Well, many posters here mention Scandinavia as an example for fast and good broadband connections.That's simply not true. Only a few buildings in Denmark have a real broadband connection which is 10 Mb/s in and out. 99 % of all internet providers in Denmark are selling an ordinary ADSL connection as a 'broaband' connection. They even sell 64 Kb/s ADSL or cabel as broadband connection. So, when you download something at only 6 Kb/s (which is a real speed for an 64 Kb/s) do you have a broadband? And guess what, most households in Demark have such 'broadband' connections between 64 Kb/s and 256 Kb/s. In Sweeden is situation better, but in Norway it is similar to Denmark. ADSL connections with 2 Mb/s and more are so expensive that very few people are wiling to pay for them. Most people in Denmark don't even know what a broadband connection is. They think that a broadband conection is when you are always connected to internet.
I can also see that many Slashdoters think they have a bradband connection when they have 2 Mb/s ADSL or cable. That is not a broadband. You can't see a high quality stream in full screen when the real speed you have is only 200 Kb/s. You have to have minimum 7 Mb/s to call it broadband.
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Well, many posters here mention Scandinavia as an example for fast and good broadband connections.That's simply not true. Only a few buildings in Denmark have a real broadband connection which is 10 Mb/s in and out. 99 % of all internet providers in Denmark are selling an ordinary ADSL connection as a 'broaband' connection. They even sell 64 Kb/s ADSL or cabel as broadband connection. So, when you download something at only 6 Kb/s (which is a real speed for an 64 Kb/s) do you have a broadband? And guess what, most households in Demark have such 'broadband' connections between 64 Kb/s and 256 Kb/s. In Sweeden is situation better, but in Norway it is similar to Denmark. ADSL connections with 2 Mb/s and more are so expensive that very few people are wiling to pay for them. Most people in Denmark don't even know what a broadband connection is. They think that a broadband conection is when you are always connected to internet. I can also see that many Slashdoters think they have a bradband connection when they have 2 Mb/s ADSL or cable. That is not a broadband. You can't see a high quality stream in full screen when the real speed you have is only 200 Kb/s. You have to have minimum 7 Mb/s to call it broadband.
XFree86 = a working system and the wrong licence,
Xorg = a right licence and non working system
'It's been over the Atlantic three or four times since...'
;=).
'It's bombproof....'
It better should be bombproof when you fly so much over the Atlantic