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Taxi Driver Omega Lord Offline OOF Holly Dog Posts: 8413 Swindon Gender: Drives: Fiat Scudo 90 Multijet (whatever that means!)	It'll be interesting if they can get this to work 06. Dec 2009 at 18:12 http://www.getsignal.co.uk/
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Welung666 Omega Lord Offline Posts: 9768 West Midlands Gender: Drives: 99 2.5 saloon Tractor	Re: It'll be interesting if they can get this to work Reply #1 - 06. Dec 2009 at 18:27 Won't Mr Branson be pleased
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Plomien Omega Knight Offline Rescue the beer and drink the maiden Posts: 1724 Swansea Gender: Drives: 2.5 V6 Tourer	Re: It'll be interesting if they can get this to work Reply #2 - 06. Dec 2009 at 18:31 They are using Mr Bransons network last heard
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Welung666 Omega Lord Offline Posts: 9768 West Midlands Gender: Drives: 99 2.5 saloon Tractor	Re: It'll be interesting if they can get this to work Reply #3 - 06. Dec 2009 at 18:33 Plomien wrote on 06. Dec 2009 at 18:31: They are using Mr Bransons network last heard That they may be but they'll be no pennies to further line his already laden pockets
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: It'll be interesting if they can get this to work Reply #4 - 06. Dec 2009 at 18:35 Welung666 wrote on 06. Dec 2009 at 18:27: Won't Mr Branson be pleased - Its only internet, if people still want cable TV, they still have to pay him The free service is quite slow, you have to pay for higher speeds
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Re: It'll be interesting if they can get this to work
Reply #5 - 06. Dec 2009 at 19:05

Very limited "free" side .. but of course .. you can pay for more ....

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....................including free connection to the internet, free line rental and connection charge, and borough-wide movement, while staying online. The public will be able to access the internet and download emails for free but usage will be limited.
Subscribers will also be able to sign up for 20Mb upgrades for significantly less per month than major broadband competitors following a free three-month trial, while there will be pay-as-you-go options so visitors to the town can benefit from the Wi-Fi network .............

Just how limited is the big question ..

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How fast is the technology?
As fast as people want to pay for. We are launching with up to 20Mb which is very fast. However, radio signals do not travel well through brick and concrete. If a user has thick walls and small windows (or tries to use it in a basement) it may be difficult to get a strong signal. We will be supplying wireless repeaters that can be installed in windows to boost the signal around homes.

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Do you expect the network to make a profit?
Yes.

So ..... if it's free .. how do those statements make sense ..

It WON'T be free, not for anything useable..

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Taxi Driver

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Re: It'll be interesting if they can get this to work
Reply #6 - 06. Dec 2009 at 19:45

Entwood wrote on 06. Dec 2009 at 19:05:

Very limited "free" side .. but of course .. you can pay for more ....

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....................including free connection to the internet, free line rental and connection charge, and borough-wide movement, while staying online. The public will be able to access the internet and download emails for free but usage will be limited.
Subscribers will also be able to sign up for 20Mb upgrades for significantly less per month than major broadband competitors following a free three-month trial, while there will be pay-as-you-go options so visitors to the town can benefit from the Wi-Fi network .............

Just how limited is the big question ..

Quote:

How fast is the technology?
As fast as people want to pay for. We are launching with up to 20Mb which is very fast. However, radio signals do not travel well through brick and concrete. If a user has thick walls and small windows (or tries to use it in a basement) it may be difficult to get a strong signal. We will be supplying wireless repeaters that can be installed in windows to boost the signal around homes.

Quote:

Do you expect the network to make a profit?
Yes.

So ..... if it's free .. how do those statements make sense ..

It WON'T be free, not for anything useable..

I think it depends on how you use the internet.....i will probably still keep my 8M home connection, as its basically only £5/month (actually £15/month, but i get free landline rental, thats got to be worth £10/month)
But for when im out and about with my lappy.....it will probably mean i can stop using my payg 3G dongle....1G's (£15) worth of data lasts me about 3months.....tho i only surf web sites and use for emails, apart from that any downloading including AV updates is done when im on my wireless network at home Wink

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Omegadoha, Desert Member

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Re: It'll be interesting if they can get this to work
Reply #7 - 07. Dec 2009 at 08:16

Something like this would be great if you're only visiting the area of country (like me) for short periods. But then again I just bought a vodafone dongle last summer, which makes life easier.

I remember when broadband first came out about 2001. BT were taking the biscuit then - priced at over 50 quid per month back then. Shocked

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