Re: [LUG] OT- Freesat-Internet

["Neil Tancock" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,  does anyone have any advice on mobile broadband?

I've been using 3G and while it's ok sometimes it's really not fast or
reliable enough.  I'm guessing my next step is mobile satellite broadband?

Many thanks,

Neil

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Gordon Henderson
Sent: 04 August 2009 16:09
To: DCGLUG
Subject: Re: [LUG] OT- Freesat-Internet

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, 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?

I know a little - did some research a while back and used some old Arammiska
kit way back too..

These people seemed favourite when I recently looked:

     http://www.avcbroadband.com/

Basic service is £2500 install and £125 a month (512/256Kbps) Prices go up
from there.

One thing you might consider is a faster service shared amongst residents
- that was what I was looking at - there are still some pockets of Devon too
far from the exchange to get ADSL, so a local community project might work
if everyone was prepared to pay a share. Still expensive though!

Latency is high, although relatively fixed, so VoIP can work over it, but
gaming isn't going to work well at all...

Gordon



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