To be honest, I'm a bit wary of broadband wireless in densely populated areas. From my experience with this, I've seen a classic example of "technology frog leaping" between technolgical advances with the broadband wireless vendors such as Proxim, Trango, etc and this ongoing issue with the users constantly competing for bandwidth (as it is a shared medium) and ongoing issues with interference which not only comes from rival providers but also from private networks trying to link their buildings together. All this seems to be going in viscous circles - I've been watching this space for just over ten years now. With sparsely populated areas - different story. CRCnet has been very successful there. While I am all for seeing VoIP being the technology for the future, I firmly believe that in the residential and SOHO market, the primary phone line should be on an end a twisted pair cable with a phone that works when you have a power failure and/or when your equipment fails. The reality is that things may suck when your internet stops, but with having no phone, that means you have no ability of dialing 111 which obviously is considered life threatning. Personally, I would sit back and wait. This iHUG package hasn't been out very long. Joseph Gibbs wrote:
Hi,
Looking at getting wireless internet and phone package from wired country, through ihug. Will probably get the 1 or 2mbit deal. Has anyone had any experiences with them? I checked the wlug pages, not much info about them though. I'm interested in the quality of service they provide, and any other experinces you could share for/against getting this service.
thanks, Joseph.
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