On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:04:24 +0000, BearItAll wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> This appears as news /very/ repeatedly (seen it like a dozen times in
>> the past few days), despite the date.
>>
>> Linux powers nation's largest satellite network
>>
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>> | Some 75 towns across New South Wales have started accessing the
>> | Internet through Linux-based satellite routers in what is said to be
>> | largest network of its type in Australia spanning upwards of 800,000s
>> | quare kilometres.
>> `----
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>> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;55499617;fp;4;fpid;18
>>
>>
>> Roy C. posted it here:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/9cf377b7897495c2
>
> I think it is a good system for many of us to move towards, getting rid of
> the across town cables and using satalite instead.
>
> I see that Sky is giving Internet access as a free service according to
> their TV advert at the moment, mind they have to do something, these
> multichannel things are not doing very well in britland, even free view
> isn't taking off as the government hoped it would.
AFAIK, Sky aren't getting the customers they hoped for either. I'm not
particularly interested in it, but I certainly till Murdoch's companies
started paying *full* UK taxes.
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