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Rob Beard wrote: > 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 > > > Thanks for comments. I shall stay with BT Total Broadband for now. John W -- 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