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Quoting Rhia Knowles <rhiadratech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Are they gonna want to wait that long? The kids were talking like they expected the internet access to be ...erm accessible already... so it might be better to try and keep the momentum going, if we can...
From what I understand, they don't have any internet access yet. I spoke to Mark and Bryn about this when I first met them. What they want to do long term is have an internet cafe but also a streaming internet radio station with the long term goal of getting a local FM licence so they can broadcast to the local area (I believe they are Community FM licences).
They were looking at an SDSL line into the building, but as this is only up to 2 Meg up/down unless they bond a couple of lines (not to mention really expensive!) I suggested they look at Be.
Since they're on the Paignton exchange which not only has the up to 24 Meg broadband via BT (or other ISPs such as Enta) and some LLU providers (Be/O2, Sky/Easynet, Tiscalli, Talktalk, Orange) I was going to suggest they got two lines for redundancy, with one line from Be (which on BePro offer up to 24 Meg down and up to 2.5Meg up), and another line possibly with another provider (maybe via Enta?), or alternatively a second line with Be.
The idea of this is that the connection with the faster upload speed will be used for the internet radio, which will then be streamed onto a shoutcast server to redistribute the stream. It will also be used of their office network.
The other connection will be used for the internet cafe and also to provide wireless internet access for anyone who has laptops who wants to browse the internet. I got the impression they want to give away free wireless with a purchase, probably 30 minutes access with every purchase (to stop visitors buying a coffee and sitting there all day!). I've yet to really look into this, but I gather there are packages available for Linux to restrict access and give out tickets.
I'm trying to keep the momentum running but with a full time contract as well it's a case of doing what I can, at the moment I'm waiting to hear back from Mark and Bryn, there's really little I can do until they get back to me.
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