more places to plug shit in. So far I’ve mostly noticed that the Netflix Da-Dum has way more bass.

iphone roaming

21 Tuesday Sep 2010

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Can anyone help me figure out the best and cheapest way to use my iPhone while I’m in the UK (starting tomorrow)? At first I was going to jailbreak the thing and get a UK sim card, but I couldn’t get through to any UK providers on their websites (seems you are only allowed to contact them if you already have an account – duh?) so I scrapped that idea. Then I called Telefónica to ask what I would be charged just using roaming … and that’s when I really started getting confused.

So okay, I get the part where I was told it would cost 39 cents a minute to make a call and 15 cents a minute to receive one, plus 35 cents to send an sms. Fine. But when I asked about connecting to internet I was told I would be charged 10 euros for every 1 mb (which means absolutely nothing to me). And when I asked about using WiFi instead I was told I’d be charged just the same. Huh? Just to be sure I called back a day or so later and was told something else (can’t remember what now – different rate charges that I forgot to write down). Then I had to check that my roaming thingy was activated, so I called back yesterday and thought I’d ask about the possible charges again and was told there would be NO charge for me to use internet while abroad because I had a flat rate contract with Telefónica. I asked him to repeat that, then I repeated it, and then I hung up still not believing it could be true.

I know that it’s important to deactivate Data Roaming while abroad (I never have that on anyhow), and I will shut off all but my main email account (can check the others on my laptop). But I still have no idea about the cost of using internet on my iPhone. The very words “roaming charges” fill me with dread. Help?