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axxxr Posts: > 500

Via: mobileread

A stable Wi-Fi broadband internet connection via satellite was successfully tested aboard a high-speed train the Paris-Brussels route operated by Thalys. The record bandwidth attained was 4 Mbit/s downstream and 2 upstream at 300 km/h, comparable to the quality of an ADSL+ (asymmetric digital subscriber line plus) connection, a faster variant of DSL.

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Posted: 2005-04-26 00:13:44
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Jim Posts: > 500

Edit: didn't see the full article link
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Posted: 2005-04-26 00:24:08
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fatreg Posts: > 500

that is mad!
4Mbps??

and how much is that gonna cost ya??

4Mbps via satellite? OUCH!

fatreg

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Posted: 2005-04-26 00:34:11
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axxxr Posts: > 500

I can only guess but the charges for useage will be in comparison to current standard wi-fi charges.but i may be wrong.
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Posted: 2005-04-26 00:38:49
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fatreg Posts: > 500

nah the charges must be way more than that!

theres no way on earth that a satellite driven WIFI network is gonna cost you £15 pm!!

after all its going across counties too?

i sooo need to move to france and travel to brussels quite often! LOL

fatreg
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Posted: 2005-04-26 00:46:08
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axxxr Posts: > 500

Yeh you may be right but with competition as with the communications industry these days i predict prices will be kept to minimum to attract customers and encourage useage.

Here's a excellent animated presentation on how the whole system works.
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Posted: 2005-04-26 01:14:09
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fatreg Posts: > 500

thats so cool.

i know people like virgin trains have wifi networks on board but i could never work out how they worked.

wi-max must be able to change all this and have a span of a few hundered kms.

then we will all be laughing!

fatreg
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Posted: 2005-04-26 01:22:03
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batesie Posts: > 500

nice i like the simple animation. straight to the point...
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Posted: 2005-04-26 01:26:11
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Jim Posts: > 500

It's actually free ... for now ! I just hope they will put a price that everyone can afford and not only bussiness man who's company pays the bill anyway.

I had a visitor on my apache log two weeks ago and he went fast through the pages so the speed must be very good.
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Posted: 2005-05-02 15:27:18
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Residentevil Posts: > 500

Free

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Posted: 2005-05-02 15:48:27
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