[iyonix-support] Re: problems with Internet and Iyonix
- From: Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:40:08 +0000 (GMT)
In article <4eb9a31f41alan_calder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alan Calder
<alan_calder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <4eb99f95e2tim@xxxxxxxxx>, Tim Hill <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In article <4eb99c9306charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, charles
> > <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [Snip]
> > > Not everyone lives in a town. In many rural areas some phone
> > > subscribers are too far from the exchange to get a broadband
> > > service.
> > Even here, on the edge of a town, two crow miles from the exchange
> > with underground (poor) cables, Max broadband is currently 'only'
> > 3328k which I think is a bit faster than dial-up IIRC.
> Real frontier stuff where you live!
Hardly.
[Snip]
> There are places considerably more remote than yours.
Really? You think? ;-)
Perhaps the implication you missed was: "even here on the edge of a town
relatively close to the exchange but with dirty lines, Max broadband
isn't anywhere near 8Mb/s so if you live in the wilds, you have little
chance. However for me, 3,300 is a much bigger number than 56, even if it
isn't 8,000"
In fact, I have checked and the exchange is only 1.7 miles by road. I
don't know the route the BT cables take but it's unlikely to be under
3 km. That's a lot of copper.
I sure there are plenty of urban areas which are about 3km or less by
wire from their exchange; you don't have to live in the middle of
Dartmoor to have issues with broadband reception, even where it should
be okay.
Enough, already. This is iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
--
Tim Hill,
www.timil.com
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