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miktdish
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 Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: 1 month subscription |
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Hi
Have you stopped the 1 month (£2) subscription ?
All I can find is the £19 annual.
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gardenshed
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: Re: 1 month subscription |
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| miktdish wrote: | Hi
Have you stopped the 1 month (£2) subscription ?
All I can find is the £19 annual.
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Dame Edna |
they are annual now to try to deter piracy |
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miktdish
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: 1 month subscription |
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| gardenshed wrote: | | miktdish wrote: | Have you stopped the 1 month (£2) subscription ?
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they are annual now to try to deter piracy |
I'm sorry to hear that. £2 was the right money for the database. The only change I have noted (since June) is the roadworks on the A90 have now gone so my Garmin "pings" me.
Even on a recent trip from Plymouth to Edinburgh (via Folkstone) the database was not innacurate.
I guess they know what they are doing but I would have thought that £2 is not worth pirating.
Has the situation improved since this change do you know ? |
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PaulB2005
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Location: Durham, UK
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I guess they know what they are doing but I would have thought that £2 is not worth pirating. |
You'd have thought but it was being widely pirate.
| Quote: | | Has the situation improved since this change do you know ? |
It's not even been a week yet. However as we can trace those that upload the database to file sharing sites and P2P networks we can ban them. They now loose £19 a time instead of £2. |
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miktdish
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| PaulB2005 wrote: |
| Quote: | | Has the situation improved since this change do you know ? |
It's not even been a week yet. However as we can trace those that upload the database to file sharing sites and P2P networks we can ban them. They now loose £19 a time instead of £2. |
Well that makes sense. Good luck.
It's a shame that there are those wishing to undermine you. |
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korndog
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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I used to just do the monthly subscription because the updates seem to be more than a month apart so I didn't bother every month.
I've actually just subscribed for the year so I hope the updates come more regularly than they have been doing.
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jrus5gf
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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Yep its a pity the monthly subs have been stopped I am on a very very limited income so I cant afford £19 in one lump
Anyhow good luck with the good work |
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Andy_P
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Location: West and Southwest London
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| korndog wrote: | ....the updates seem to be more than a month apart so I didn't bother every month.
I've actually just subscribed for the year so I hope the updates come more regularly than they have been doing. |
They have usually been coming at least twice a month for ages now. This month one was missed because MaFt who admins the database was allowed to have a holiday.
These are the dates I downloaded new versions:
28 April 2006
28 May 2006
30 June 2006
22 July 2006
17 Aug 2006
30 Aug 2006
15 Sep 2006
03 Oct 2006
10 Oct 2006
25 Oct 2006
08 Nov 2006
20 Nov 2006
30 Nov 2006
13 Dec 2006
22 Dec 2006
11 Jan 2007
25 Jan 2007
14 Feb 2007
28 Feb 2007
09 Mar 2007
23 Mar 2007
5th April 2007
18th April 2007
1st May 2007
17th May 2007
30th May 2007
18th June 2007
10th July 2007
27th July 2007
20th August 2007
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korndog
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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All I meant was it used to be twice a month but then it dropped to once or sometimes less.
I do appreciate the hard work you guys put in. It's saved me a few points and probably my job. Have a good weekend
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Border_Collie
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Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | All I meant was it used to be twice a month but then it dropped to once or sometimes less. |
No. It used to be once per month until July 2006 and then mostly became twice per month.
Since May this year.
30th May 2007 to 18th June 2007 = 19 day gap.
18th June 2007 to 10th July 2007 = 22 days
10th July 2007 to 27th July 2007 = 17 days
27th July 2007 to 20th August 2007 = 24 days
20th August 2007 to 21st September 2007 = 32 days
Only one went over a month without an update. |
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miktdish
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Lost_Property wrote: | It used to be once per month until July 2006 and then mostly became twice per month.
Only one went over a month without an update. |
Just out of interest and to schwing us away from any bickering. What typically changes each update ?
Are you totally reliant on us users to provide you with info (?) or are you also questioning the planning authorities/camera partnerships too ?
How many "new" static camera's are there each month/update ?
What changes the most (road works I guess ;o) ? |
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Andy_P
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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If you look at THIS TOPIC it gives details of every release, and what has changed.
(this is in the "Dedicated Subscribers area" of the forum, so you need to be logged in to access it).
If you click the link saying "Watch this topic" at the bottom, you will get an email whenever a new version of the database is released |
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miktdish
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Stunning - thanks .... |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:19 am Post subject: |
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for the uk as a very rough guide there are usually about 15-20 new static cameras added each month, about 5-10 temporary/specs (roadworks) added/removed each month and around 5-10 static cameras removed.
we could spend a considerable amount of time calculating exactly what has changed but to be honest i don't think it's worth the time and effort.
as for asking SCP's etc for info all you ever get are answers like 'there is one on the a650 near bradford' or 'please see our website for full details' which then tells you 'there is one near wakefield' - not helpful at all, and no where near accurate enough!
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miktdish
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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| MaFt wrote: | | for the uk as a very rough guide there are usually about 15-20 new static cameras added each month, about 5-10 temporary/specs (roadworks) added/removed each month and around 5-10 static cameras removed. |
That's quite a monthly increase. The bike press (well MCN at least) is full of the decrease in mobile usage, quoting some SCP's down by several hundreds of hours per month. South Yorks mobiles spent 110 hours less in June 2007 than they did in June 2006. I have spotted the difference too. In Edinburgh, just as you approach the airport, a van used to sit regularly on the left by a footbridge. I haven't seen it for at least 7 months. There used to be a police man hiding in the bushes on the A7 too but he's not been there for a while either.
| MaFt wrote: | | we could spend a considerable amount of time calculating exactly what has changed but to be honest i don't think it's worth the time and effort. |
You're right, it's not, I was interested and would have enjoyed looking at the graph if this was a simple, single button, function of your database.
| MaFt wrote: | as for asking SCP's etc for info all you ever get are answers like 'there is one on the a650 near bradford' or 'please see our website for full details' which then tells you 'there is one near wakefield' - not helpful at all, and no where near accurate enough!
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Which considering they are supposed to be "in the public record" is poor to say the least.
Just one more question - how many subscribers do you have now ? |
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