[quote FlouncerSIT]@implantreplace We were in rural Northumberland. The other family member was in South Africa, where connections can often be flaky at best. We don't have load sharing in this country yet, althouth the way things are going, we might all have to learn to live with it before long.
Our journey that day took us up the A1(M) on a winter's day when, as usual, there had been accidents and delays of several hours, so by the time we passed the service stations where we might have been able to stop and pick up the WiFi, they were closed.
WiFi connections in rural Northumberland are, to put it mildly, not exactly fantastic. The nearest town to the village concerned was Morpeth, not exactly a brimming metropolis. The village itself is literally in the middle of nowhere. And once you come off the A1(M), a lot of that area is pitch black, given that night falls at around 3pm in the north in the winter.
And the point is that the "friend" had been consulted, several times, about whether it was acceptable to use their WiFi, given the timing. And they had replied, several times, having lost a parent themselves a couple of years earlier, that they "understood how important it was". But their actions didn't bear that out. It was all lip service (not uncommon with this particular ex friend on other matters as well).
I have other friends and relatives who will happily give you the WiFi along with a cup of coffee when you arrive as a matter of course, although mostly they work in tech and it's not far off the equivalent of showing you the bathroom and where you're going to sleep....[/quote]
My point was
Between you and your partner you had ZERO data
Absolutely nothing to do with the wifi situation