On 08-Oct-04 Chris Green wrote:
On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 09:34:49PM +0100, Ted Harding wrote:
On 08-Oct-04 Chris Green wrote:
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Well I suppose what we're getting is DSL, it's broadband (512kB/s in our case) and it's symmetrical. It's a radio system, we're on a rural exchange which won't get ADSL for a while yet.
Chris,
Can you expand on the details of the system a bit?
And where are you? Radio broadband is something I'm trying to get a hook into for where I live (which seems to be the Black Hole of the Fens and may never get ADSL).
We're at Newbourne in South Suffolk. The Radio broadband is being installed by a company called Red Moon Internet, see:- http://broadband.redmoon.uk.net/redsub.nsf/pages/home
The local area has a company called Communet which started it all:- http://www.communet-ltd.co.uk/
I think these two web sites should tell you all about it.
Thanks for this info, Chris. Interesting reading, though apparently it's all taking place a long way from me!
I had a brief burst of hope recently when I read that a company called Trilogy Telecom had a contract with East Cambs DC to "roll out ADSL to rural exchanges in East Cambs".
Checked their website, and saw that their plans were reaching out to places within 3 miles from me on the Westerly side. So contacted them. Unfortunately my exchange (Brandon Creek) is in Norfolk (just): the line crosses the river, 2 miles upstream, into Cambs to serve my patch. They said this was outside their remit (even though, from the phone numbers, Brandon Creek clearly hangs off the Ely net). So much for Council Tax benefits ...
In this area, it looks as though wireless may be the way to go, since there's not enough population density to persuade the telecoms to invest in the hard-wired stuff (the "Register of Interest" for Brandon Creek has been stuck at 9 registrations since 2001 -- I'm No 9!). Radio can broadcast over extended areas with no extra expense linked directly to distance (provided within overall range).
I've registered with the EEDA website:
http://www.demandbroadband.com/bbb-news/home.asp
but it still looks like a black hole!
Any usefull collateral info would be welcome!
Cheers, Ted.
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