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Re: [LUG] [Fwd: Superfast internet cafe launches]

 

Mark wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 June 2006 11:37, James Fidell wrote:
> 
>>Julian Hall wrote:
>>
>>>FYI :)
>>>
>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/5123118.stm
>>
>>Accuracy in journalism; gotta love it.
>>
>>It's 50 times faster than typical broadband at 100Mb/s, so presumably
>>typical broadband is now 2Mb/s.  (I wonder what proportion of Cornwall
>>can get that?)
>>
>>
>>James
> 
> 
> I was just going to say the same thing....
> 
> Here, I get 512kb - so the Goonhilly connection is 200 times faster than me. 
> Perhaps instead of spouting about the technology they have, they need to roll 
> out a spot of realistic connectivity to the rest of rural Britain?
> 
> Mark
> 

I thought here in North Norfolk was pretty rural - we were certainly 
one of the later exchenges to get DSL enabled and I started at 512Kbs 
too. However, a few months back my ISP upgraded me to 2Mbps (and 
reduced my monthly subscription) and now, for the same money I have 
MAX ADSL which can achieve 'up to' 8Mbps depending on the cable 
conditions. I currently get anywhere between 3.9 and 5.2Mbps.

Ian

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