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From: Will Kemp on 17 Jun 2008 10:08
Nemo wrote:
> Will Kemp wrote:
>
>> It's a slim chance, but there wouldn't happen to be any line of sight
>> path between the two houses, would there?
>
> A very slim chance in the Monalaidh Mountains, plus the hills between us
> are covered in Forestry. Well... having looked out of the Window, zero
> chance, as far as I can estimate there is a lump of rock about 4 miles
> thick and 500 feet high between us. We can't even get a terrestrial TV
> signal; or any radio signal in the front rooms of our house. She does
> better for the radio however, being on the slope down to Loch Ness.

I suppose that just leaves satellite then! ;-)


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From: Gordon Henderson on 17 Jun 2008 10:31
In article <hzP5k.6265$zs1.5869(a)newsfe28.ams2>,
Will Kemp <will(a)xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote:
>Nemo wrote:
>> Will Kemp wrote:
>>
>>> It's a slim chance, but there wouldn't happen to be any line of sight
>>> path between the two houses, would there?
>>
>> A very slim chance in the Monalaidh Mountains, plus the hills between us
>> are covered in Forestry. Well... having looked out of the Window, zero
>> chance, as far as I can estimate there is a lump of rock about 4 miles
>> thick and 500 feet high between us. We can't even get a terrestrial TV
>> signal; or any radio signal in the front rooms of our house. She does
>> better for the radio however, being on the slope down to Loch Ness.
>
>I suppose that just leaves satellite then! ;-)

I'd take 250Kbps 'broadband' over the cost of satellite anyday! That's
still very usable, just make sure you get a good ISP who can chase BT
and put a "good effort" into sorting out the internal wiring to make it
as good as possible.

Gordon
From: Nemo on 17 Jun 2008 18:42
Gordon Henderson wrote:

> I'd take 250Kbps 'broadband' over the cost of satellite anyday! That's
> still very usable, just make sure you get a good ISP who can chase BT
> and put a "good effort" into sorting out the internal wiring to make
> it as good as possible.
>
> Gordon

I'm with Zen, their service has been flawless, having paid through the
nose with the ISP I used when we first got here, and got speeds of
74.05 Kbps > 90 Kps from an 'up to 8 Mb Broadband max service', (Zen
were giving me 6604.81 Kbps yesterday), and already had a very helpful
response from them over the possibility of the best service to her
line, I'm more than impressed.
--
Nemo
"Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole"
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