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 -- ian