On 02/10/2019 13:28, Paul Mansfield wrote:
On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 12:06, David Derrick <[email protected]> wrote:
Any idea when we can expect to see trained dolphins pulling fibre reels
across the Scapa Flow?
FTTD (fibre to the dolphin)??
surely there's fibre already to the Island,
Only the type grown on sheep.
to support the 5G trials happening up there?
As far as I know all those are based on the mainland so the backhaul for
them can be provided by an EAD.
plus you've got a Microsoft Submarine Data Centre
which also needs lots of bandwidth?
Also fed from the mainland.
> Orkney seems to be a hotbed of new technology.
That may be so, but not so much benefits the islanders. For example, we
currently generate more renewable energy than we can use but we were
asked on the council's energy survey if we'd be prepared to pay more for
locally produced energy!?
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David Derrick
Systems & Network Engineer
Entanet International Ltd
0330 100 0330
