Recent content by mikedt

You probably don't need to use a VPN in the US, because of unrestricted internet access.

Yeah, I couldn't get into this site yesterday, both with Firefox and Konqueror. Didn't see any messages about expired certificates or other problems.

I know Astrill VPN has servers in Turkey, and I believe supports SSL or TLS, although I've not tried this for myself. Fast, Secure & Anonymous VPN | Astrill VPN I'm in China, not America, and so have explored and used a few VPN services. At the moment I'm using Hoxx. But they don't have servers...

Reinstall Windows? Just a guess, otherwise no idea as I've not used that OS since Vista.(n)

You have a Samsung phone? Are you using the stock Samsung messages app, or something else? Do you have the APN setup correctly and enabled? Because a working APN is required to send MMS.

I'll give another vote for LINUX. (y) I've not had a Windows system since Vista back in 2008. For a while now I've been using MX Linux on a Macbook Air, after Apple stopped supporting it with updates. I'm using the KDE Plasma desktop, and very happy with it.

"MAP type texting"?? That's something I've never heard of, and I've been using many Android devices for over 15 years now.

When in Hangzhou take a walk around West Lake. (y) I was in Hong Kong and then Zhuhai last week via the Hong Kong, Macao, Zhuhai Bridge. Came back to Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia on the high speed trains via Beijing. So if you want me to buy you a beer, come to our home in Ulanqab. (y)

That's Hong Kong Airport?

Welcome to Chynah!

Nixon: Watergate Trump: Escalatorgate

One night in Hong Kong, then onto Zhuhai

China Unicom 1gbs fibre-optic broadband connected to a TP-Link wireless router sat on top of the fridge-freezer, 2 Macbooks (1 with macOS, 1 with MX Linux), 1 Xiaomi tablet, and 2 smart-phones (Samsung & Vivo).

That's a good reason to use a non-US VPN (y)

FWIW here's a couple of traceroutes from where I am. I haven't noticed any slowdown with these fora. ~ % traceroute 147.182.165.119 traceroute to 147.182.165.119 (147.182.165.119), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 14.515 ms 4.605 ms 7.182 ms 2 192.168.1.1...