On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 23:49, Grahame Leon-Smith at Free Computers wrote:
Phil
Is this really true ? I cannot see why a school - any more than anyone else needs a symetrical Internet feed. No one uploads as much as they download. I am very concerned that many LEAs are forcing schools to join the regional Grids for Learning which are providing even primary schools with enormous pipes that they don't need but which cost thousands of pounds a year. It's all right for the first few years since the Government is paying,
Its not alright! That's my taxes!
but after that comes to an end . . . . !
We can offer the latest Satellite Broadband Internet via a normal Sky dish for less than the cost of ADSL (from £25 per month). It provides a 1Mb download (more if required) and you can continue to use your existing ISDN connection (and ISP)for the upload until the beginning of next year when the 2-way satellite transmission go live.
Anyone interested should just send a blank email to: satellitebroadband-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and I will keep them up to date with the latest developments.
Sounds interesting.
Regards, Grahame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grahame Leon-Smith, Principal Consultant Tele-School Education Consultants Tel 01932-874067 Fax 01932-874068 mailto:grahame.leon-smith@tele-school.org
SATELLITE BROADBAND FROM £25 A MONTH 512K download - 9 times faster than a dial-up modem, 8 times faster than ISDN, available anywhere in the UK.
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-----Original Message----- From: Phil Driscoll [mailto:phil@dialsolutions.co.uk] Sent: 05 May 2003 22:09 To: Suse-Linux-Uk-Schools Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] ADSL speeds into school
Oops - forgot to copy this to the list.
To the best of my knowledge, the government requires you to have a symmetric connection so ADSL is not an option unless it is impossible to get a symmetric connection. A ludicrous directive I know - as anyone who has ever metered their network traffic will agree!
Cheers
-- Phil Driscoll
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