The MD failed because it was yet another proprietary Sony format which offered too little too late, especially as the CD market was already well established.
MDs may have had a place in portable media but soon after they started gaining traction MP3 players saw to that.
NTL cable has actually been really reliable for me. 10meg is £34.99 which isn't too expensive and it is now entirely without usage limits!:)
Use a standalone cable modem and not a STB however as the STBs networking tends to hang all the time and requires a reboot. Also since you don't need one for NTL you might as well give your BT line a swift kick in the arse if you still have one and get a £7.99/mo unlimited local/national VOIP line from one of the many providers to save you a bit of cash (and also get you the hell away from BT, which is never a bad thing!)
What happens when a node goes down between several other nodes and the other nodes are now out of range of each other? The network will split and the result will be two seperate networks that are unable to reach each other until the connecting node is up again. Will users be constantly facing problems similar to IRC netsplits?
Not to mention that all equipment would need to be replaced to take advantage of this new standard.
I'd be more interested in longer range, or more robust signals that can penetrate more obstacles.
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The MD failed because it was yet another proprietary Sony format which offered too little too late, especially as the CD market was already well established. MDs may have had a place in portable media but soon after they started gaining traction MP3 players saw to that.
NTL cable has actually been really reliable for me. :)
10meg is £34.99 which isn't too expensive and it is now entirely without usage limits!
Use a standalone cable modem and not a STB however as the STBs networking tends to hang all the time and requires a reboot.
Also since you don't need one for NTL you might as well give your BT line a swift kick in the arse if you still have one and get a £7.99/mo unlimited local/national VOIP line from one of the many providers to save you a bit of cash (and also get you the hell away from BT, which is never a bad thing!)
What happens when a node goes down between several other nodes and the other nodes are now out of range of each other? The network will split and the result will be two seperate networks that are unable to reach each other until the connecting node is up again. Will users be constantly facing problems similar to IRC netsplits? Not to mention that all equipment would need to be replaced to take advantage of this new standard. I'd be more interested in longer range, or more robust signals that can penetrate more obstacles.