Re: Tories trying to be all things to all men ...

"Java Jive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> 11/03/2010 Tories to pledge 'fastest broadband' in Europe
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8561836.stm
> The Conservatives say if they win power at the general election -
> which is widely expected to be held on 6 May - Britain "will be the
> first country in Europe to extend super-fast 100 mbps broadband across
> most of the population".


The question remains.... Do we really need 100mbps speeds anyway? I have
just moved from 1.5mbps to 5.5mbps and for what I do online it makes no
difference. If the tories think that 100mbps broadband is an election
winner, they will be disappointed.

Richard wrote:
> "Java Jive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 11/03/2010 Tories to pledge 'fastest broadband' in Europe
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8561836.stm
>> The Conservatives say if they win power at the general election -
>> which is widely expected to be held on 6 May - Britain "will be the
>> first country in Europe to extend super-fast 100 mbps broadband across
>> most of the population".
>
>
> The question remains.... Do we really need 100mbps speeds anyway?

Not right now, but I am sure we will find a use for it. ;-)

|One thing it would do, is allow peole to move away from server farms to
host stuff, and host it where its actually more secure.

I reads something yesterday - apprently about 95% of people don't
actually delete mail off their ISP. Crikey. What a huge security hole.


> I have
> just moved from 1.5mbps to 5.5mbps and for what I do online it makes no
> difference. If the tories think that 100mbps broadband is an election
> winner, they will be disappointed.
>

I could really use 5Mps *upload* speed..

When trying to send megabytes of CAD files to people.

>

In message <hnc2ma$4jg$(E-Mail Removed)>, The Natural Philosopher
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

>I reads something yesterday - apprently about 95% of people don't
>actually delete mail off their ISP. Crikey. What a huge security hole.

99.9% of the email is spam and people do not bother to empty their junk
mail dumps at the ISPs end because it disappears automatically after a
short time.


--
Alan
news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On 12/03/10 00:53, Alan wrote:
> In message <hnc2ma$4jg$(E-Mail Removed)>, The Natural Philosopher
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
>> I reads something yesterday - apprently about 95% of people don't
>> actually delete mail off their ISP. Crikey. What a huge security hole.
>
> 99.9% of the email is spam and people do not bother to empty their junk
> mail dumps at the ISPs end because it disappears automatically after a
> short time.

I don't delete mail from the servers because I regularly use several
computers and IMAP is essential.

Ivor

Ivor Jones wrote:
> On 12/03/10 00:53, Alan wrote:
>> In message <hnc2ma$4jg$(E-Mail Removed)>, The Natural Philosopher
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>>
>>> I reads something yesterday - apprently about 95% of people don't
>>> actually delete mail off their ISP. Crikey. What a huge security hole.
>>
>> 99.9% of the email is spam and people do not bother to empty their junk
>> mail dumps at the ISPs end because it disappears automatically after a
>> short time.
>
> I don't delete mail from the servers because I regularly use several
> computers and IMAP is essential.
>
> Ivor
>
>
why do you have to access your mail from several computers?

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:04 -0000, Richard wrote:

> "Java Jive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 11/03/2010 Tories to pledge 'fastest broadband' in Europe
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8561836.stm
>> The Conservatives say if they win power at the general election -
>> which is widely expected to be held on 6 May - Britain "will be the
>> first country in Europe to extend super-fast 100 mbps broadband across
>> most of the population".
>
> The question remains.... Do we really need 100mbps speeds anyway? I have
> just moved from 1.5mbps to 5.5mbps and for what I do online it makes no
> difference. If the tories think that 100mbps broadband is an election
> winner, they will be disappointed.

I'd be happy with 5.5Mbps /at all times/; I connect at 1.5 - 1.8Mbps most
of the time but, of course, for half the day it's reallistically more like
200 - 400kbps.
Broadband speeds are like Megapixels, mAh etc. - big number that's to grab
the headline but ignores the real issues.
--
Peter.
2x4 - thick plank; 4x4 - two of 'em.

PeterC wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:04 -0000, Richard wrote:
>
>> "Java Jive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> 11/03/2010 Tories to pledge 'fastest broadband' in Europe
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8561836.stm
>>> The Conservatives say if they win power at the general election -
>>> which is widely expected to be held on 6 May - Britain "will be the
>>> first country in Europe to extend super-fast 100 mbps broadband across
>>> most of the population".
>> The question remains.... Do we really need 100mbps speeds anyway? I have
>> just moved from 1.5mbps to 5.5mbps and for what I do online it makes no
>> difference. If the tories think that 100mbps broadband is an election
>> winner, they will be disappointed.
>
> I'd be happy with 5.5Mbps /at all times/; I connect at 1.5 - 1.8Mbps most
> of the time but, of course, for half the day it's reallistically more like
> 200 - 400kbps.

Really> My BRAS is 3000 currently - conecting at 3500 and up a bit and I
get 2800-3000 download speeds.

> Broadband speeds are like Megapixels, mAh etc. - big number that's to grab
> the headline but ignores the real issues.

Change ISP then. You should get your BRAS. Or 85% of it. If not, your
ISP is shagging you.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:71f43f7b-8083-4062-89ff-(E-Mail Removed)...
On 12 Mar, 00:01, "Richard" <6gg...@5689677575.net> wrote:

>Four people watching four different full 3D HDTV on-demand streams in
>different rooms.

>That's most of it gone. In real world use like that, 100Mbps probably
>isn't enough.

Yes and how many families would have such a setup or even require one? You
are just inventing a new way to waste bandwidth.

Take a reality pill.....

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:04 -0000, "Richard" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>"Java Jive" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> 11/03/2010 Tories to pledge 'fastest broadband' in Europe
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8561836.stm
>> The Conservatives say if they win power at the general election -
>> which is widely expected to be held on 6 May - Britain "will be the
>> first country in Europe to extend super-fast 100 mbps broadband across
>> most of the population".
>
>
>The question remains.... Do we really need 100mbps speeds anyway? I have
>just moved from 1.5mbps to 5.5mbps and for what I do online it makes no
>difference. If the tories think that 100mbps broadband is an election
>winner, they will be disappointed.
>
It might get them financial support from the companies who stand to gain
by providing 100mbps broadband.

Anyway, how else will we receive on-demand 3D videos and movies?


--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:54:35 +0000, Roderick Stewart wrote:

> Exactly. About the same improvement to most people's lives as buying a
> racing car to go to the local shops.

A better example would be people buying an SUV to go to the local shops.