Re: Country bumpkin seeks fast internet connection

[Geoff H <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Poor line speeds are not just the preserve of people living in the
countryside.

My mother lives in the middle of a suburb and can only achieve a 1Mb
connection.

Geoff


Simon Coates wrote:
> If you can get 1M then you're lucky - best I can get is 450k and
that's with a forced connection by special arrangement with the exchange.
> If you get satellite then expect really bad ping.
> You might get BT's 21CN sooner than you think.
>
> Regards
>
> Another country bumpkin.
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: biggles299
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: 10 April 2008 21:03
>   Subject: [ukha_d] Country bumpkin seeks fast internet connection
>
>
>   OI lives out in the country and have right proper problems getting
fast internet connection.
>
>   The best I can get from the exchange is 1Mb on a good day. Seems
someone thought
>   baleing twine would be better than copper or fibre. The exchange is
allegedly 8MB enabled
>   (no LLU) but because it is almost 2miles from the village centre I
have yet to see better than
>   4Mb anywhere. We are a further mile outside the village hence our
lousy connection.
>   We don't have mains gas or sewerage so the chances of cable reaching
us sometime before
>   the next millenium are pretty slim
>
>   My question is can anybody comment on what the TRUE performance of
Satellite internet
>   connection is, not just download speed for large files but latency,
ping times etc. Does it still
>   require a phone line or broadband connection.
>   Is there a hybrid system that uses both broadband and Satellite to
give you good response
>   for smaller file stuff but a good download speed when you want it?
>
>   Thanks
>   Charles
>
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