J.Hearns wrote:
>
> > likely to apply -
> > One off installation charge =A3500
> > Annual rental (1st 64kbps) =A32000
> > Annual rental (additional 64k) =A31000
>
> Am I correct in assuming that these figures are 500 UKP,
> and 2000 UKP for rental of a 64 kilobits per second line.
yes - sorry about the translation - should all be UKP
> Domestic users can now get 56kpbs modems on ordinary phone lines!
> So all of this technology, which we all have such high hopes for (really.
> No sarcasm intended.) will be run on lines little faster than you can
> get at home with a box from Dixons!
> How can we be expected to do all this stuff of EDIFACT, reports, email,
> Web browsing, X-ray images, pathology images,
> to some of the biggest Trusts in the land, to the thousands of
> local surgeries with this sort of bandwidth?
They try to sell it on the basis of all the valuable services ONLY
available on NHSnet
(at the moment there aren't any....)
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