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On Wednesday 28 June 2006 12:40, Ben Goodger wrote: > On 28/06/06, Mark <kernowyon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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? > > Does anyone here actually not have DSL access? My connection is quite slow > at 1mb but BT are apparently rolling out "up-to-8mb" to the entire nation, > which as I'm very close to my exchange I will be able to get quite nicely > (so long as it arrives before I depart for university in 2008.) > > Getting DSL in the first place was an arse, to be perfectly frank: the only > reason we got it in the end was some redevelopment agency paying BT to do > it. Now we've got it, at least, and it should be relatively trivial to > implement a replacement of existing digital hardware rather than inserting > the digital hardware in the first place (exchange-wise.) Perhaps we should > just wait, as usual? As I mentioned, mine is 512k. Although the exchange is apparently enabled for higher speeds (2mb I believe), I am unable to get that. My location is rural but I am actually quite close to the exchange - the problem lies in the route BT chose to lay the cable. It runs from the exchange, down the A30, past my house (which is set about quarter of a mile from the A30), into the local village, does a circuit of the village and comes back to me via a very long torturous route across fields - presumably to serve farms in the area. When the DSL roll out was taking place, we were - at first - "too far" from the exchange. My chosen ISP went through BT to have the line tested and it was claimed to be unsuitable because of distance. Interestingly, when I complained to BT, I was informed that if I chose to have BT , instead of another ISP, it *may* be possible to get DSL! Of course, a few months later, the arbitary distances were relaxed and I got the broadband. Doubtless eventually a similar thing will occur with speeds. Until then though I am stuck with a relatively slow line. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html