[UK-CONTEST] It's a conspiracy

[Roger Parsons]

Don't feel too too bad about broadband availability in
the UK.

I am 16km from the exchange here and Bell only offer
DSL within 3km. That means that a high percentage of
the (admittedly relatively small) population in
Northern Ontario cannot easily get a broadband
connection. 

I have overcome this by using a 900MHz link between a
60' tower here and an antenna at 240' on a tower
closer to town - 200W erp from my end and 100W erp
from the other - even with those antenna heights it is
not a line of sight path. This gives me an 860kbps
dedicated link. I then have a 2.4GHz link to a
wireless ISP, which is allegedly at 1Mbps. I say
allegedly because my dedicated link is never the
limiting factor on speed... The wireless ISP charges
me C$54 (£25) per month for my connection. My
neighbour uses 2-way satellite internet which costs
him over C$120 per month (and C$1500 for initial
equipment).

Funny how BT can manage to do it in rural Wales, which
has some similarities with rural Ontario, whereas Bell
can't or rather won't.

73 Roger
VE3ZI/G3RBP




		
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