What Has Video Conferencing Shown Us?

In these strange times of this lock-down under the COVID-19 epidemic we have seen how Video Conferencing has taken off. There have been some inventive uses particular a product called ZOOM which has been pulled from the unknown into the mainstream use. Other companies are slowly catching up with some business only software being made available to everyone for a limited period.

Now that we can see what can be done, there is even talk of people working more from home in the future.

What can we take away from all this? While watching a Boogie Bounce session on Zoom and catching up with family over Skype, one thing sticks in my mind... "How cr*p some peoples broadband really is!" I have seen a better picture from someone on the other side of the world then from someone about nineteen miles away in the same county of Norfolk. If working from home is going to be 'the new norm' then something has got to be done about bringing broadband up to a level playing field.

This knob Can Make a Difference

According to car insurance company Admiral just having one of these, an automatic transmission in my car I could be paying on average 5.63% more on my insurance. It get worse, having an automatic only license could mean an extra 43.89% on your premium. 

"This seems to be down to a claims frequency that is 19.23% higher than those with a full licence. Average claim cost is roughly the same across all licence types; this implies automatic licence holders are more likely to have an accident than those with a full licence."

This seems very unlikely or fair, though some pensioners do go for automatics. For me I started to learn to drive when I was 18 years like most people but University got in the way so I stopped. I also spent most of the following years at University or living in London so decided I probably couldn't afford to park there. When I started again I was quiet old and so thought that an Automatic would be easier and quicker to learn with the idea that I 'could' have a test in a manual should I need too.

My insurance is not particularly high. The only issue I have seen is when abroad the choice of an automatic car not being as many and cost of hiring is higher.