[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1051},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-tags-Cable & Wireless":3},[4,58,362,403,453,593,765,820,930,979],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"category":38,"commentCount":39,"date":40,"description":41,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":46,"minutes":47,"navigation":48,"path":49,"seo":50,"showCategory":44,"stem":51,"tags":52,"updated":44,"url":55,"wordCount":56,"__hash__":57},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fcw_guernsey_2mb_broadband.md","C&W Guernsey 2MB broadband",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":34},"minimark",[10,22,25,28],[11,12,13,14,21],"p",{},"Cable & Wireless Guernsey are offering ",[15,16,20],"a",{"href":17,"rel":18},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cwguernsey.com\u002Fbroadband\u002Fpage-0",[19],"nofollow","1MB and 2MB “Professional” broadband packages"," for £49.99 and £79.99 a month respectively as from June 17th.",[11,23,24],{},"So what do you get for your extra £25 a month with their 1MB pro service over their existing 1MB service?",[11,26,27],{},"A static IP address and a 20:1 contention ratio (instead of dynamic IP and a 40:1). I couldn’t get any details regarding upload speeds other than “it’s the same”.",[11,29,30],{},[31,32,33],"em",{},"[)amien",{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":37},"",2,[],"Guernsey",3,"2006-06-13T20:37:22+00:00","Cable & Wireless Guernsey are offering 1MB and 2MB “Professional” broadband packages for £49.99 and £79.99 a month respectively as from June 17th.","[object Object]","md",null,false,{},1,true,"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fcw_guernsey_2mb_broadband",{"title":6,"description":41},"blog\u002F2006\u002Fcw_guernsey_2mb_broadband",[53,54],"broadband","Cable & Wireless","\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fcw_guernsey_2mb_broadband\u002F",74,"uFXzkcg6IWG63RxCwsZX0yro1T0kpwMTfGDpZNGIYbs",{"id":59,"title":60,"body":61,"category":38,"commentCount":47,"date":352,"description":353,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":354,"minutes":39,"navigation":48,"path":355,"seo":356,"showCategory":44,"stem":357,"tags":358,"updated":44,"url":359,"wordCount":360,"__hash__":361},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fstateofthebroadbandmarch2006.md","State of the broadband, March 2006",{"type":8,"value":62,"toc":326},[63,72,77,86,91,94,107,111,114,125,129,133,136,147,151,154,165,169,173,176,184,188,191,199,203,206,209,214,218,227,230,233,241,245,248,252,266,270,281,285,294,297,308,311,316,322],[11,64,65,66,71],{},"Time for an update on the state of broadband in the Channel Islands. Some interesting home tariff cuts on both islands. The Office of Utility Regulation is pushing for ",[15,67,70],{"href":68,"rel":69},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.regutil.gg\u002Fpress_releases\u002Fpress_releases_list_docs.asp?Sector=Telecommunications",[19],"further wholesale ADSL cuts"," in Guernsey. More news as it happens.",[73,74,76],"h2",{"id":75},"jersey-telecom","Jersey Telecom",[11,78,79,80,85],{},"Now have usage limits in place on their ",[15,81,84],{"href":82,"rel":83},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jerseytelecom.com\u002Ftemplates\u002FLayoutB.aspx?id=184",[19],"“Rapid” broadband"," services with the exception of the top-end business service.",[87,88,90],"h3",{"id":89},"home-rapid","Home (Rapid)",[11,92,93],{},"Contention ratio of 50:1 with connection fees starting at £50 without a modem. Other more expensive install options are available but not priced on their web site.",[95,96,97,101,104],"ul",{},[98,99,100],"li",{},"512KB @ £17.99, 20GB limit",[98,102,103],{},"1MB @ £24.99, 40GB limit",[98,105,106],{},"2MB @ £39.99, 60GB limit",[87,108,110],{"id":109},"business-rapidbusiness","Business (RapidBusiness)",[11,112,113],{},"Connection charges are £50 for self-install or £130 for JT visit. Contention of 20:1 and includes a single fixed IP address.",[95,115,116,119,122],{},[98,117,118],{},"512KB @ £35.99, 40GB limit",[98,120,121],{},"1MB @ £49.99, 80GB limit",[98,123,124],{},"2MB @ £99.99, unlimited",[73,126,128],{"id":127},"newtel-solutions-jersey","Newtel Solutions Jersey",[87,130,132],{"id":131},"home-xband","Home (XBand)",[11,134,135],{},"Prices followed JT’s lead since last update but without JT’s usage limits. The 50:1 contention limit set by JT on the ADSL applies.",[95,137,138,141,144],{},[98,139,140],{},"512KB @ £16.99 (£16.25 if paid annually)",[98,142,143],{},"1MB @ £23.49 (£22.50 if paid annually)",[98,145,146],{},"2MB @ £33.99 (£32.50 if paid annually)",[87,148,150],{"id":149},"business-xband-pro","Business (XBand Pro)",[11,152,153],{},"Some price cuts here, almost the same prices as the old home tarifs. Contention of 40:1. Fixed IP addresses (5 usable) at £8.99 a month on top.",[95,155,156,159,162],{},[98,157,158],{},"512KB @ £30.99 (£29.75 if paid annually)",[98,160,161],{},"1MB @ £42.99 (£41.25 if paid annually)",[98,163,164],{},"2MB @ £85.99 (£82.50 if paid annually)",[73,166,168],{"id":167},"cw-guernsey","C&W Guernsey",[87,170,172],{"id":171},"home","Home",[11,174,175],{},"The £49.99 installation fee for “Pay-As-You-Go” is being waived until the end of May 2006. Anytime installation is free. Believed to still be 40:1 contention ratio.",[95,177,178,181],{},[98,179,180],{},"1MB “Anytime” unlimited @ £26.99",[98,182,183],{},"1MB “Pay-as-You-Go” @ £19.99-£34.99 (500 mins, 3p per extra min)",[87,185,187],{"id":186},"business","Business",[11,189,190],{},"These rates that look like JT’s business ADSL prices four years ago. Contention ratio of 20:1.",[95,192,193,196],{},[98,194,195],{},"1MB @ £89.99",[98,197,198],{},"2MB @ £149.99",[73,200,202],{"id":201},"newtel-solutions-guernseyguernseynet","Newtel Solutions Guernsey\u002FGuernsey.Net",[87,204,132],{"id":205},"home-xband-1",[11,207,208],{},"Price drop takes effect from today. Free connection and D-Link 200 modem. Single IP address available for extra £15 a month.",[95,210,211],{},[98,212,213],{},"1MB @ £21.99 (£20.50 if paid annually)",[87,215,217],{"id":216},"business-xband","Business (XBand)",[11,219,220,221,226],{},"Despite ",[15,222,225],{"href":223,"rel":224},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.regutil.gg\u002Fdocs\u002F210206.pdf",[19],"evidence that the wholesale price of the 2MB ADSL is £73.99"," Newtel seems to be following C&W’s out-of-date pricing model for business.",[11,228,229],{},"Very strange when you consider their margin on 1MB home must be around £4.50.",[11,231,232],{},"Connections start at £49.99 a month without router\u002Fmodem. No indication of contention ratios.",[95,234,235,238],{},[98,236,237],{},"1MB @ £85.00 (£81.00 if paid annually)",[98,239,240],{},"2MB @ £145.00 (£139.00 if paid annually)",[73,242,244],{"id":243},"british-telecom","British Telecom",[11,246,247],{},"Just for comparison I’ll include BT’s current pricing. True bandwidth costs more to the UK but then we also don’t have VAT…",[87,249,251],{"id":250},"home-broadband","Home (Broadband)",[95,253,254,257,260,263],{},[98,255,256],{},"to 2MB @ £14.99, 2GB limit",[98,258,259],{},"to 2MB @ £20.99, 6GB limit",[98,261,262],{},"to 2MB @ £25.99, 20GB limit",[98,264,265],{},"to 2MB @ £29.99, 40GB limit",[87,267,269],{"id":268},"business-business-broadband","Business (Business Broadband)",[95,271,272,275,278],{},[98,273,274],{},"to 2MB “Single” @ £29.99, unlimited (Free connection & router)",[98,276,277],{},"to 2MB “Share” @ £45.00, unlimited (Free WiFi router)",[98,279,280],{},"to 2MB “Network” @ £65.00, unlimited (Free connection & WiFi router)",[73,282,284],{"id":283},"bulldog-cw-uk","Bulldog (C&W UK)",[11,286,287,288,293],{},"May as well look at C&W’s UK service offerings. Note that the 8MB is only available if you’re right next to an exchange and ",[15,289,292],{"href":290,"rel":291},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theregister.co.uk\u002F2006\u002F01\u002F27\u002Fwanadoo_asa\u002F",[19],"Wanadoo have been slapped by the Advertising Standards Authority"," over their 8MB claims.",[87,295,172],{"id":296},"home-1",[95,298,299,302,305],{},[98,300,301],{},"to 8MB “Pay-As-You-Go” @ 1p-3p minute",[98,303,304],{},"to 8MB “Anytime” @ £9.75, 1GB limit",[98,306,307],{},"to 8MB “Unlimited” @ £19.50",[87,309,187],{"id":310},"business-1",[95,312,313],{},[98,314,315],{},"to 8MB “Small Business” @ £25.50, 1 IP address, 40:1 contention, £60 connection",[11,317,318],{},[319,320,321],"sub",{},"All the prices are per-month in GBP and do not include the additional monthly charge for a phone line.",[11,323,324],{},[31,325,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":327},[328,332,336,340,344,348],{"id":75,"depth":36,"text":76,"children":329},[330,331],{"id":89,"depth":39,"text":90},{"id":109,"depth":39,"text":110},{"id":127,"depth":36,"text":128,"children":333},[334,335],{"id":131,"depth":39,"text":132},{"id":149,"depth":39,"text":150},{"id":167,"depth":36,"text":168,"children":337},[338,339],{"id":171,"depth":39,"text":172},{"id":186,"depth":39,"text":187},{"id":201,"depth":36,"text":202,"children":341},[342,343],{"id":205,"depth":39,"text":132},{"id":216,"depth":39,"text":217},{"id":243,"depth":36,"text":244,"children":345},[346,347],{"id":250,"depth":39,"text":251},{"id":268,"depth":39,"text":269},{"id":283,"depth":36,"text":284,"children":349},[350,351],{"id":296,"depth":39,"text":172},{"id":310,"depth":39,"text":187},"2006-03-20T12:13:00+00:00","Time for an update on the state of broadband in the Channel Islands. Some interesting home tariff cuts on both islands. The Office of Utility Regulation is pushing for further wholesale ADSL cuts in Guernsey. More news as it happens.",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fstateofthebroadbandmarch2006",{"title":60,"description":353},"blog\u002F2006\u002Fstateofthebroadbandmarch2006",[53,54],"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fstateofthebroadbandmarch2006\u002F",584,"pM6s_8E_1fDuAmomYavPV4dkNfm-MHUfMksPgg3Ohr0",{"id":363,"title":364,"body":365,"category":38,"commentCount":393,"date":394,"description":369,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":395,"minutes":47,"navigation":48,"path":396,"seo":397,"showCategory":44,"stem":398,"tags":399,"updated":44,"url":400,"wordCount":401,"__hash__":402},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fnewtelguernseydslpricedroponmonday.md","Newtel Guernsey DSL price drop on Monday",{"type":8,"value":366,"toc":391},[367,370,381,384,387],[11,368,369],{},"Newtel are dropping the price of their Guernsey 1MB unlimited service to £21.99 a month as from this coming Monday.",[11,371,372,373,376,377,380],{},"This compares very favorably with C&W’s £19.99 a month ",[31,374,375],{},"Pay As You Go"," and £26.99 ",[31,378,379],{},"Anytime"," unlimited services.",[11,382,383],{},"Also bear in mind that C&W’s £19.99 a month deal is for 500 minutes a month before you have to pay 3p a minute until your monthly charge hits £34.99. It also costs £49.99 for a connection.",[11,385,386],{},"They are also offering fixed IP on top of that for an extra £15 a month meaning a 1MB fixed IP service can be had for an attractive £36.99 a month.",[11,388,389],{},[31,390,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":392},[],0,"2006-03-17T11:19:00+00:00",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fnewtelguernseydslpricedroponmonday",{"title":364,"description":369},"blog\u002F2006\u002Fnewtelguernseydslpricedroponmonday",[53,54],"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fnewtelguernseydslpricedroponmonday\u002F",107,"_zu7yrLPVrsOWkwJop9R1rzUbC2Kt55Ke0Eb7rjk94g",{"id":404,"title":405,"body":406,"category":38,"commentCount":393,"date":444,"description":410,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":445,"minutes":47,"navigation":48,"path":446,"seo":447,"showCategory":44,"stem":448,"tags":449,"updated":44,"url":450,"wordCount":451,"__hash__":452},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fcablewirelessguernseynetworkfailure.md","Cable & Wireless Guernsey network failure",{"type":8,"value":407,"toc":442},[408,411,420,426,429,432,435,438],[11,409,410],{},"So the phone lines here have been out now for well over an hour. ADSL is still working as is Guernsey-to-Guernsey mobiles but everything else is giving dead tones, no tones or “Network failure” messages.",[11,412,413,414,419],{},"So much for a single point of failure or resilient network. They ",[15,415,418],{"href":416,"rel":417},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cwguernsey.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Fpage-446",[19],"currently boast",";",[421,422,423],"blockquote",{},[11,424,425],{},"Can you remember the last time your call didn’t connect or was cut off? We consistently maintain a success rate for call connectivity of over 99.99% which puts us amongst the world’s most reliable telecoms providers.",[11,427,428],{},"I certainly can, about 20 times today from 3pm onward…",[11,430,431],{},"Perhaps the government will realize what privatizing the telecommunications monopoly on which their entire banking industry relies on was just plain stupid.",[11,433,434],{},"In the mean time the web-sites of local media at BBC Guernsey, Islands FM, Channel TV and This Is Guernsey (Guernsey Press) are all offering absolutely no information whatsoever.",[11,436,437],{},"Maybe they are on dial-up.",[11,439,440],{},[31,441,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":443},[],"2006-02-20T12:51:00+00:00",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fcablewirelessguernseynetworkfailure",{"title":405,"description":410},"blog\u002F2006\u002Fcablewirelessguernseynetworkfailure",[54,53],"\u002Fblog\u002F2006\u002Fcablewirelessguernseynetworkfailure\u002F",153,"6c7Lt3u-rMS8yLGoI_qmvpwg_WQ_LppHhdyX0XI3s7Y",{"id":454,"title":455,"body":456,"category":38,"commentCount":393,"date":584,"description":460,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":585,"minutes":36,"navigation":48,"path":586,"seo":587,"showCategory":44,"stem":588,"tags":589,"updated":44,"url":590,"wordCount":591,"__hash__":592},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fstateofthebroadband.md","State of the broadband",{"type":8,"value":457,"toc":577},[458,461,464,466,475,486,488,497,508,510,519,527,536,540,549,554,556,565,570,573],[11,459,460],{},"A few changes from the various players so a quick run-down.",[11,462,463],{},"While local ISPs could argue their bandwidth is limited they have no such excuse for charging 3x the price of a UK outfit for IP addresses as Newtel are doing in both islands.",[73,465,76],{"id":75},[11,467,468,469,474],{},"Announced ",[15,470,473],{"href":471,"rel":472},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jerseytelecom.com\u002Fjtif.nsf\u002F0\u002F89468f03d19203db80256d4a002e3e66\u002F$FILE\u002F2216.v6.rapidgazettes.pdf",[19],"broadband price reductions"," which affect their 512KB, 1MB and 2MB home services. Interesting to note that the contention ratio has gone up from 40:1 to 50:1.",[95,476,477,480,483],{},[98,478,479],{},"512KB @ £17.99",[98,481,482],{},"1MB @ £24.99",[98,484,485],{},"2MB @ £39.99",[73,487,128],{"id":127},[11,489,490,491,496],{},"No announcements yet on price reductions to follow JT but I’d be surprised if they don’t act soon. They have however ",[15,492,495],{"href":493,"rel":494},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.newtelsolutions.com\u002Fcontent\u002F115\u002Findex.html",[19],"dropped connection charges"," and are offering fixed IP’s for £15.99 a month.",[95,498,499,502,505],{},[98,500,501],{},"512KB @ £24.49 (£23.50 if paid annually)",[98,503,504],{},"1MB @ £39.99 (£38.50 if paid annually)",[98,506,507],{},"2MB @ £79.99 (£77.00 if paid annually)",[73,509,168],{"id":167},[11,511,512,513,518],{},"Put out a new ",[15,514,517],{"href":515,"rel":516},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cwgsy.net\u002Fbroadband\u002Fpayg\u002Findex.asp",[19],"broadband “Pay-as-You-Go” package"," that includes 500 minutes. After that it is 3p\u002Fminute until you reach the maximum monthly charge of £34.99. Still at 40:1 contention as far as I know, actual product guide has not been updated and still claims 512K alongside the contention. Still no announced plans to offer fixed IPs or 512KB\u002F2MB services.",[95,520,521,524],{},[98,522,523],{},"1MB @ £26.99",[98,525,526],{},"1MB “Pay-as-You-Go” @ £19.99-£34.99 (includes 500 minutes)",[11,528,529,530,535],{},"There has been debate over C&W’s offerings on the ",[15,531,534],{"href":532,"rel":533},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thisisguernsey.com\u002Fforum\u002Fmessages\u002F11779\u002F11859.html?1126531194",[19],"This Is Guernsey Forum",". The C&W Gsy marketing manager Steve Eldrich addressed some of them.",[73,537,539],{"id":538},"guernseynetnewtel","Guernsey.Net\u002FNewtel",[11,541,542,543,548],{},"Followed C&W Gsy with the ",[15,544,547],{"href":545,"rel":546},"https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20051213200421\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.guernsey.net\u002Fproducts_adslwires.cfm",[19],"double the bandwidth"," but are not quoting contention ratios for their home service anywhere I could find. Unlike C&W they are offering a fixed IP address at an extra whopping £15.99 a month. They are offering free install and rental until 1st January 2005.",[95,550,551],{},[98,552,553],{},"1MB @ £25.99 (£24.50 if paid annually)",[73,555,284],{"id":283},[11,557,558,559,564],{},"Prices have come down again with the ",[15,560,563],{"href":561,"rel":562},"https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20051123215808\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.bulldogbroadband.com\u002Fresidential\u002Fproducts\u002Finteractive\u002F",[19],"8MB unlimited package"," costing now a mere £29.50. They are also offering a fixed IP address for £4.99 a month.",[95,566,567],{},[98,568,569],{},"8MB @ £29.50",[11,571,572],{},"All the prices are per-month in GBP and do not include the additional monthly charge for a phone line and are unlimited usage unless specified.",[11,574,575],{},[31,576,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":578},[579,580,581,582,583],{"id":75,"depth":36,"text":76},{"id":127,"depth":36,"text":128},{"id":167,"depth":36,"text":168},{"id":538,"depth":36,"text":539},{"id":283,"depth":36,"text":284},"2005-11-08T10:50:00+00:00",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fstateofthebroadband",{"title":455,"description":460},"blog\u002F2005\u002Fstateofthebroadband",[53,54],"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fstateofthebroadband\u002F",351,"DV9fES8HwRFRR2BOI8d8OMq7bRXGFzm-jbfXsWmo_F4",{"id":594,"title":595,"body":596,"category":38,"commentCount":393,"date":755,"description":756,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":757,"minutes":36,"navigation":48,"path":758,"seo":759,"showCategory":44,"stem":760,"tags":761,"updated":44,"url":762,"wordCount":763,"__hash__":764},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fbattleofbritainadslupgradesskypeandeuvat.md","Battle of Britain, ADSL upgrades, Skype and EU VAT",{"type":8,"value":597,"toc":748},[598,602,616,620,629,632,688,691,695,709,713,728,744],[73,599,601],{"id":600},"battle-of-britain","Battle of Britain",[11,603,604,605,609,610,615],{},"This week is the annual ",[15,606,601],{"href":607,"rel":608},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.raf.mod.uk\u002Four-organisation\u002Four-history\u002Fanniversaries\u002Fbattle-of-britain\u002F",[19]," week here in Guernsey and today sees highlight of the weeks events, the air display. Sadly, I missed the a chunk of it but managed to catch the star attraction ",[15,611,614],{"href":612,"rel":613},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.raf.mod.uk\u002Freds\u002F",[19],"The Red Arrows",". As always it was most impressive, dives banks and turns at low altitude while retaining perfect form in an number of geometric shapes. The weather was less impressed and the low cloud ceiling canceled out the various cross-overs we are normally treated to.",[73,617,619],{"id":618},"adsl-upgrades","ADSL upgrades",[11,621,622,623,628],{},"Today sees the completion of Cable & Wireless Guernsey’s free ",[15,624,627],{"href":625,"rel":626},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cwgsy.net\u002Fportal\u002Fjsp\u002FviewExternalLink.jsp?url=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cwguernsey.com\u002F&title=Cable%20and%20Wireless%20Guernsey%20Corporate%20Website",[19],"ADSL upgrade from 512KB to 1MB",". My parents and friends got theirs earlier but even mine was enhanced this morning. If yours is still running at 512KB give them a shout.",[11,630,631],{},"So how does it stack up against other uncapped residential plans?",[95,633,634,641,648,656,664,672,680],{},[98,635,636,640],{},[15,637,168],{"href":638,"rel":639},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cwgsy.net\u002Fbroadband\u002Fhome.asp",[19]," 1150\u002F280 £26.99",[98,642,643,647],{},[15,644,76],{"href":645,"rel":646},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jerseytelecom.com\u002Fjtif.nsf\u002F%28$all%29\u002FDB178226F9A7344680256BFE005784A7?opendocument",[19]," 512\u002F256 £24.99, 1024\u002F384 £44.95, 2048\u002F384 £84.99",[98,649,650,655],{},[15,651,654],{"href":652,"rel":653},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.manx.net\u002Fdefault.asp?id=96",[19],"Manx Telecom"," 512 £29.23, 1024 £49.99, 2048 £89.99 (all include VAT)",[98,657,658,663],{},[15,659,662],{"href":660,"rel":661},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bulldogbroadband.com\u002Findex.asp",[19],"C&W UK"," 8192 £29.50 (including VAT)",[98,665,666,671],{},[15,667,670],{"href":668,"rel":669},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ukonline.net\u002Fbroadband\u002F",[19],"UK Online"," 512 £9.99, 1024 £14.99, 2048 £19.99, 8192 £29.99",[98,673,674,679],{},[15,675,678],{"href":676,"rel":677},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dslweb.de\u002Fdsl-1000.htm",[19],"Germany (various)"," 1024\u002F128 €16.99, 2048\u002F192 €19,99, 6016\u002F576 €24.99 (all include VAT)",[98,681,682,687],{},[15,683,686],{"href":684,"rel":685},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bellsouth.com\u002Fconsumer\u002Finetsrvcs\u002Findex.html",[19],"BellSouth USA"," 256\u002F128 $24.95, 1500\u002F256 $32.95, 3000\u002F384 $42.95",[11,689,690],{},"So Guernsey is doing well in the island broadband pricing, but still abysmal compare to the UK, Europe and USA. I can’t quite figure out why the German providers give you so little upstream bandwidth. Maybe P2P is a big problem there. The US pricing looks poor because most of the providers hide their plans behind registration screens and don’t make it clear what you are getting.",[73,692,694],{"id":693},"skype","Skype",[11,696,697,698,702,703,708],{},"I tried ",[15,699,694],{"href":700,"rel":701},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.skype.com",[19]," last night to talk to Clarissa and it worked very well. Only once in an hour did it scramble Clarissa’s voice although mine apparently scrambled a few times. Sounds quality was very acceptable and it was letting me call her land line at €0.02 a minute using the ",[15,704,707],{"href":705,"rel":706},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.skype.com\u002Fproducts\u002Fskypeout\u002F",[19],"SkypeOut"," feature.",[87,710,712],{"id":711},"eu-vat","EU VAT",[11,714,715,716,721,722,727],{},"A problem with Skype the moment is that they insist on ",[15,717,720],{"href":718,"rel":719},"https:\u002F\u002Fsupport.skype.com\u002Findex.php?_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=294",[19],"charging Guernsey EU VAT"," mistakenly thinking we are part of the EU, ",[15,723,726],{"href":724,"rel":725},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.gg\u002Fccm\u002Fhome-department\u002Fcustoms\u002Fvat.en",[19],"when we are not",".",[11,729,730,735,736,739,740,743],{},[15,731,734],{"href":732,"rel":733},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.apple.com\u002Fitunes\u002Fmusic\u002F",[19],"Apple’s iTunes Music Store"," took a different approach to handling us CI’ers and just barred all ",[31,737,738],{},"GY?"," and ",[31,741,742],{},"JE?"," post-codes so we couldn’t buy tunes at all. You can bypass this check by putting your post-code in lower-case and accept the dreaded EU VAT for now. Better than no tunes at all.",[11,745,746],{},[31,747,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":749},[750,751,752],{"id":600,"depth":36,"text":601},{"id":618,"depth":36,"text":619},{"id":693,"depth":36,"text":694,"children":753},[754],{"id":711,"depth":39,"text":712},"2005-09-15T02:21:00+00:00","Today sees the completion of Cable & Wireless Guernsey’s free ADSL upgrade from 512KB to 1MB.",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fbattleofbritainadslupgradesskypeandeuvat",{"title":595,"description":756},"blog\u002F2005\u002Fbattleofbritainadslupgradesskypeandeuvat",[53,54],"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fbattleofbritainadslupgradesskypeandeuvat\u002F",405,"hj9dTJ4nlkl9WKzPKupIuU-s9lfb7NxWxVaWCTpAIME",{"id":766,"title":767,"body":768,"category":38,"commentCount":393,"date":811,"description":772,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":812,"minutes":36,"navigation":48,"path":813,"seo":814,"showCategory":44,"stem":815,"tags":816,"updated":44,"url":817,"wordCount":818,"__hash__":819},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fcwguernsey1mbitadsl.md","C&W Guernsey 1MBit ADSL",{"type":8,"value":769,"toc":809},[770,773,802,805],[11,771,772],{},"Wondering what happened to Cable & Wireless’ planned 1MBit ADSL upgraded service? Their web site has been very quiet so I emailed and got this response I thought I’d share;",[421,774,775,778,781,784,787,790,793,796,799],{},[11,776,777],{},"Dear Customer",[11,779,780],{},"Earlier in June, we emailed you to explain our plans to increase the speed of most of our Broadband services (known as double bandwidth) because, for example, the download speed will increase from 512kbit to 1Mbit for our basic service. This will give you an even better surfing experience and put us well ahead of other similar -sized locations in delivering customers a value for money Broadband service. Take a look at the list below to see how much better off you will be:",[11,782,783],{},"Monthly charge for unlimited 1Mbit service",[11,785,786],{},"C&W Guernsey £26.99\nJersey £44.99\nIsle of Man £49.99",[11,788,789],{},"C&W Guernsey plans to go ahead with the necessary upgrade. However, in order to accommodate certain requirements of other local internet service providers, we have agreed to delay the upgrade which will now be completed on September 15th rather than in July as originally planned.",[11,791,792],{},"We are disappointed to have to inform you of the delays to this exciting project.",[11,794,795],{},"However, we have been reassured that there will be no further delay to our project and look forward to bringing you the extra benefits to your Broadband service.",[11,797,798],{},"Yours sincerely,",[11,800,801],{},"Caleb Zunino\nProduct Manager, Internet Services\nCable & Wireless Guernsey",[11,803,804],{},"I think they are trying to say that local ISPs Guernsey.Net and NewTel need to put additional bandwidth in to cope with their users being 1MBit as well (C&W provide the underlying ADSL to both ISPs as well as their own ISP connection too).",[11,806,807],{},[31,808,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":810},[],"2005-07-08T01:13:00+00:00",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fcwguernsey1mbitadsl",{"title":767,"description":772},"blog\u002F2005\u002Fcwguernsey1mbitadsl",[54,53],"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fcwguernsey1mbitadsl\u002F",276,"JCpt_USbk6VlpS44Ea5Pnnl0gGNKbodJxXgkh7firgs",{"id":821,"title":822,"body":823,"category":38,"commentCount":47,"date":921,"description":827,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":922,"minutes":39,"navigation":48,"path":923,"seo":924,"showCategory":44,"stem":925,"tags":926,"updated":44,"url":927,"wordCount":928,"__hash__":929},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fguernseynews.md","Guernsey news",{"type":8,"value":824,"toc":916},[825,828,831,835,843,846,850,860,863,872,875,878,882,909,912],[11,826,827],{},"I’m still feeling a little ill but I guess the worst of it is past, poor Clarissa is still very unwell :(",[11,829,830],{},"I thought I’d cover some of the bits and pieces going on in Guernsey at the moment for a refreshing change…",[73,832,834],{"id":833},"_1m-adsl-upgrades","1M ADSL upgrades",[11,836,837,838,842],{},"Cable & Wireless have ",[15,839,841],{"href":625,"rel":840},[19],"announced"," they will be upgrading everybody’s 512KB to 1MB with no price change any time now.",[11,844,845],{},"My take is that they are under pressure to deliver a 1MB service and to also reduce the price of the 512KB. Rather than suffer big income losses with the price reduction of 512KB they first give everybody a “free upgrade” to 1MB and then quietly introduce a “cheaper 512KB service for casual users” a short time later that people will have to actually switch to that most people will never get round to.",[73,847,849],{"id":848},"ci-traders-expands","C.I. Traders expands",[421,851,852],{},[11,853,854,855,859],{},"C.I. Traders became ",[15,856,858],{"href":857},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sandpiperci.com","Sandpiper CI"," a couple of years later",[11,861,862],{},"Tom Scott’s growing empire seems to be scaring more and more locals in both islands and with it’s acquisition of Safeway in Guernsey the Co-Op has apparently had to take on extra staff to cope with their increase in shoppers. Best Foods are also not part of the group and provide an excellent and often unusual selection. Personally I do most of my shopping there, failing that at Co-Op although I still stroll down to Safeway for their amazing hot roast chickens for £1.60, available in plain, BBQ or garlic varieties. There are other reasons to visit Safeway, after all they have the recycling banks there.",[11,864,865,866,871],{},"For those not up to speed, C.I. Traders currently controls Le Riche’s, Checkers, Island Shopper, The Wine Warehouse, Stampers, Riche Marques, Technology Store, Channel Publications, Marks & Spencers Jersey, Channel Rentals, Mango Jersey (possible closure due to high rent and poor sales), CI Finance, CIT Estates, Trade Saver, Phoenix Foods, Russell Meats, Warry’s, CI Bakery (Island Gold & Island Bake), Coat to Coast Catering, G Orange (Coca-Cola, Golden Wonder distribution), St. Pierre Park (casino in the works), Dix-Neuf, Green Acres Hotels, La Trelade Country House, ",[15,867,870],{"href":868,"rel":869},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jacksonsci.com\u002Fjacksons\u002F",[19],"Jackson’s Garage"," (dealer for almost every manufacturer). Lets not forget Admiral Park and the various building work still going on there.",[11,873,874],{},"Now, while it’s good to see business flourishing in the Channel Islands most islanders are worrying that it is reaching monopoly status. Besides the usual problems of lack of competition there is also the worry that if things go horribly wrong they’ll be nobody else left to pick up these businesses and we’ll be without a lot of stores. If you are interested head over to their web site and read through some of the shareholder reports to find out what’s going on and the future plans.",[11,876,877],{},"In the highly unlikely event this page ever gets to Mr Scott’s hands may I suggest that instead of acquiring any more already successful local brands he considers giving the islanders some things they don’t already have. Three immediate things spring to mind. 1. We don’t have a decent cinema (I keep getting told “plans are under way”) 2. Buying a DVD (If Woolworth’s don’t have it you’re stuffed. Blockbusters selection is tiny and Number 19’s DVD selection is a joke of overpriced unheard-of titles), 3. Fast food consists of Vlad’s lackluster empire.",[73,879,881],{"id":880},"news-sources","News sources",[11,883,884,885,890,891,896,897,902,903,908],{},"If you want more Guernsey news check out ",[15,886,889],{"href":887,"rel":888},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thisisguernsey.com\u002Fnews\u002F",[19],"This Is Guernsey"," (local press) or ",[15,892,895],{"href":893,"rel":894},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.co.uk\u002Fguernsey\u002Fnews\u002F",[19],"BBC Guernsey"," (local branch of national TV & radio), ",[15,898,901],{"href":899,"rel":900},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.channeltv.co.uk",[19],"Channel TV"," (local TV) or even ",[15,904,907],{"href":905,"rel":906},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.islandfm.com",[19],"Island FM"," (local radio) if you can put up with the poorly conceived slow-scrolling news.",[11,910,911],{},"No RSS as yet, but I’m thinking of making a scraping tool to aggregate the headlines into a RSS feed from my site. Leave a comment if you’re interested.",[11,913,914],{},[31,915,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":917},[918,919,920],{"id":833,"depth":36,"text":834},{"id":848,"depth":36,"text":849},{"id":880,"depth":36,"text":881},"2005-06-04T12:02:00+00:00",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fguernseynews",{"title":822,"description":827},"blog\u002F2005\u002Fguernseynews",[54,53],"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fguernseynews\u002F",621,"3nVBe3VGXpzNNDzny9vhyzU52gvBosviasQR7R09XwI",{"id":931,"title":932,"body":933,"category":38,"commentCount":393,"date":970,"description":971,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":972,"minutes":47,"navigation":48,"path":973,"seo":974,"showCategory":44,"stem":975,"tags":976,"updated":44,"url":977,"wordCount":451,"__hash__":978},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fcwguernseyandshort-codetextmessages.md","C&W Guernsey and short-code text messages",{"type":8,"value":934,"toc":968},[935,938,953,956,961,964],[11,936,937],{},"Living in Guernsey requires you develop a thick skin with regards to availability of goods and services. Many a time you can find a great deal on-line only to find they won’t ship here or if they do they want to charge you £50 to get it here. And get used to phoning and emailing companies for your VAT back every time you order (such as for Amazon and Apple).",[11,939,940,941,946,947,952],{},"One such annoyance is the inability to use ",[15,942,945],{"href":943,"rel":944},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fastsms.co.uk\u002Freverse-billing\u002Fshortcode-numbers.html",[19],"short-code"," text messages such as 604664 for ",[15,948,951],{"href":949,"rel":950},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fsms\u002F",[19],"Google SMS"," as well as the silly UK TV voting systems.",[11,954,955],{},"Well, straight from the offices of Cable & Wireless Guernsey:",[421,957,958],{},[11,959,960],{},"“Thanks for your enquiry regarding SMS premium rate short code access. We cannot currently offer this service, but we are working on a solution to this and expect to be able to offer the service by late 2005.”",[11,962,963],{},"At least somebody is working on it :)",[11,965,966],{},[31,967,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":969},[],"2005-04-21T12:34:00+00:00","Living in Guernsey requires you develop a thick skin with regards to availability of goods and services.",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fcwguernseyandshort-codetextmessages",{"title":932,"description":971},"blog\u002F2005\u002Fcwguernseyandshort-codetextmessages",[54],"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fcwguernseyandshort-codetextmessages\u002F","gcvbTgbVO4TkKFxoTwzcoczrRls6zMKfLkiPCJWrBjI",{"id":980,"title":981,"body":982,"category":38,"commentCount":47,"date":1042,"description":986,"excerpt":42,"extension":43,"filenames":44,"hidden":45,"image":44,"meta":1043,"minutes":47,"navigation":48,"path":1044,"seo":1045,"showCategory":44,"stem":1046,"tags":1047,"updated":44,"url":1048,"wordCount":1049,"__hash__":1050},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fguernseydslaccess.md","Guernsey broadband services",{"type":8,"value":983,"toc":1040},[984,987,1028,1031,1036],[11,985,986],{},"I want faster DSL…. 512KB just isn’t cutting it, I used to enjoy 2MB in Jersey… Let’s examine the pricing shall we…",[95,988,989,1000,1014],{},[98,990,991,992],{},"512 KB\n",[95,993,994,997],{},[98,995,996],{},"Jersey Telecom 24.99",[98,998,999],{},"C&W Guernsey 26.99",[98,1001,1002,1003],{},"1 MB\n",[95,1004,1005,1008,1011],{},[98,1006,1007],{},"C&W UK 24.99",[98,1009,1010],{},"Jersey Telecom 44.99",[98,1012,1013],{},"C&W Guernsey 149.99",[98,1015,1016,1017],{},"2 MB\n",[95,1018,1019,1022,1025],{},[98,1020,1021],{},"C&W UK 29.99",[98,1023,1024],{},"Jersey Telecom 84.99",[98,1026,1027],{},"C&W Guernsey 189.99",[11,1029,1030],{},"Yes you could argue the C&W Gsy has better contention ratios but the fact is they don’t even offer a home service for anything above 512KB.",[421,1032,1033],{},[11,1034,1035],{},"C&W Gsy have announced broadband upgrades… It sounds like they’ll be upping everybody to 1MB “for free”. In fact I think they are cutting the price for 512KB and introducing a 1MB service at the old price… and just upgrading everybody to make sure they don’t lose revenue.",[11,1037,1038],{},[31,1039,33],{},{"title":35,"searchDepth":36,"depth":36,"links":1041},[],"2005-04-11T02:28:00+00:00",{},"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fguernseydslaccess",{"title":981,"description":986},"blog\u002F2005\u002Fguernseydslaccess",[53,54],"\u002Fblog\u002F2005\u002Fguernseydslaccess\u002F",127,"P_4Uio28Whd5saHRNSxX_hqAzB2U-bJBqz3QeaCzVOk",1779621808812]