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What type/speed internet connection do TCs have???

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[erolz]

What type/speed internet connection do TCs have???

I personaly have a two way sat based connection (Hughes direcway DW6000) and my serive level provides 512kbs down and 128kbs up.

before I got this connection I shared a oneway sat based connection with an internet cafe here by creating a (approx) 1.5km link between my house and the cafe using 'sepctrum licsense free' wifi kit and a couple of directional antennas.

Oh I also share out my current sat connection to a friends a few hundred yards down the road from me (using the same kit I used before for the link to the internet cafe that was redundant after I got my own sat system)

In general terms internet access here in the north is not good. There is dialup and ISDN - but the line quality and service performance can be very bad and it can take months if not years to get a new phone line installed.

Cyurrently there are no DSL based services available. There are few companies doing a 'commercial' version of my personal set up (using wifi links to distribute access 'localy' and either shared sat or wire based central connectivty for 'backhaul' (out to rest of internet). This is the closest we currently have to 'BB' (broadband) net serives in the north.

[fi]

That's a shame, and imagine that I was complaining that CYTA only offers up 1mbit ADSL and doesn't offer faster connections.

With which company do you get your sat connection?

[erolz]

With which company do you get your sat connection?

Hughes network systems europe is the actualy provider. I got this system through a 'reseller' in the UK (HNS-EU do not deal with customers direct) called Bentley Walker (http://www.bentleytelecom.co.uk/) - for whom I am now an 'agent' in NC (becomming an aganet was the easiest/cheapest way to get my own system)

For info my system is this one

http://www.bentleytelecom.co.uk/smallbu ... ar6000.htm

[erolz]

That's a shame, and imagine that I was complaining that CYTA only offers up 1mbit ADSL and doesn't offer faster connections.

I actually have spent and do spend the bulk of my 'working' time lobbying and complaining in the UK about the state of BB access (and before that dial up access) there - and 2mbs residential connections are not unusal and there are even some 4 and 8mbs residential services starting to appear in limited areas It a bizzare way it was desire to continue such 'work' in the UK that led in a large part to my decsion to move to Cyprus (basically in UK i could not maintain the time necessary for this 'work' whilst also keeping out of debt - but in Cyprus and can)

In case anyone is interested my earlier work (re dial up access in uk) was thorugh an organisation called CUT (campaign for unmeterd telephony) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ and my current 'work' is through an organisation called ABC (access to broadband campaign) http://www.abcampaign.org.uk/

As far as telecoms in the digital age goes I am a big 'fan' / 'follower' / 'co conmspirator'of a gentleman named David Isenberg - for his personal homepage http://www.isen.com/ for the briefest and clearest expositon of his views - http://netparadox.com/ and for a copy of his 'seminal' work "THE RISE OF THE STUPID NETWORK" that led to his current role as one of the 'leaders' of those challenging the 100 year old othodxy of old world telecoms mentalites and became a 'bible' to those of campainign down on the ground try http://www.rageboy.com/stupidnet.html

[fi]

Hello erolz,

I am aware of http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ !!!! I was living in London in the old times where no ADSL, cable was available i.e. dialup and BT was controlling (almost) everything. Unmetered access was a big thing!!!! and I was very pro-for the campaign.

Actually the situation in Britain has improved greatly! and yes 4mb and 8mb by e.g. Bulldog are making their appearence.
Note that in Spain where I last lived you can get 4mbps ADLS connection with all local calls free for just 35euros! (provided you live in a large city)
and many Taiwanese / Japanese friends I have can connect with speeds up to 50/80mbps!
However unmentered telephony in Europe has not yet implemented although with current technological advances it's a redicule for telephone companies to charge phone calls by the minute.

I am currently lobbying CYTA and ROC for improvement of the internet connection speeds here. CYTA is falling back in technological advancements although ADSL was introduced very early.

[erolz]

Just in the unlikely and remote chance that anyone (other than me) is interested in 'telco/internet' issues here is a link to a recent keynote speech by David Isenberg given at the "Wi-Fi Planet Conference & Expo" event

http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireles ... ynote.html

[fi]

Hi erolz,

Very interesting article.

Funny enough this is what is happening in Limassol i.e. Cytanet has two OC-3 connection with international carries with a total 310Mbps bandwidth. The central node is in Nicosia. Limassol and Larnaca however only have a 30Mpbs connection each to the central node!!! Oh well.

Anyway keep the articles coming.

[erolz]

Cytanet has two OC-3 connection with international carries with a total 310Mbps bandwidth.

Just out of interest / curiosity where do the fiber connections out of RoC run to physicaly / geographicaly ?