Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 minute ago, scottsdad said: I'm guessing PlumperPass. No idea what this is however I will endeavour to find out today. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Days Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 45 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: I also read that he'd been informed about it previously but just ignored the warning. Do they never read emails? Probably was on a WhatsApp that somehow got deleted! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Absolutely reeks of the classic 'Aww I cannae work the computers son! Ah'm a dinosaur so ah um'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: No idea what this is however I will endeavour to find out today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 17 hours ago, ICTChris said: Could the bill be requested under Freedom of Information? That is an insane charge. How long was he in Morocoo for? https://www.three.co.uk/Support/Roaming_and_international/Mobile_roaming?content_aid=1214306361761 I agree it is insane but from your link that would be a little less than 2GB of data which would be easy to use up over a couple days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: No idea what this is however I will endeavour to find out today. Update: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Update: Karen found ? Couldnae !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Update: Quick question. Can you unsee it now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Twelve Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 3 hours ago, KingRocketman II said: This is much better as helps me understand the figure we are talking about. I always struggle for example with the length or height of something unless it is reported how many football pitches or stacked elephants it is the equivalent to. Did a few of my own to really nail down the sheer scale of this amount: - half the cost of a new Hyundai Bayon; - equivalent of 22 return flights from Glasgow to Rome (Ciampino not Fiumicino!) - haven't included getting to and from airport in costs; - 7860 tins of beans (Tesco. Heinz not Branston). I like to think of it as being equivalent to 0.000367% of Scotland's share of what the Tories corruptly spent on dodgy PPE through their COVID VIP lanes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 The thick plottens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Michael Matheson: £11k iPad minister warned year ahead of costs risk - BBC News Interesting... A Scottish government minister who ran up an £11,000 data roaming bill on his iPad in Morocco had been warned almost a year earlier to update his device. It is understood Mr Matheson was told via email to swap out the sim card in the device in February 2022. Mr Matheson was emailed by officials in February 2022, and it is thought highly likely he would have also been spoken to by IT staff when he had the sim card in his mobile phone changed later that year. Intriguing... The parliament has also said Mr Matheson did not notify its IT office that he was travelling to Africa - despite the fact members are told each recess that they should inform officials if they are taking devices abroad. Curious... An investigation was held by senior IT staff, which studied the billing history and found that a very large volume of data had been used. However it is understood they stopped short of checking the browsing history on the device. Mr Matheson assured officials that he had been using the iPad for parliament and constituency business, and on that basis it was decided the cost would be covered by the parliament. The story of Michael Matheson's roaming bill has caught the imagination, with everyone trying to work out exactly how such a huge bill could have been accrued. However unless the health secretary decides to volunteer the information - he has offered only that it was used legitimately for official business - we may never know. It's understood a huge volume of data was used, but officials didn't go to the extent of examining the browsing history on the device. Checking the receipts is one thing, but to actually carry out some kind of forensic audit of the iPad would have suggested that the parliament wasn't happy with Mr Matheson's explanation. They do have to take it on trust that members are being straight with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 While trying to access the website of local takeaway “Pork Hub” to order dinner, I accidentally typed the wrong address. This happened every day of the holiday, and on each occasion it required watching several videos to find a way out. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Alan Twelve said: I like to think of it as being equivalent to 0.000367% of Scotland's share of what the Tories corruptly spent on dodgy PPE through their COVID VIP lanes. indeed. The outrage arising from this is laughable particularly given many of those seem quite content with the billions that the Tories waste, mis-direct and skim off. I guess roaming data charges is a bit more relatable than registering a company with Companies House in order to supply dodgy PPE at inflated prices. In saying all that, Matheson should have been made to pay back the costs. A proportion of his salary per month over 1-2 years would have been reasonable. I can also see how his justifications would also get people's back's up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Of course it's a drop in the ocean compared to the tories, but it's this sort of avoidable, clownshoes behaviour that has damaged the SNP so much over the last few years. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 7 hours ago, Suspect Device said: Do they never read emails? No way, they may be from constituents. Imagine having to deal with them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 3 hours ago, scottsdad said: Quick question. Can you unsee it now? Burned onto my retinas. To be fair to Morocco Matheson, the IT person who advised him probably came in and said "you see m8 you need to unplug the RS3847 lead and reroute the multichip interface through your GPX3498 card, remember and use the a Cat6 that transmits 10 Gbps (NOT 20Gbps FFS) and daisy chain that through the LAN to the PABX via your UPS". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 3 hours ago, scottsdad said: Quick question. Can you unsee it now? Burned onto my retinas. To be fair to Morocco Matheson, the IT person who advised him probably came in and said "you see m8 you need to unplug the RS3847 lead and reroute the multichip interface through your GPX3498 card, remember and use the a Cat6 that transmits 10 Gbps (NOT 20Gbps FFS) and daisy chain that through the LAN to the PABX via your UPS". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Bit cheeky of him to claim he's contributing £3000 of the bill when it's covered as expenses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 He's paying it back, apparently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Health Secretary Michael Matheson agrees to pay back £11k iPad bill - BBC News He's now decided to pay himself. Who could possibly have foreseen this would be the eventual outcome eh? Not he, his staff or party chiefs even yesterday seemingly. Totally self-inflicted OG. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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