Re: Computer not booting up properly
Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 2:32 am
Just spent yet another late night sorting out the multiple problems arising from my attempt to register the tablet on the Asda Mobile network (which now piggy-backs off Vodafone).
It's an example of how complex the technology is and how even the networks' employees do not fully understand it. In the beginning, I inserted an Asda Mobile SIM into the tablet but, when I tried to register an online account, the Asda Mobile website said "temporarily unavailable" and my requests for help went unanswered. (I have now registered the tablet with a different network).
However, a £7 charge somehow got generated (presumably for mobile data), even though I didn't have an active account! And the demand was sent by Vodafone via text message, instead of from Asda Mobile who sent me the SIM card!
Nobody can explain why Vodafone became involved and the two networks are currently blaming each other and arguing about whom I should pay and how - I never received a proper invoice in any form!
It's all a bit crazy and very time-wasting. Computer technology DOES have its place and does solve problems - if it is properly managed and works efficiently, but complexity is the big issue and many, many people have said that IT creates as many problems as it resolves. Sometime, that will have to be confronted - because the alternative is surely that the technology will grow to be so complex and cumbersome that it is of no benefit to humans in their daily lives and just grinds to a chaotic halt. As it indeed already does at times, depriving people of communications, essential services and cash!
It's an example of how complex the technology is and how even the networks' employees do not fully understand it. In the beginning, I inserted an Asda Mobile SIM into the tablet but, when I tried to register an online account, the Asda Mobile website said "temporarily unavailable" and my requests for help went unanswered. (I have now registered the tablet with a different network).
However, a £7 charge somehow got generated (presumably for mobile data), even though I didn't have an active account! And the demand was sent by Vodafone via text message, instead of from Asda Mobile who sent me the SIM card!
Nobody can explain why Vodafone became involved and the two networks are currently blaming each other and arguing about whom I should pay and how - I never received a proper invoice in any form!
It's all a bit crazy and very time-wasting. Computer technology DOES have its place and does solve problems - if it is properly managed and works efficiently, but complexity is the big issue and many, many people have said that IT creates as many problems as it resolves. Sometime, that will have to be confronted - because the alternative is surely that the technology will grow to be so complex and cumbersome that it is of no benefit to humans in their daily lives and just grinds to a chaotic halt. As it indeed already does at times, depriving people of communications, essential services and cash!