Hi Rich, > What amazes me is how they can still claim up to 8Mbps service when the > vast majority of houses (except in cities) seem to get a lot less - Welcome to the worldo slightly unscientific claims. Much loved by the "woo" trade in health supliments, and Gillian McKeith, Patrick Holford etc - who use words to con people into parting with their hard earned cash for little or no benefit in return.
Read Ben Goldacre's blog (Bad Science) or better still, his book. Basically, "up to" means anything from minus infinity through to the quoted figure. Only one person needs to get the quoted figure to make it accurate and all the rest who get less are still "legally" covered because they are in the "up to" band. It's a con. Much like hard disc manufacturers quoting Gigabytes when they really mean gigabytes. 1024*1024*1024 seems to be quoted but actual capacity is less as they are talking about 1000*1000*1000. Advertising - legal lies! Cynic? Me? But of course! > after all my 8Mbps which is promised by Talk Talk / Sky / Orange etc Remember, 8 Mbps is not promised, only "up to" - that's the con. <SNIP> > Sorry - enough of a rant just somedays I wish we could have just > installed a massive QL network between all the houses! Isn't there a limit of 64 devices on a QL network? Cheers, Norman. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
