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Originally posted by mattster View PostWell I expect if you pay the extra, you get the guarantee.Comment
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Four year lifetime on the satellites.
Won't be long before they're asking about incept dates & killing people.
Probably by dropping on their heads.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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As a backup and as an alternate route that may mostly provide reduced latency in certain locations why wouldn't financial or other businesses want it?
Its another tool in the bag. Anything that allows people outside the south east work from home its a win.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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I wonder if the kit is portable and could work, say, in the middle of the South Atlantic while bobbing about on a boat?Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostI wonder if the kit is portable and could work, say, in the middle of the South Atlantic while bobbing about on a boat?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Sats will know where you are located and the account might have GPS coords associated with it...Comment
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Feedback from beta users online so far seems very positive, especially given the current level of service is supposed to be nowhere near what is coming. UK users reporting reliable 150Mbps, some US users occasionally getting over 200. Apparently 300 for everyone is slated by the autumn, and the ultimate goal now is 10Gbps with sub 30ms ping (https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/1312...gbps-to-10gbps). If they get anywhere near that at current pricing then it might actually become rather attractive just about anywhere. I wonder how many global users it could support?
I am semi rural and on standard fibre, maybe 50Mbps on a good day. I get the impression that that is as good as it is going to get for us for the forseeable, as the next step would be FTTP - quite a different proposition rollout-cost wise to FTTC.
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Originally posted by mattster View PostFeedback from beta users online so far seems very positive, especially given the current level of service is supposed to be nowhere near what is coming. UK users reporting reliable 150Mbps, some US users occasionally getting over 200. Apparently 300 for everyone is slated by the autumn, and the ultimate goal now is 10Gbps with sub 30ms ping (https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/1312...gbps-to-10gbps). If they get anywhere near that at current pricing then it might actually become rather attractive just about anywhere. I wonder how many global users it could support?
I am semi rural and on standard fibre, maybe 50Mbps on a good day. I get the impression that that is as good as it is going to get for us for the forseeable, as the next step would be FTTP - quite a different proposition rollout-cost wise to FTTC.
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...as%20(47.8Mbps).
However, Ofcom noted there is less variation in the length of copper line from the street cabinet to the user’s premises when using FTTC, thus they found that average FTTC download speeds in rural areas (43.8Mbps) were closer to those of urban areas (47.8Mbps).Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
According to offcom you are doing fairly well
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...as%20(47.8Mbps).
Technical limit on FTTC is 80Mbps but 60 is more realistic.Comment
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