7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> BT Joins Linux Phone Standards Forum
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, adding to the growing momentum
>>>> | of standards-based mobile Linux, announced today that BT PLC [LSE: BT
>>>> | Group] has joined the consortium and will participate in the group's
>>>> | specification and standardization activities
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.embedded-computing.com/news/db/?8517
>>>>
>>>> Brilliant. Mobile Linux is on a roll.
>>>
>>> I'm afraid you can't trust BT$. This is the same company that
>>> officially announced that customers don't need anything more
>>> than 1Mbit broadband (or thereabouts) and that they won't invest
>>> in any infrastructure to upgrade existing users.
>>>
>>> Promises promises!!!
>>
>> That's not quite true. Most BT lines support up to 8Mbit/s.
>>
>>>
>>> If BT$ would only stick to promises, then investors
>>> can invest in 100Mbit+ networks as available now in EU countries,
>>> and far eastern countries.
>>
>> Like where?
>
> google is your friend
>
You made the assertion - kindly prove it, as I'm not going to do your
homework.
In the meantime, if you want to have 140MBit/s to your home, you've been
able to have that since the 1980s, but it's not cheap.
>
>>>
>>> Or if 0FFcom would only bar BT$ from breaking their promises.
>>>
>>> The latest trick BT$ is to lie about exchange distance
>>> so that lines can be unbundled.
>>>
>>> I live 1 km from my exchange yet BE reports it can only give me 2mbit on
>>> a 24mbit ADSL+ line. Why is that? Because BE is being lied to
>>> about the distance between my house and the exchange - probably
>>> telling them its 3.5km or something.
>>
>> It depends on a lot of factors. If you have a major problem here, email
>> me directly and I'll see if there's anything which might be done, but I
>> very much doubt that there is any kind of conspiracy.
>>
>>> Another punter told me this story so now I'm querrying with everyone
>>> to see if BT$ is indeed lying to BE so that they are being forced
>>> to loose their sales leads.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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