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Old January 8th 04, 07:37 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Tim S Kemp
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"Kerry Hoskin" wrote in message
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I've seen broadband via SKY demoed at an IT event I attended last year

(I'm
an IT Manager) its very impressive and priced the same as ADSL. The only
trouble is you're limited on your upload speeds to the speed of your modem
33.6 or ISDN if you're using that.


and your phone line is engaged, so add the cost of a second phone line...


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Old January 8th 04, 07:55 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Julian Fowler
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:37:27 -0000, "Tim S Kemp"
wrote:


"Kerry Hoskin" wrote in message
...
I've seen broadband via SKY demoed at an IT event I attended last year

(I'm
an IT Manager) its very impressive and priced the same as ADSL. The only
trouble is you're limited on your upload speeds to the speed of your modem
33.6 or ISDN if you're using that.


and your phone line is engaged, so add the cost of a second phone line...


.... and there's considerable latency on d/l, and AFAIR there's a
ridiculously low monthly bandwidth quota. I suspect that apart from
very remote areas, satellite "broadband" is going to be a non-starter;
BT will (eventually) find ways of enabling ADSL at most of their
exchanges, as local wireless services introduce some real competition
....

Julian


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Old January 8th 04, 07:55 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Julian Fowler
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Default DAB reception

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:37:27 -0000, "Tim S Kemp"
wrote:


"Kerry Hoskin" wrote in message
...
I've seen broadband via SKY demoed at an IT event I attended last year

(I'm
an IT Manager) its very impressive and priced the same as ADSL. The only
trouble is you're limited on your upload speeds to the speed of your modem
33.6 or ISDN if you're using that.


and your phone line is engaged, so add the cost of a second phone line...


.... and there's considerable latency on d/l, and AFAIR there's a
ridiculously low monthly bandwidth quota. I suspect that apart from
very remote areas, satellite "broadband" is going to be a non-starter;
BT will (eventually) find ways of enabling ADSL at most of their
exchanges, as local wireless services introduce some real competition
....

Julian


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julian (at) bellevue-barn (dot) org (dot) uk
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Old January 8th 04, 10:02 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
tony sayer
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In article , Julian Fowler
writes
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:37:27 -0000, "Tim S Kemp"
wrote:


"Kerry Hoskin" wrote in message
...
I've seen broadband via SKY demoed at an IT event I attended last year

(I'm
an IT Manager) its very impressive and priced the same as ADSL. The only
trouble is you're limited on your upload speeds to the speed of your modem
33.6 or ISDN if you're using that.


and your phone line is engaged, so add the cost of a second phone line...


... and there's considerable latency on d/l, and AFAIR there's a
ridiculously low monthly bandwidth quota. I suspect that apart from
very remote areas, satellite "broadband" is going to be a non-starter;
BT will (eventually) find ways of enabling ADSL at most of their
exchanges, as local wireless services introduce some real competition
...


Like they did round here and were let down by government agency funders
after they had committed to spend and mysteriously BT start announcing
revised lower trigger levels etc:-((

Julian



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Old January 8th 04, 10:02 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
tony sayer
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In article , Julian Fowler
writes
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:37:27 -0000, "Tim S Kemp"
wrote:


"Kerry Hoskin" wrote in message
...
I've seen broadband via SKY demoed at an IT event I attended last year

(I'm
an IT Manager) its very impressive and priced the same as ADSL. The only
trouble is you're limited on your upload speeds to the speed of your modem
33.6 or ISDN if you're using that.


and your phone line is engaged, so add the cost of a second phone line...


... and there's considerable latency on d/l, and AFAIR there's a
ridiculously low monthly bandwidth quota. I suspect that apart from
very remote areas, satellite "broadband" is going to be a non-starter;
BT will (eventually) find ways of enabling ADSL at most of their
exchanges, as local wireless services introduce some real competition
...


Like they did round here and were let down by government agency funders
after they had committed to spend and mysteriously BT start announcing
revised lower trigger levels etc:-((

Julian



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Tony Sayer

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Old January 8th 04, 11:52 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:23:31 -0000
"Kerry Hoskin" wrote:


I've seen broadband via SKY demoed at an IT event I attended last year (I'm
an IT Manager) its very impressive and priced the same as ADSL.


priced the same? since when?

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Old January 8th 04, 11:52 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:23:31 -0000
"Kerry Hoskin" wrote:


I've seen broadband via SKY demoed at an IT event I attended last year (I'm
an IT Manager) its very impressive and priced the same as ADSL.


priced the same? since when?

--
Spyros lair: http://www.mnementh.co.uk/ |||| Maintainer: arm26 linux

Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with ketchup.
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Old January 8th 04, 11:53 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:55:15 +0000
Julian Fowler wrote:

and there's considerable latency on d/l


no great surprise - the backchannel is slow, and the satellite is a decent fraction of the way to the moon ;-)

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Old January 8th 04, 11:53 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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Default DAB reception

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:55:15 +0000
Julian Fowler wrote:

and there's considerable latency on d/l


no great surprise - the backchannel is slow, and the satellite is a decent fraction of the way to the moon ;-)

--
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Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with ketchup.
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Old January 9th 04, 09:41 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Kerry Hoskin
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Default DAB reception

I wish I could remember the name of the company, the show was in Exeter back
in the autumn. Prices for 256, 512 and 1mb were on par with ADSL. The
system uses your existing Sky dish but you do need a dual lnb.

Kerry

"Ian Molton" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:23:31 -0000
"Kerry Hoskin" wrote:


I've seen broadband via SKY demoed at an IT event I attended last year

(I'm
an IT Manager) its very impressive and priced the same as ADSL.


priced the same? since when?

--
Spyros lair: http://www.mnementh.co.uk/ |||| Maintainer: arm26 linux

Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are tasty and good with

ketchup.


 




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