By Gemma Simpson, 1 November 2006 15:50
NEWS
Goonhilly
The Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station holds 61 dishes and is the largest telecommunications site in the world, located on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall.
The list from A to Z
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A is for ADSL
B is for BT
C is for Cable & Wireless
D is for Dial-up
E is for Education
F is for Fibre
G is for Goonhilly
H is for HSDPA
I is for In-flight
J is for Janet
K is for Kingston
L is for Landlines
M is for Murdoch
N is for Next generation
O is for Ofcom
P is for Power lines
Q is for Quad-play
R is for Remote working
S is for Satellite phones
T is for Trains
U is for Unbundling
V is for VoIP
W is for WiMax
X is for Xbox
Y is for YouTube
Z is for Zombies
The visitor centre features what BT considers to be the world's fastest broadband internet café with the computers able to download data at speeds of up to 100Mbps, around 50 times faster than a typical broadband installation at home.
Sadly, it's now goodbye Goonhilly as the satellite service is to be shifted to BT's other station in Madley, Herefordshire, in the next two years. Take a peek at the doomed dishes in the Goonhilly photo story.
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1. Paul Allsopp
Need to update the BT Business Units:
BT Internal Business Units changed in 2007: BT Exact more or less equates now to BT Design, the old BT Wholesale is now labelled BT Operate; the new BT Wholesale is now about wholesaling and is the smallest internal unit. BT Retail and BT Global Services remain pretty much as before.