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Friday, March 29, 2024
EASTER - GOOD FRIDAY
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Optus Overseas Roaming
While I was in Italy, there was a bit of a hiccup with Optus. Now I am back I thought I would try and get my info straightened out.
It started with me receiving warnings from optus about incurring extra costs
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I contacted my account manager
Hi
Sahil, Thur Feb 15 @4:44am
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Hi Frank
Thanks for reaching out.
I can confirm your plan includes 2GB Roaming data and unlimited talk and text in Zone 1 countries. In regards to the text message you have received about additional charges I have raised a case for our back end team to look into it. I will let you know once I have an update from them. Also, I have enabled Roaming pass for you ($10 per day with 1GB) to avoid standard roaming charges.
The 1GB/$10/day roaming pass. The Optus Roaming Pass includes:
- Unlimited standard talk (mobile plans only) & SMS (excl. MMS)
- 1GB of data to use while travelling overseas.
- Optus Roaming Pass is $10 for 24 hours or until 1GB of data is used (whichever comes first). If active, a pass will automatically start when you use your service overseas in an eligible destination (subject to change).
- If you exceed 1GB of data or 24 hours elapses and you continue to roam in an eligible destination, another $10 pass will automatically apply and the 24-hour timer restarts. Any unused data will expire.
Hope this helps.
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On 15 Feb 2024, at 2:52 am, Sahil Bansal <sahil.bansal@optus.com.au> wrote:
Hi Frank
The $5 for 5GB Roaming option is only available on our in market plan.
If you like I can change your plan to the $59 plan (attached) which will automatically enable that Roaming option.
Please let me know if you would like me to update the plan.
Sahil Bansal
Business Account Manager
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Thu, Feb 15, 4:12 PM
The $59 plan for now
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Thu, Feb 15, 4:50 PM
Hi Frank
I can change the plan to the $59 Business Choice Plan but just letting you know that I won’t be able to put your number back on existing plan. Also, the new plan doesn’t include Roaming as part of the plan.
Please confirm you are fine with it.
Kind Regards,Sahil Bansal
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Hi Frank
Thanks for confirming.
I have updated the plan now.==================================================
Fast Forward to 26-MARCH-2024 and I am back in Brisbane.
Checked the billing and the only way to see what is happening on on the PDF bills and there is only the end of Feb bill available when I log into and it has no sign of any $10 charges. Only an appropriate number of $5 charges.
Searched "Optus Roaming" with google:
I find this url
https://www.optus.com.au/mobile/plans/international-roaming
26-MAR-2024 I logged onto "My Optus" and it seems to only have the $10 option
The web site says
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One Drive Says It is Sync'd but isn't
Disconnecting and reconnecting as described below fixed this problem
Task Bar says up to date
Windows file explorer shows not up to date.
PDF files do not seem to be going up
Looking at the web version and the non sync'd files definitely not there.
And checked we have plenty of free space.
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Right click on the task bar and choose Settings
I sent microsoft a note explaining the problem and I even gave them the link to this blog post.
Microsoft Help leads to:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/home/contact?linkquery=Help%20me%20troubleshoot%20OneDrive%20sync%20issues
- Select the white or blue OneDrive cloud icon in the taskbar.
Select Help & Settings then Settings.
On the Account tab, click Unlink this PC and then Unlink account.
Close OneDrive.
Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog.
Enter the path %localappdata%\Microsoft\OneDrive\settings and select OK.
Delete the PreSignInSettingsConfig.json file.
Press the Windows key and type OneDrive.
- When you sign in, OneDrive will prompt you that "a folder already exists" - select Use this folder.
Tip: Select Choose new folder if you want to move your OneDrive to a new location, or if you were having sync issues. -
Once your files have re-synced, you can clean up your PC folder view and choose which folders to sync to your PC.
This feels like a good thing.
Now we wait.....
Sunday, March 24, 2024
dinner at Phoebe's
Monday, March 18, 2024
SUN 17 MAR - London Transport Museum
Marcus, Sophie, Henry & Frank took the 341 bus to the city. Walked around Covent Gardens looking for lunch. Eventually settled on The Petersham Nurseries Deli for lunch. Then Sopie peeled off and the three boys went to see the London Transport Museum. This was mainly my desire as I was hoping to buy a post card or two associated with the tube or rail tech.
Like the science museum, it's light on technical info which I think is kind of disappointing. It's geared to little kids.
Frank & MarcusWhy is that people are getting wider but modern seats are narrower?
Travel Notes
Need to take 7 lots of Polo shirts, socks, undies plus ski socks.
No ordinary Tee shirts because I need the pocket for my glasses.
Henry had suggested to bring a small umbrella and that was very very good advice.
I am very very happy with this.
took two and that was the right amount.
I used my cc all the time - no cash ever.
Need a train card - Apparently there is an app but multiple people said it does not work. One can buy an all day ticket for about 8 Euros. Also the price at the machine was less than the price advised on a nearby summary.
Saturday, March 16, 2024
SAT 17 MAR - Family Dinner
Haley and Kara (Daughters of Peter) came to dinner. Marcus and Sophoe cooked up a beautiful vegetarian pasta dish.
Henry and I contributed wine and 'Butter Beans' - I was messaged to buy these but I had never heard of them.
Sophie cooked up an amazing meal.
Marcus made home made pasta
SAT 17 MAR Finsbury parkrun
Congratulations on completing your 20th parkrun and your 1st at Finsbury parkrun today.
Your time was 00:41:14. You finished in 715th place out of a field of 741 parkrunners.
You beat the 4yo girl with pig tails and the dad with two kids and a dog in and out of the pram.
You were the 369th male and came 14th in your age category VM60-64.
Well done on your first result at Finsbury parkrun. We have set this as your PB.You achieved an age-graded score of 39.25%.
Your son Marcus came in at less than half your time on 20minutes and Henry and Haley were also way faster at 21 minutes.
The course was two laps of the park. I'm wondering if they did that second lap
Cleaopatras Needle
In Paris, we saw Cleopatra's needle and Henry advised that there are four of them. London, New York, Berlin as well as Paris.
Wikapedia seems to be in a whirl about these things.