http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/04/23/the-governments-giving-up-on-rural-fibre-broadband/ Blogging in the real world Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:10:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/04/23/the-governments-giving-up-on-rural-fibre-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-106132 Dom Hampton Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:31:10 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5464#comment-106132 Unfortunatly Satellite just isn't fast enough and the expense is vast. WISP is a far more better solution for rural areas. Satellite still has its place as it can go anywhere, but for people in a area covered by a WISP they can get a fast connection (even leased). Check out http://www.fastruralbroadband.co.uk for a soultion in the East of England Unfortunatly Satellite just isn’t fast enough and the expense is vast. WISP is a far more better solution for rural areas. Satellite still has its place as it can go anywhere, but for people in a area covered by a WISP they can get a fast connection (even leased). Check out http://www.fastruralbroadband.co.uk for a soultion in the East of England

]]> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/04/23/the-governments-giving-up-on-rural-fibre-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-103975 J. Cooper Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:21:33 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5464#comment-103975 I wonder if the government is aware that it may be in liable under european law if it does not provide a means of access to high speed broadband. The human rights legislation and the directive on the movement of goods and services include internet services. and the right to choose a satellite service is left mostly with the user. The goverment must seek to provide satellite internet providers with the means to compete with high speed providers in rural areas based on the speed of connection rather than the area even if rural broadband speeds outstrip urban broadband speeds. of course if the satellite dishes were, of sufficient size and strategically placed across the country and local users were connected to them by fibre optic a broadband network could be established without having to dig up the roads or lay cables from john o' groats to lands end. I wonder if the government is aware that it may be in liable under european law if it does not provide a means of access to high speed broadband. The human rights legislation and the directive on the movement of goods and services include internet services. and the right to choose a satellite service is left mostly with the user. The goverment must seek to provide satellite internet providers with the means to compete with high speed providers in rural areas based on the speed of connection rather than the area even if rural broadband speeds outstrip urban broadband speeds. of course if the satellite dishes were, of sufficient size and strategically placed across the country and local users were connected to them by fibre optic a broadband network could be established without having to dig up the roads or lay cables from john o’ groats to lands end.

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