Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (225 mails)

[ian <ian.lynch2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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
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
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.

>  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!

So do what isn't ludicrous. We are still allowed to think even though
central control is increasing ;-)

>  Cheers
> 
> -- 
> Phil Driscoll
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