Satellite Broadband - what are people experiences?

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White Hart

White Hart

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I've done a search on the forum and can see some people are in the same boat with limited to no broadband in rural locations.

I was particularly after people's experience with satellite broadband? The main provider seems to be "tooway" whats the overall experience with them like? I appreciate its going to be expensive but our internet is absolutely terrible... Were the last property off the exchange which is some way away and there is no intention for BT to lay fiber.

Id really appreciate some advice before I jump in and get a 12 - 24 month noose around my neck...

Your advise and experiences are much appreciated as always.

WH
 
We are also at the "wrong" end of our village.

One end has fibre, we don't - and not planned until 2019 "at the earliest".

I don't like third hand recommendations but a neighbour recently switched to the Vodafone broadband - with no line rental - and said it is really good. I suppose it's not dissimilar to the EE offering mentioned above but might be worth investigating?

Also, I did some work at a Company with satellite internet which wasn't bad until there was a storm. All went to cock then.

Watching replies with interest as we are currently far from happy.
 
My apartment in the Alps had it with Freesat I think it was called. Honestly for work purposes it was fine but for downloading anything did take a very long time and signal went hit and miss. Mind you I pay 400 quid a month for a Regus office and the bloody wifi breaks in that as well lol
 
I'm using Avanti sat bb , it's fast but relatively slow connection time .My talktalk crappy bb connects in 58msec , Avanti 648 msecs but download speed is 20mb compared to 1mb if I'm lucky . It's effected by heavy rain and electrical storms and sometimes drops out but I'm pleased overall.
 
2019 at least until BT take a look at 3 villages in a row where I live BUT fibre is 1 mile north and 1 mile south so clearly a lack of will rather than a technical issue. Of course the money for better rural broadband has been spent first in 'rural' areas that have lots of people in.

My response from EE checker I guess will be the same for many of you looking at this thread

No coverage - you've found one of the few spots in the UK where we're not currently providing 4G coverage.

I live in one of the flattest counties in the country and can only get 2g - go figure.


 
All,
If you go the link below and input your Postcode and are able to apply for a funding code, come back to me via PM and I can get you Sat Hardware for free.
How do we sell it?

To check if a postcode is eligible you need to visit
http://basicbroadbandchecker.culture.gov.uk/
If not the plans are pretty competitive as well.

If you think you are close to Fibre link then then there are other options just needs a little liaison with people close to the fibre.
 
Dorset Rogue 300WM said:
All,
If you go the link below and input your Postcode and are able to apply for a funding code, come back to me via PM and I can get you Sat Hardware for free.
How do we sell it?

To check if a postcode is eligible you need to visit
http://basicbroadbandchecker.culture.gov.uk/
If not the plans are pretty competitive as well.

If you think you are close to Fibre link then then there are other options just needs a little liaison with people close to the fibre.
Click to expand...

Thanks very much for that!

Its sent me to Hampshire Superfast Broadband's site and I've made an application!

Very good of you to post the link and let us all know...

Much appreciated.

WH
 
I have just moved back to civilization from an area where satellite was the only way to get an internet connection.(no mobile or landline coverage available).
I used the Twoway system as operated by Avonline for four years.
It cost me £25 per month for 10GB. Very reliable service & ok customer service. It is fast enough to stream data but the 10GB allowance was restrictive so I had to severely limit my you-tube etc viewing. You can get higher monthly allowances but the cost goes much higher with that. If you exceed the monthly allowance the data rate drops so far that it becomes useless. This stays that way until the next month service is paid for.
Sooooo If you only use limited amounts of downloading it is an ok system - just expensive when compared to landline options.
Ian
 
My parents have been using it for several years. It's reliable, the speed is acceptable and you get what you pay for.

The data is quite expensive compared to fixed line, but then launching a satellite into space to give you internet is a lot more expensive than sticking a fibre line in a city street. You can still get enough for work and communication fairly cheaply, but watching Netflix isn't going to be on the cards.
 
N1mr0d said:
I live in one of the flattest counties in the country and can only get 2g - go figure.
Click to expand...

2G in Diss? 2G?!? Don't know you're born! Come out to Quidenham, there's no mobile service at all in my place unless I climb up onto the roof and maybe get 2 miserable GSM dots on a good day. Cardboard box in the middle of the road and all that.

Years ago I lived within 9 miles of the UK's centre of technical excellence Silicon Fen, yet BT's cr&p service (nothing changes, right?) still meant that I had to use satellite for my business comms. Horrible latency, but overall a bit better than dial-up, which was the only other option.

I imagine it's a bit better now. Round here I'm promised fibre to my premises by 2019. I'm collecting edible hats.
 
I'm on their 25GB package. Not seen 22GB yet, best is 15GB but usually under 8GB. Still, much better than the sub 2GB I had before. The 'ping' is nearly a second so there is a slight delay after clicking on a link before the webpage loads. Thereafter speed is fine. If you use up more than 25% of your allowance in any 7 day period you are 'throttled' and it's basically dial-up speeds!! until your 7 day average drops back down below the threshold. So far it's a reliable service so can't complain as long as you keep within the constraints. On my package you have unlimited download allowance after midnight so make sure your updates etc are overnight then they don't count towards your 25GB.
 
White Hart when you say "rural" think rural in Australia,huge distances mean we need Sat BB and if we here didnt have it we would never ever have home internet. There will never be a cable run out from the nearest service spot because of distance constraints. There is no mobile/cell service here in the mountains which precludes using a telcom. Sat BB if there is no other way is excellent...compared to nothing!
 
This is a US perspective using HughesNet. Overall I am not pleased, but have no choice due to my address. Brother also has HughesNet for the same reason, and has the same opinion.

just like the Sat TV - on rainy days the broadband is thin-band. After using the 10 GB monthly allotment things are throttled unless I want to use the unlimited 0001-0800 hours time. I routinely have to do that, paying bills and such at 0600-0630, before getting on with the normal day start up routine.

i can normally receive email and check forums or FB even when throttled, but pictures will not download. Also, I have a teenage girl in the house, and if not careful she can blow throw the entire 10GB allotment in one night watching NetFlix or YouTube.

Dont like it, but only other choice is buying a wifi hotspot through the mobile phone vendor, and that is just as expensive.
 
I suspect this technology has made leaps since the early 2000s when it was extremely unreliable and excruciatingly expensive. Watching with interest.
 
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