Woe is me.

[Wilier]

 

[Embattle]

You're screwed even if BT did lower it's rather high trigger rates

 

[Sar]

But Wills, you live in the arsehole of nowhere, so why the surprise?

 

[Embattle]

Most probably only 14 people in the entire area

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Embattle
Most probably only 14 people in the entire area

I think its just me, 14 times

Ive just registered me dad, and me sister (both live local, same exchange)

so thats 16. How many do I need?



And Sar

 

[Sar]

Lol

I gots me NTL cable.







For over 2 years.

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Sar
Lol

I gots me NTL cable.







For over 2 years.

Ive tried, but I cant stretch the cable far enough. It ends about a mile from my drive end.

 

[Embattle]

Most areas currently have trigger rates of about 300+

 

[Sar]

Good news for ya here Wills: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2191259.stm

 

[Embattle]

Heard about this a little while a go but with BT I have my doubts it'll happen any thing soon, esp with the current telecom problems in the US.

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Sar
Good news for ya here Wills: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2191259.stm

well, there is hope then. But 300 fuggin customers for the exchange to be enables is a joke.

16 I can deal with.

 

[Sar]

Originally posted by Wilier
16 I can deal with.

No, 16 you can fake. There's a difference

BTW: On a regular small exchange there'll be about 3-4 thousand people/lines.

So 10% wanting broadband is a pretty low threshold tbh.

But for rural exchanges there's pretty much no hope.

 

[Wilier]

Well, I would deffo class ours as rural. Scotter is a village of about 3000 residents. Having said that it serves Messingham too, which has about 10000.

I may post some petitions on the lamp posts to get people to register "for the good of the community" or some such shite.

Then again, I might not.

 

[Summo]

A wise decision.

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Summo
A wise decision.

Ive got it.

I'll tell Mrs Wil that we simply must move house. I just need a reason now. Ideas??

 

[S-Gray]

You could say the Bog Outside is starting to smell...

 

[Sar]

Originally posted by Wilier


Ive got it.

I'll tell Mrs Wil that we simply must move house. I just need a reason now. Ideas??

You're seeing dead people coming out of the walls, and feel an irresistable urge to kill.

Should do it.

 

[Wilier]

Hmmm, so she's at home, alone atm, in an old farmhouse, in the middle of no-where, and you want me to tell her horror stories?
Way to get me banned from the marital bed there Sar.

 

[S-Gray]

Not that it matters to you anyway

 

[Sar]

Originally posted by Wilier
Hmmm, so she's at home, alone atm, in an old farmhouse, in the middle of no-where, and you want me to tell her horror stories?
Way to get me banned from the marital bed there Sar.

Tell her when you get home ya fool.

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Sar


Tell her when you get home ya fool.

but, what about tmorra night??

 

[old.Jas]

14? You must live right in the sticks.

People always complain about the high trigger but forget that enabling an exchange is not as simple as just installing the equipment.

You need to hook the exchange up to enough bandwidth to service the 500-1000 users (who are all using 1/2 to 2mb)... not an easy task in the middle of nowhere.