On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 08:43:08AM +0100, ian wrote:
On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 22:09, Phil Driscoll wrote:
Oops - forgot to copy this to the list.
To the best of my knowledge, the government requires you to have a symmetric connection
AFAIK its not a law passed through parliament but a recommendation. Bit
A recommendation from who? Reminds me of someone at my LEA who claimed that using MSIE to send PLASC was a government requirment. When in actual fact it's a result of their deciding to fordce RM SecureNet onto schools without bothering to ask schools first...
like non-statutory guidance for National Curriculum. In which case, if its daft ignore it. How many OFSTED inspectors would know the difference between an ADSL connection and a symmetric one? And in any case, if you have a low cost working system, anyone who makes a fuss is just going to look stupid. Your only risk is if your ADSL connection doesn't work efficiently - in which case put another couple in cos it will still be
You don't actually have a guarentee that a RBC connection will work effectivly either.
cheaper :-) Or go to a symmetric one once you have proved that the ADSL isn't up to it. Its also a government directive to achieve best value for money.
It would be pefectly possible to use multiple ADSL lines to create either a connection greater than 2M or a symmetric connection. Though there's only about one ISP in the country which would attempt either of those. -- Mark Evans St. Peter's CofE High School Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109 Fax: +44 1392 204763