petethesparky
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I’m on Orange/Tmob and over the last couple of weeks I’ve been getting a good HSDPA signal but no data flow, usually in the mornings. Before that it has been great with no downtime whatsoever for the last year or so.
What sometimes works for me is putting the phone into ‘Airplane’ mode (spelling intentional), waiting for a few seconds, then putting it back into normal mode. This forces the phone to re-register on the network and often solves the problem.
I have heard rumours that the networks are slowly downgrading their 3G networks in order to ‘nudge’ people over to 4G. The trouble with that is, 4G is quite a bit more expensive right now, and the hardware in a lot of current handsets isn’t 4G compatible.
My daughter is a huge Marvel fan, and when she told me about this event I could hardly refuse, especially with it being right on the doorstep.
Man, am I glad she asked me! It was an absolutely fantastic day out. We had the early-bird tickets (10am Entry) so we got there at about 9.40am, and there was plenty of free car parking.
We got in about 10.10am and I instantly made my way to a hero of mine, Robert LLewellyn (Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge, How do they do it?, Carpool) and had a nice chat with him. I bought his book (News from Gardenia) and he signed it for me along with a photo of him as his Red Dwarf character, Kryten.
My daughter dragged me off to meet Warwick Davis (Harry Potter, Willow, Life’s too short, Merlin…) and what an absolute gent he turned out to be. Not only did he autograph pictures for my daughter and her friend, he posed for photo’s – which are supposed to be chargeable – and totally made my daughter’s day. She hasn’t shut up about him since!
There were plenty of celebs there as you will see if you check out the event website, and plenty of other sci-fi and geek related things. I was impressed to see some of the big-hitters from Game of Thrones there, along with American stars and a few from cult tv-shows. There were also lots of writers and illustrators there, mixed in with the stalls and board-game demo’s.
Even though we weren’t affected, we did notice the queue when we went to a different building for a Q&A session with one of the celebs, and we couldn’t believe people were still waiting to get in 5 hours after the event had opened, but no one was really moaning – I think the weather staying dry had a lot to do with that.
Just to round off a great day, I was waiting for the kids by the door at the end and who should come down the stairs but Anthony Head (Buffy, Little Britain, The Inbetweeners…) and asked how I was! We got chatting about “teenagers” and had a laugh before he had to go. I was buzzing!
This was my first comicon, but definitely won’t be the last! I think they will need to expand to a bigger building next time, or if they don’t, they should make it a 2 day event. Mercury Promotions did a great job in my opinion. They obviously weren’t expecting such a large turnout but I think they’ll learn for next time.
There is a poll on their website about the venue and there is an option for Chester. I really think we should try and keep this in Wrexham as Chester already seems to get enough decent events.
A great day out!
