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Barry Collins is a former editor of PC Pro and doesn’t miss the days of hanging out of a bedroom window to catch a passing 3G signal.

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About 15 years ago, I woke up to a hissing sound. I’m used to people hissing when I’m talking, but when I’m sleeping? That was new.

I spent a bleary-eyed 15 minutes wandering around my newly bought home, trying to work out where the noise was coming from. Eventually I tracked it down to the hot-water

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