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[multiskilled]

Looks like the French aren't just good at cooking.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6936325.stm

not bad just hope the uk can catch up

[altis]

...and aeronautical engineering:

http://www.mounteverest.net/story/My...ay242005.shtml

[DocDutch]

jealous especially with this part of the article.

So far just two thousand people have signed up to the fibre service, which costs 45 Euros a month (£30) for the internet connection, a 51 channel television service and unlimited phone calls. But Orange is aiming for up to 200,000 customers by the end of 2008.


why cant we have such a nice price

the reason why is cuz the french would go on strike if it was anymore and english just sit back and let it happen

[altis]

On the radio, last night, they said that part of the problem is that the UK's take up of digital TV far exceeds the French. Consequently, they have more to gain from very high speed internet access than we do - so creating a bigger demand. Also, there are more flats in Paris that are much easier to connect up than our separate houses.

[DocDutch]

dont think that is the reason Darth, more likely that the French goverment invests itself into the broadband revolution whilst the UK just sits on its a*se with this.

[jc_150]

Also remember if VM were to bring out a 100Meg service, then it would be unlimited download, unless of course you downloaded more than 3G then you unlimited speed would drop to a limited speed of nothing worth having at the times one would want to use it. It must be great to jugle the English langueage to such nonsence, and we all roll over and accept it. Oh and if you dare complain that your speed is not up to scratch, then it costs an arm and a leg for a foreign call centre to tell yopu to re boot your modem or the problem is beyond their capacity, and if they already know of the problem then you cant get your call costs back.
Don't you just love high tech.
regards
John Calleja

Originally Posted by jc_150

Also remember if VM were to bring out a 100Meg service, then it would be unlimited download, unless of course you downloaded more than 3G then you unlimited speed would drop to a limited speed of nothing worth having at the times one would want to use it. It must be great to jugle the English langueage to such nonsence, and we all roll over and accept it. Oh and if you dare complain that your speed is not up to scratch, then it costs an arm and a leg for a foreign call centre to tell yopu to re boot your modem or the problem is beyond their capacity, and if they already know of the problem then you cant get your call costs back.
Don't you just love high tech.
regards
John Calleja

Wow, that was relevant to the thread..................

[APS]

The point about the French network being spurred on by IP TV is also what is spurring on BT for its 21CN. It allows the telecon provider to make money by selling subscription or PPV content, e.g. digital TV, films, sport. This is the main way they will make money to cover the cost of the investment in a fast network right out to the end-user. It is normally argued that they generally don't and won't make much money at all out of providing cheap broadband access alone, in fact other companies use it as a loss-leader to sell other services, e.g. carphone wh, Sky, etc.

Virgin Media would seem to be in a difficult position here as they can already provide PPV and subscription TV via their normal cable service. There is little to gain in revenues for providing faster internet access until there is a major shift to IP based multimedia hardware, instead of using TV technology. At that point they will no doubt switch over, but whatever happens don't expect to be able to stream HD quality movies and TV etc for free - you are going to pay for them some way or another.

APS