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

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

Which is what can already be done with a single ISDN line and a 128k dial u= p
ISP, so where's the progress???
Why don't they use ADSL lines with lower bit rates for customers further away from the exchange.  Many people would accept a bit rate less than=
512kbps - with the actual bit rate dependant upon the quality of the lines<= BR> and connections (and weather) - especially if it was a true always on with<= BR> approx 256kbps.  I for one would :o)
It's a pity BT don't have a system where they could send an engineer to do = a
line test, who could give you an indication of your maximum bitrate - and then you could decide whether it was fast enough to subscribe.  Anythi= ng
over 128kbps with a low contention ratio would be worth considering.

Simon


----- Original Message -----
From: <alex.goodyear@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 20 November 2002 16:39
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] "Mid-Band" - Hope for rural Home Automators= !


>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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