[ILUG] Re: eircom hi-speed??

[Garreth McDaid]

Eircom won't give you ISDN if you are > 5km from an ISDN enabled switch (90%
are), or if your line is provided by a carrier (ie 16.8k), so you better
check that too.

I use a PSTN up / Satellite down product from http://www.silvermead.co.uk.

This uses the SKY TV satellite, so you need a dish lined up by someone who
knows SKY. You can also just order SKY and get a dual-LMB fitted to the
dish.

Costs:

£99.00 equipment and £19.99 per month subscription

http://www.digiweb.ie do a Satellite up and down product, but the the
equipment is > ?1000.00, and I think the sub is ?50 or so.

Latency is a factor is both products, although Silvermead are putting a lot
of effort into bringing it down to acceptable levels.

Garreth

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eireann Design (Gianni Ponzi)" <gianni at eireanndesign.ie>
To: <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:38 PM
Subject: [ILUG] Re: eircom hi-speed??


> Hi all
>
> I'm moving to and area not upgraded (no surprises there) for ADSL.
> I came across this splurb about eircom hi-speed while looking for
> alternatives..
>
> Anyone had experience with this?
>
> G
>
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