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On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 20:16 +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2014, Kevin Lucas wrote: > > > Hi all > > Being the Sub Postmaster in Minions I get a lot of Village residents > > complaining ( I don't know why to me apart from I just happen to there > > to listen!), > > Because the "Post Office" offer a phone and broadband service, therefore > you implicitly must know... ;-) Ha ha ! > > > about the very poor service we get from BT Openreach > > regarding the quality of the Connection to the exchange, we as a village > > get 2.5 megs max with many failing to reach 1 Meg on a steady basis. > > > > So I thought with the Caradon transmitter being just up the hill why > > cant we use 3G? > > With my HTC stuck out the Loft window I get up to 14megs on EE ( orange) > > Direct line of sight with the Transmitter, but inside the house its > > flaky and just about the same as ADSL. > > > > does anyone have experience of a good sim router and does a 3G Ariel > > make much difference? I have looked at something like this > > http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=15278 poss > > with the Ariel from the bottom of the page, as an installed solution in > > the house but before I tell BT where to put their Crapband what do you > > think of the long term viability of such a system. > > > > Currently we all in Minions pay about Â30 / month for a phone > > Connection with Broadband. Most only have a land line because we think > > we need ADSL. > > Also the nearest "Green Box" to us is in Upton Cross and this does have > > the Fibre cable in it but I feel the cost of bringing it to Minions is > > making its appearance here a very long way off. > > You're on off Cabinet 1 off the Rilla Mill exchange. This cab has fiber to > it, but you're still beyond a sensible range to really benefit - estimated > 4.4Mb/sec on a good day with no major jointing between you & the cabinet. > > It's unlikely (but not unheard of) that BT will put a new cabinet in your > village, or nearby. > > That 3G modem device you've linked to looks like the business - but do get > good quality cable and an external antennae to make it work better. > > If you know exactly where the base station is, and have line of sight to > it, then the yagi is the best bet - until they turn it off and rely on > another one nearby, then you'll get nothing. > > Good luck! > > Gordon -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) A dedicated Linux user /usr/bin/microsoft Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq