Re: Country bumpkin seeks fast internet connection

["Simon Coates" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Geoff,

We're right on the end of the exchange - about 4 miles distance.  Line
attenuation is 60dB and SNR is 10 to 12dB.
So I suppose I'm lucky to get anything.  Before the exchange forced to
speed it used to regulary drop to around 30k !!!

Regards

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff H
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: 11 April 2008 09:35
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Country bumpkin seeks fast internet connection


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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