BT Openzone

Openzone brags about its 11M connection speed - but what is the true
bandwidth that can be achieved. Tried one of their hotspots yesterday
and got a measily 6K bandwidth - like watching treacle drip ;-((
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mike

mike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Openzone brags about its 11M connection speed - but what is the true
> bandwidth that can be achieved. Tried one of their hotspots yesterday
> and got a measily 6K bandwidth - like watching treacle drip ;-((

What's the backhaul on these boxes?

If it was me, I'd be doing it over either ADSL (to boxes that it worked
in) or ISDN2, for those out of area.

If ISDN2, then if the phonebox is in use, the bandwidth would be 8K/sec
back to base.

In message <416006a4$0$52907$(E-Mail Removed)>, Ian
Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>mike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Openzone brags about its 11M connection speed - but what is the true
>> bandwidth that can be achieved. Tried one of their hotspots yesterday
>> and got a measily 6K bandwidth - like watching treacle drip ;-((
>
>What's the backhaul on these boxes?
>
>If it was me, I'd be doing it over either ADSL (to boxes that it worked
>in) or ISDN2, for those out of area.
>
>If ISDN2, then if the phonebox is in use, the bandwidth would be 8K/sec
>back to base.
>
what?
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mike

mike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In message <416006a4$0$52907$(E-Mail Removed)>, Ian
> Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>mike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>> Openzone brags about its 11M connection speed - but what is the true
>>> bandwidth that can be achieved. Tried one of their hotspots yesterday
>>> and got a measily 6K bandwidth - like watching treacle drip ;-((
>>
>>What's the backhaul on these boxes?
>>
>>If it was me, I'd be doing it over either ADSL (to boxes that it worked
>>in) or ISDN2, for those out of area.
>>
>>If ISDN2, then if the phonebox is in use, the bandwidth would be 8K/sec
>>back to base.
>>
> what?

I was hoping someone would popup that knew how the BT OpenZone boxes
were implemented, and could give some idea of the minimum likely
bandwidth they have back to the main BT network.

mike wrote:
> In message <416006a4$0$52907$(E-Mail Removed)>, Ian
> Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>> mike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Openzone brags about its 11M connection speed - but what is the true
>>> bandwidth that can be achieved. Tried one of their hotspots yesterday
>>> and got a measily 6K bandwidth - like watching treacle drip ;-((
>>
>>
>> What's the backhaul on these boxes?
>>
>> If it was me, I'd be doing it over either ADSL (to boxes that it worked
>> in) or ISDN2, for those out of area.
>>
>> If ISDN2, then if the phonebox is in use, the bandwidth would be 8K/sec
>> back to base.
>>
> what?

Think he's confused.....(phoneboxes not WiFi)

11Mbps is the theoretical speed of the LAN, it depends on what it's
connected to, but at the least I would guess it's a 512k ADSL connection.

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eusty
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On 03 Oct 2004 21:55:24 GMT, Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I was hoping someone would popup that knew how the BT OpenZone boxes
>were implemented, and could give some idea of the minimum likely
>bandwidth they have back to the main BT network.

It might depend on who is really providing Openzone. The Openzone
in-a-box product, available to all is detailed here:-

http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/543210

The associated FAQ (PDF format) has much more detail.

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Hiram Hackenbacker

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Hiram Hackenbacker
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>On 03 Oct 2004 21:55:24 GMT, Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>I was hoping someone would popup that knew how the BT OpenZone boxes
>>were implemented, and could give some idea of the minimum likely
>>bandwidth they have back to the main BT network.
>
>It might depend on who is really providing Openzone. The Openzone
>in-a-box product, available to all is detailed here:-
>
>http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/543210
>
>The associated FAQ (PDF format) has much more detail.
>
now I understand - just a big con really!
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mike

mike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Hiram Hackenbacker
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>On 03 Oct 2004 21:55:24 GMT, Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I was hoping someone would popup that knew how the BT OpenZone boxes
>>>were implemented, and could give some idea of the minimum likely
>>>bandwidth they have back to the main BT network.
>>
>>It might depend on who is really providing Openzone. The Openzone
>>in-a-box product, available to all is detailed here:-
>>
>>http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/543210
>>
>>The associated FAQ (PDF format) has much more detail.
>>
> now I understand - just a big con really!

Priced appropriately, I'd have no problem.
(say 50p/Mb, or you buy blocks of time.).

In message <41618757$0$82262$(E-Mail Removed)>, Ian
Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>mike <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Hiram Hackenbacker
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>>On 03 Oct 2004 21:55:24 GMT, Ian Stirling <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>I was hoping someone would popup that knew how the BT OpenZone boxes
>>>>were implemented, and could give some idea of the minimum likely
>>>>bandwidth they have back to the main BT network.
>>>
>>>It might depend on who is really providing Openzone. The Openzone
>>>in-a-box product, available to all is detailed here:-
>>>
>>>http://www.shop.bt.com/invt/543210
>>>
>>>The associated FAQ (PDF format) has much more detail.
>>>
>> now I understand - just a big con really!
>
>Priced appropriately, I'd have no problem.
>(say 50p/Mb, or you buy blocks of time.).
>
currently paying £1 for 500 minutes a month
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mike