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

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

Forgot to say you tried doing it since wires only cos some people have
managed to get it round here on that.
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Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Re: "Mid-Band" - Hope for rural Home Automa= tors!


> At least you have the POTENTIAL.
>
> My exchange IS enabled, but the Aluminium in the line sends the
> capacitance reading to 294nf (limit is 200)
>
> So I have zero chance.
>
> G.
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> "Mark Hetherington" <mark.egroups@xxxxxxx.= uk>
> Yesterday 21:36
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> Graham Howe wrote:
> > Exactly the same for me Ian, I couldn't agree more. To rub salt i= n
> > the wound, I actually walk past my exchange on the way to the loc= al
> > pub. It is only about 300m away from my house. But we live in a > > village of less than 2000 and they want over 25% to sign up befor= e
> > enabling the exchange. I'd like to see that sort of percentage ta= ke
> > up required in a city, they'd never get it!
>
> At least you have a trigger level set. There is no trigger level set f= or
> my
> exchange. :(
>
> It does have a higher registered interest at the moment that a number = of
> exchanges that do have a trigger level set and currently ranks at 831 = of
> 2770 tracked on adsl-guide.co.uk. If they ever do bother setting a tri= gger
> it will likely be as outrageous as the one on your exchange so of litt= le
> if
> any use in getting ADSL.
>
> > At least with my server doing a scheduled connect every 15 minute= s
> > during the day, I have a chance to access the home from work, but=
> > there really is no comparison with 'real broadband'.
>
> I have considered investing sufficiently to allow for a 24/7 dial up, = but
> since I am already paying more for HH than I would for ADSL I begrudge=
> being
> forced to spend even more money on it. Having had to use an analogue m= odem
> recently, I cannot bring myself to vote completely with my wallet by > returning to a modem and dropping HH.
>
> Thinking back to the ADSL trials and the proposals for "mid-band&= quot;, it will
> likely take just as long to get "mid-band" so is of no great= comfort. It
> will likely be priced just as unfavourably as HH. Personally I think t= here
> is more promise from the announcement to spend =A31bn of taxpayer mone= y to
> get
> broadband to all schools etc.
> http://n= ews.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2481785.stm
>
> Many rural areas do have schools so this will hopefully increase rural=
> areas
> chances to get broadband when their local school gets it. Still far fr= om
> ideal but at least it represents a more solid commitment by the govern= ment
> to act towards their "e-targets".
>
> If there are any elections coming up (not voted in years so I have los= t
> track of the timings) then all a party needs to do to buy my vote is > ensure
> that BB rollout is made to the whole country and immediately.
>
> I do wonder how many exchanges could have been enabled just by setting=
> aside
> a small proportion of the advertising budget for BB. Hmm, just caught = the
> end credits of CBB and guess who the sponsor is... yeah BT Broadband.<= BR> >
> Broadband appears to sell best to people when they use it, so set-up a=
> couple PCs in a supermarket one with one without and let people see it= in
> action. Drop the installation charge and sell additional services as S= ky
> did
> to expand Digital take-up while removing the entry barrier. BT should<= BR> > speculate to accumulate not just wait and try and get it all for nothi= ng.
>
> Mark.
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