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Who are
Shetland Islands Council turning to to find out how to deliver broadband in their islands?
A delegation from the isles is being invited to Faroe to see how the community there is able to provide almost its entire population with high speed broadband as the SIC considers how to go about setting up its own telecommunications firm.[...]
Mr Cluness said: “The Faroese are specialists on broadband – almost 100 per cent of the population is fairly high speed. A lack of decent broadband is one of the main things that’s holding us back.”
Having been to the Faroes and seen the topography and the weather, the challenges in Uist pale into insignificance.
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As a frustrated Hebrides net user I am only too aware of what a half baked council, a half wit highland and islands enterprise, and a robbing set of bastards like Scotnet are capable of.
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Dear Hebrides.net client.
Hebrides.Net is pleased to announce a major change to our current services.
We will soon be doubling the monthly data transfer limits allowing customers to fully enjoy the benefits of the wide variety of online applications available. Although these changes will not take effect immediately, in the short term, any clients who exceeds their current transfer limit will be able to extend the limit by buying a further 1Gb of allowance, however you will not be charged for this request.
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We can also announce that we will be shortly trialling a range of new services including faster residential and business offerings. Hebrides.Net will provide further details of this exciting development via future newsletters and e-news bulletins.
Monthly transfer limits and the size of files can be a confusing subject. As a guide, the following table gives an idea of how much of your allowance you will use through different file downloads:
File type Approximate size
Text only e-mail (send or receive) 4kb - 20kb
Digital image (depending on resolution) 500kb - 8Mb
MP3 (music track) 3Mb - 5Mb
Television program (typical 30 minute program)* 250Mb - 350Mb
Movie (dependant on length) 3Gb - 5Gb
* Please note that watching a television program online uses the same amount of allowance as downloading it to your hard drive.
1Gb = 1024Mb
1Mb = 1024Kb
Therefore, a 10Gb monthly limit would allow you to download approximately 2500 songs or watch 15 hours of BBC Iplayer.
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Kind Regards,
The Hebrides.net team
So that's all right then.
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