[Sderby] ISP Recommendations

[Tony Martin]

Although it is a few years away, there was recently a flight of a solar
powerered aircraft. The idea is it circles geostationary (relatively). It
runs on batteries overnight, and is designed to run for years. Being much
lower it can use reduced signal powers from aircraft and from homes than a
satelite version. This may well offer broadband to the sticks! Don't hold
your breath, but I think it might be something which will be pushed over the
next few years.

Cheers
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Heath" <aheath@clikmail.net>
To: <sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Sderby] ISP Recommendations


> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:42:35 +0000
> Mini Mike <hemstock@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Dear dear Ashley, why did you move there then :-)
>
> Been asking myself the exact same question ;) But then again life in the
country does have other benefits.
>
> >
> > Along the same lines I live in an area with no broadband (parents fault,
not
> > mine :-))  Does anyone know how much installation and line rental is for
> > ISDN?  Also, how much is it for unmetered duel circuit access?
> >
>
> Already been looking into this, Home Highway which has 2x PSTN ports and
2x 64Kb ISDN costs £13.50 on top of what we pay in rental for a standard BT
line. £28 p/month total. (BT Together with local calls option)
> Maximum line length for Home Highway is 8.5km, I make it just under that
at 7.5km :)
>
> For 64k unmetered it costs anything from £15 p/month.
>
> 128k unmetered costs from £20-£30, but from newsgroup postings is far from
reliable.
> http://www.giointernet.com/
> http://www.vispa.co.uk/
> + may be some others
>
> Ash
>
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