RE: "Mid-Band" - Hope for rural Home Automators!

[alex.goodyear@xxxxxxx]

>From www.silicon.com

"Midband consists of two 64Kbps connections bundled together to create= a
128Kbps channel. It will not be completely always-on, but it will provide 'always-on' email," explained Danon.

Trials of Midband are expected to begin in March or April of next year.
Danon would not disclose how much it will cost, except that it will be
"cheaper, but not much cheaper" than BT Broadband, which costs = =A327 per
month. He added that BT did not regard Midband as a broadband product.

Danon told the e-Summit he was optimistic that BT Wholesale's ADSL network,=
which currently covers 66 per cent of the population, could eventually reac= h
90 per cent. He said he believes that the existing measures BT is taking to=
address the broadband divide, such as its pre-registration scheme, would bring coverage up to 80 per cent, with further progress dependent on
technological progress.

These could include measures to extend the physical distance over which ADS= L
will work, satellite and wireless broadband, and mini-DSLAMs. "We beli= eve
that by mid-2005, broadband services could be available to around 90 per cent of the country," predicted Danon.

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Alex.

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