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    Fibre to the Not Spot

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    Ben
    , 20th January 2011 at 11:35 AM (Ben's Talk3G Blog)
    There's a theme that has driven me all my life. At nursery school I'd connect together all the toys. The staff said this wasn't a problem in itself, but it did become problematic when, post connection, I'd disallow any of the other children to play with them. Paper cups and string. Fairy lights were amazing to me; all those little bulbs connected up together. When a friend, for reasons that still escape me, was given a pager by his parents I was truly misty-eyed and, admittedly, incredibly jealous ...

    Updated 20th January 2011 at 01:36 PM by Ben

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    The 44,472 Mile Tweet

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    Ben
    , 18th August 2010 at 10:17 AM (Ben's Talk3G Blog)
    In as little as 10 days my tweets could be travelling 44,472 miles in order to reach you.

    Ding ding ding! You're absolutely right! For the first time in 6 years I'm going to be back on satellite bloody broadband!

    Lets look at the options:
    - ADSL: 256k. Technically it's more like 200k down and 300k up, a bit of a puzzle! There are days when I think I could live with it and hope that something better comes along. Then it goes down for several hours. Oh, and the ...
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