Broadband

[Bob696]

available from 18th november £39.99. an industry contact just let me know.

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And the wifes company has just agreed to pay for our broadband as a tax incentive    :D

[thermidorthelobster]

Er...  *what's* available for 39.99?  Broadband?  Mine has been cheaper than that for years :)

[Bob696]

oopppsss was refering to an 8M line :oops:

[Colin 009]

whats that then :?:

[ChrisW]

Thats one of them next generation 7M lines isn't it?  :lol:

[pritch]

whats that then :?:

In terms that the non computery people around here would understand, it's a Bowler Wildcat, compared to the 2.25l Series III of normal broadband.

[Colin 009]

Ah

[Bob696]

or another way its 160 times faster than a  56k modem :D

MP3 single  downloaded in about 20 seconds if both parties have the same speed line :shock:

[Bush Tucker Man]

What's the information on these ultra high-speed lines.
Is it another incoming cable, or along an existing phone line??

SWMBO works from home about 60% of the time & downloads documents & architects plans.

Might be able to persuade them to pay

[pritch]

In theory, anything up to 9Mbps can be reached over ADSL, although you have to be rather close to the exchange for that to happen.  There are other xDSL technologies in the pipeline though; I believe HDSL should also work over a normal copper pair.

[datalas]

you don't have to be *that* close

I could get around 5Mb down and 1Mb up over a 7 mile drop...  although the 7 miles was wrapped around the roof of the captive office :)

[Sharpshooter]

In theory, anything up to 9Mbps can be reached over ADSL, although you have to be rather close to the exchange for that to happen.  There are other xDSL technologies in the pipeline though; I believe HDSL should also work over a normal copper pair.

You mean they can get all this info down the pipes now :shock:  :shock:  [-o<

[Bob696]

You mean they can get all this info down the pipes now

All controlled from the ISP. Even your adsl modem can take upto that speed (unless it is very old). All the ISP has to do is switch your speed up.

Employees of Telewest have had free 8M cable modem for over 12 months now.

[datalas]

You mean they can get all this info down the pipes now

All controlled from the ISP. Even your adsl modem can take upto that speed (unless it is very old). All the ISP has to do is switch your speed up.

Employees of Telewest have had free 8M cable modem for over 12 months now.

Not *strictly* true, the standard of copper cabling in this country is a bit dire, and the equipment being purchased to handle DSL has a distinct "cheap and cheerfull" feel to it.    Theoretically we could all have decent bandwidth of course, but this would generally point out that the infrastructure doesn't exist between the exchanges to allow this to operate effectively.  8MB down is fine, unless you have a ten thousand to one contention ratio and sod all to distribute between them.

[Bob696]

Not *strictly* true, the standard of copper cabling in this country is a bit dire, and the equipment being purchased to handle DSL has a distinct "cheap and cheerfull" feel to it. Theoretically we could all have decent bandwidth of course, but this would generally point out that the infrastructure doesn't exist between the exchanges to allow this to operate effectively. 8MB down is fine, unless you have a ten thousand to one contention ratio and sod all to distribute between them.

Stop being so damn picky   :P  People will be calling you an anorak soon  :twisted:
 :D

[muddyweb]

What do you mean, "soon" ?    :lol:

[datalas]

perhaps he means that you're all going to start being a lot more polite :)