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With a new dish that will connect you to the internet! How fast will it go? How does 1.2Gbps sound?
If all goes to plan... RIP Blu-ray
If all goes to plan... RIP Blu-ray
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Nin wrote:
> One guy? I'm fairly certain the article i read referred to Virgin
> Media and BT. Wish i had the link now.
Hm, as far as I know, only H2O have been in trials to lay cable through the sewers and they're only doing it in one city so far.
BT have trialed a cable network on a 'new build' site but currently have no concrete plans to lay cable in already developed areas, they're concentrating on their 22mbps copper cable solution at the moment and Virgin have been doing a mix of using cable already available and some digging up of roads to lay new cable.
H20's website is here
> One guy? I'm fairly certain the article i read referred to Virgin
> Media and BT. Wish i had the link now.
Hm, as far as I know, only H2O have been in trials to lay cable through the sewers and they're only doing it in one city so far.
BT have trialed a cable network on a 'new build' site but currently have no concrete plans to lay cable in already developed areas, they're concentrating on their 22mbps copper cable solution at the moment and Virgin have been doing a mix of using cable already available and some digging up of roads to lay new cable.
H20's website is here
One guy? I'm fairly certain the article i read referred to Virgin Media and BT. Wish i had the link now.
It's just one guy that's doing the sewer cabling, he's still trying to convince companies and councils to take it up.
They're focusing on areas with less Broadband access first, though, which is good.
They're focusing on areas with less Broadband access first, though, which is good.
They wont have a choice soon. The other media companies have plans to introduce a fibrewire cabling system by using the sewers by the end of this year. Means it can be introduced very quickly, the only reason it'll be slow to catch on is the cost.
While BT can still only offer a vast number of the UK 2mbps or less I'm doubtful they can come up with anything resembling a decent speed for most of the nation any time soon.
Either they have to build 4 times as many exchanges or replace the whole infrastructure with Cable, which they're doing in some areas. It's all a bit depressing really, when I can't even stream SD decently.
Either they have to build 4 times as many exchanges or replace the whole infrastructure with Cable, which they're doing in some areas. It's all a bit depressing really, when I can't even stream SD decently.
80Mbps will start being introduced towards the end of this year, although it's likely to be only for the minority for a while.
Not everyone needs a great ping to play online games :) I'm thinking more along the lines of digital movie downloads. If not for the home then for cinemas.
How long till BT can offer us something like 100Mbps and what's stopping them from doing it now? Where's Tony when you need him, he'll have the answers for this.
How long till BT can offer us something like 100Mbps and what's stopping them from doing it now? Where's Tony when you need him, he'll have the answers for this.
I think you've got a bit longer than 5-10 years to wait, as the article says its an experimental satellite to see if its viable. What article doesnt tell you is that 1.2 gigabits requires a 5m antenna and would only be available to businesses. The home offering is quite a bit more modest (155Mbps).
Anyway, not sure it has any long term future. At last count satellite still had major latency issues (3/4 times slower than typical broadband) so unless these are solved, its going to have limited appeal outside of places where the telecoms infrastructure is quite limited I think.
Anyway, not sure it has any long term future. At last count satellite still had major latency issues (3/4 times slower than typical broadband) so unless these are solved, its going to have limited appeal outside of places where the telecoms infrastructure is quite limited I think.
Oh dear, so in about 5-10 years time when the UK finally gets it and the Hard Drive is big enough to store all my films then my blu-ray will be obsolete :D
What's the betting that BT will launch one, charge everyone else for using it and still only get a quarter of the speed that the rest of Europe manages?
What's the betting that BT will launch one, charge everyone else for using it and still only get a quarter of the speed that the rest of Europe manages?
RIP Blu-Ray?
RIP hard-drive baby =P
RIP hard-drive baby =P
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