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What sort of speeds do the sateillite internet connections give? My bandwidth was so slow last night it was struggling to stream a radio show whilst loading one other (non graphics-intensive) webpage. Wireless communications makes so much more sense in places as vast as Africa and Asia, where the cost of fixed line infrastructure would mean most people would be lucky to see a land line telephone. Coincidently, I was listening to a radio version of a Dorothy L Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey novel last night - and there was question of whether or not the nearest village had a telephone from which the Police could be called. This followed a programme on the use of video conferencing to allow consultants in Cumbria and Lancashire to interview and diagnose stroke victims more quickly on admission. Patient to nearest hospital and consultant in any of the Trust's hospitals is no longer an issue. What a difference this could make to those served by Hylas 2 and its ilk.

8 Aug 2012

2:18 pm