Re: [LUG] (slightly OT) Sat. and wireless broadband

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

As an aside (and just ignore me if you already know ;o)) if you go to
http://www.bt.com/broadband you can punch in your telephone number and
it will tell you not only whether your local exchange has broadband, but
if not how many requests BT expect before they will install it, and how
many they have already had:

e.g. if they want 250 and they've had 249 you're in business <g>

Kind regards,

Julian



On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 19:22, dan prisk wrote:
> Hey
> 
> 	As pretty much everyone on here is well aware broadband is not readily 
> available in Cornwall at the moment. So once again I have started looking 
> into Satellite broadband. I've also, just recently come across the various 
> companie who are starting up community based broadband projects, which is a 
> really nice idea. 
> 
> 	Satellite and wireless broadband is still something of a mystery to me 
> however, and I really have no idea about the compnies involved in it. So I 
> was wondering if anyone on here has any experience in the matter and could 
> point me at one of the better companies or something. I'm ideally looking for 
> 2 way with linux compatability and static IP.
> 
> 	I found what seems to be a good list over at the Rabbit-broadband* page but I 
> really don't know which of the companies are worthwhile!
> 
> http://www.rabbit-broadband.org.uk/solutions/index.asp
> 
> 	Any help appreciated.
> 
> 		Dan
> 
> 
> *Rabbit-broadband being a rather cool initiative to subsidise rural companies 
> to get broadband where ADSL isn't available.
> 
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