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British Telecom announces radio broadband
As part of BT's effort to bring broadband access to everyone in the UK, it has started a trial to test new broadband radio access technology. The trial will last till March next year, and it is only then that BT will really know for sure how feasible such a service would be for it to implement.
[blockquote]The spokesperson said it is too early to say whether the cost to an end-user would be above the current £25 to £30 a month for a standard 512Kbits/sec line (the speeds we are told would be roughly equivalent).
And while current coverage extends to about 80 per cent of the population, BT is reluctant to put a figure on what this might increase to with the rollout of radio broadband. 'It depends on geography and local features,' we were told. And while the range of the technology can extend beyond the current 6km range of ADSL, it will also act as a 'fill-in' to cover areas that are within 6km of an exchange but are unable for whatever reason to have an ADSL connection.
Aside from the diamond shaped dish that end users need on the side of their premises to receive the service, rolling out the technology would also involve erecting base stations that would serve the local area.[/blockquote]
[link=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=51417]The full report[/link]
[blockquote]The spokesperson said it is too early to say whether the cost to an end-user would be above the current £25 to £30 a month for a standard 512Kbits/sec line (the speeds we are told would be roughly equivalent).
And while current coverage extends to about 80 per cent of the population, BT is reluctant to put a figure on what this might increase to with the rollout of radio broadband. 'It depends on geography and local features,' we were told. And while the range of the technology can extend beyond the current 6km range of ADSL, it will also act as a 'fill-in' to cover areas that are within 6km of an exchange but are unable for whatever reason to have an ADSL connection.
Aside from the diamond shaped dish that end users need on the side of their premises to receive the service, rolling out the technology would also involve erecting base stations that would serve the local area.[/blockquote]
[link=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=51417]The full report[/link]
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Interesting. Now the entire country could be a war-driving zone.