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John Hansen wrote: > I wonder whether it is possible to use the satellite dish > to connect to the internet and if so how? > It would perhaps solve the problem of slow connection speed > in rural areas. > > Who knows about such matters? > > John W > > This may give you some more info: http://www.satsig.net/uk-satellite-broadband.htm In a word yes it is possible. I believe that Eurobird offer satellite internet access although I don't think it's on the satellites that are positioned at 28.5° east which is used for Freesat and Sky transmissions (actually I'm pretty certain Sky use 28.2° east on Astra). Doing a bit more of a search, SES Astra do offer internet via Satellite called Astra2Connect which is at 23.5° east (Astra 1E). The UK supplier for this can be found at http://www.beyondsl.net You have to bear in mind though that it isn't cheap. First of all you need the equipment (satellite dish pointing at 23.5° east, the satellite modem, LNB to send and receive) which is about £300, installation is quoted at £100 (although I'm sure you could probably get a local satellite installer to do this cheaper), activation is another £50 and delivery is £15. Then there is the cost, 256KBit/sec is £17.49 a month, 512KBit is £24.99 a month etc. Certainly not as cheap as broadband over a BT line. There is also quite a delay in sending and receiving data (well it does have to travel hundreds and thousands of miles) so gaming is pretty much out of the question, and I would assume other applications which require low latency connections would also suffer. So yeah it is available, but if you can get broadband down a BT line already, even if it's only 512K then you're probably going to be better off. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html