RE: Broadband in the sticks?

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

> > > a tiny town with no broadband.  What are their options to
get
> > > broadband?
> >
> > move? :-)
>=20
> They've not even moved in yet!

Even better, just steer the removal van towards the nearest village that
_is_ on the information superhighway :D

> Yeah, I've seen the sat/phone ones for less than ADSL or a=20
> cable modem,=20
> but I think it's about =A3150/month for 2 way satellite, which=20
> isn't too much.

I guess if they are going to share it with other locals then it's not a
horrendous price......

> > NTL were trialling a fixed wireless system about 6/12=20
> months ago.  Dunno
> > what's happened to it, if it's being rolled=20
> out/abandoned/whatever......
>=20
> It was trialled in London.  Don't know if it went any further.

I know - at a time when I desperately wanted up get a cable modem (Still
wa=
s
waiting for blue yoda to do my area) they did the trial and the catchment
area stopped about 1/4 of a mile from my house - boy was I p*ssed :-(
Thankfully blueyoda came through about a month later and I lost track of
th=
e
NTL trial......


Tony


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