Satellite Broadband
Discussion
Just wondering whether anyone on here uses Satellite Broadband.
Moving from the Edinburgh to the countryside and the house we have had our offer accepted only has a speed on 1-3Mb.it would be like going into the dark ages!!!
As I often work from home this would not be sufficient so looks like Satellite Broadband is the only solution.
Just wondering whether anyone has recommendations of companies that they are using?
George
Moving from the Edinburgh to the countryside and the house we have had our offer accepted only has a speed on 1-3Mb.it would be like going into the dark ages!!!
As I often work from home this would not be sufficient so looks like Satellite Broadband is the only solution.
Just wondering whether anyone has recommendations of companies that they are using?
George
I have it through SES. I couldn't get more than 0.3Mb/s and very unstable at that through my landline so went for satelite instead.
It does have a latency so browsing the internet etc isn't instant. Once data is being transferred we do get very close to our 20Mb/s target though so streaming etc works fine. No use for online gaming if that's your thing though.
It is expensive and you're usually data limited. When you overrun it degrades your speed to 256k until your next month.
I self installed the dish. It wasn't hard to be honest and the setup instructions are good.
It does have a latency so browsing the internet etc isn't instant. Once data is being transferred we do get very close to our 20Mb/s target though so streaming etc works fine. No use for online gaming if that's your thing though.
It is expensive and you're usually data limited. When you overrun it degrades your speed to 256k until your next month.
I self installed the dish. It wasn't hard to be honest and the setup instructions are good.
Thanks for that.
As its going to be used for work only it will be predominately used for:
- Email
- Skype calls
- Webex
- Intranet usage
- Upload/Download of files to network drives
Just looking at Ses the prices seem more expensive than other satellite providers especially with the speed as well? Is their some wiggle room in the package prices?
George
As its going to be used for work only it will be predominately used for:
- Skype calls
- Webex
- Intranet usage
- Upload/Download of files to network drives
Just looking at Ses the prices seem more expensive than other satellite providers especially with the speed as well? Is their some wiggle room in the package prices?
George
nyt said:
For Skype there will be a noticeable delay while the signal goes up and down to the satellite.
Rather like the slightly disjointed conversations that you hear between earth and the space station.
Do you have a good mobile signal? You could consider a 3G/4G based alternative.
I've never noticed it on video calls, it is however noticeable on voice calls.Rather like the slightly disjointed conversations that you hear between earth and the space station.
Do you have a good mobile signal? You could consider a 3G/4G based alternative.
Looking at the coverage from the various networks it appears the coverage does not have 3G so a mifi option is out. Unfortunately the properties post code does not highlight the specific location so only been able to check some mobile providers if they have a specific pinpoint location on their coverage maps.
George
George
douglasgdmw said:
Just wondering whether anyone on here uses Satellite Broadband.
Moving from the Edinburgh to the countryside and the house we have had our offer accepted only has a speed on 1-3Mb.it would be like going into the dark ages!!!
As I often work from home this would not be sufficient so looks like Satellite Broadband is the only solution.
Just wondering whether anyone has recommendations of companies that they are using?
George
I'm in a similar position and am heavily involved in trying to get fibre in locally. In the meantime I've been trialling satellite broadband - using Avonline as reseller of Eutelsat's Ka band service (20Mb/s down 6Mb/s up). I'm blogging the whole experience at balquhidder.net - in short, technology is OK within the inherent limits of satellite, but provider and terrestrial network don't come across well. Skype however works very well. PM if you'd like more info.Moving from the Edinburgh to the countryside and the house we have had our offer accepted only has a speed on 1-3Mb.it would be like going into the dark ages!!!
As I often work from home this would not be sufficient so looks like Satellite Broadband is the only solution.
Just wondering whether anyone has recommendations of companies that they are using?
George
Richard
We've got Avonline/Tooway, we just changed the contract this month from the one we were initially on to 22mb download speed, 25GB up/down limit in any calendar month; with unlimited use between midnight and 6am. This costs £45/month
(Previously was £50/month for 10MB, 13Gb in any 28 day period, with no unlimited zone - effectively a limit of 0.5GB per day for the entire household.)
The new night zone means we're actually able to use it for downloading stuff! Previously it seemed that you could have the speed but get cut off if you use it.
If you breach your limit, you are throttled back to 64kbps - effectively cut off.
Skype video calls chew through a lot of data, we discovered when we first got it. Also guests who are used to FTTH don't appreciate that leaving their cloud backup turned on will chew through the entire allowance in 8 hours
As a result I've recently changed the router and installed Gargoyle on it, and set per-device download caps to prevent any more accidents. (Our devices are set static IP's and we can do what we want up to 10GB/week in the monitored period, anything else gets assigned an IP from the DHCP pool which is limited to 0.5GB/day during the monitored period) This is well worth considering if you have kids in the house!
The dish is pretty darn big, and don't stand in front of it when it is turned on.
If you work from home with a VPN - forget it. the latency means a 1.5 second delay between pressing a button and it appearing on screen, so home working is out for me.
TBH though, when we had landline broadband at 1MB in our old place it was fine for my work? We've only got the satellite because BT can't provide a landline service at all, and there is no mobile signal here let alone 3G, so its our only option. If we could get 2MB+ with no download limit on the landline we'd have that.
(Previously was £50/month for 10MB, 13Gb in any 28 day period, with no unlimited zone - effectively a limit of 0.5GB per day for the entire household.)
The new night zone means we're actually able to use it for downloading stuff! Previously it seemed that you could have the speed but get cut off if you use it.
If you breach your limit, you are throttled back to 64kbps - effectively cut off.
Skype video calls chew through a lot of data, we discovered when we first got it. Also guests who are used to FTTH don't appreciate that leaving their cloud backup turned on will chew through the entire allowance in 8 hours
As a result I've recently changed the router and installed Gargoyle on it, and set per-device download caps to prevent any more accidents. (Our devices are set static IP's and we can do what we want up to 10GB/week in the monitored period, anything else gets assigned an IP from the DHCP pool which is limited to 0.5GB/day during the monitored period) This is well worth considering if you have kids in the house!
The dish is pretty darn big, and don't stand in front of it when it is turned on.
If you work from home with a VPN - forget it. the latency means a 1.5 second delay between pressing a button and it appearing on screen, so home working is out for me.
TBH though, when we had landline broadband at 1MB in our old place it was fine for my work? We've only got the satellite because BT can't provide a landline service at all, and there is no mobile signal here let alone 3G, so its our only option. If we could get 2MB+ with no download limit on the landline we'd have that.
Edited by chris1roll on Monday 25th August 13:28
Edited by chris1roll on Monday 25th August 13:30
@Technomad, I've been reading you page and see your comment from October about being unable to monitor your usage according to their FAP.
You can, but they don't seem to publicise it at all! I found this after hours of googling when we first had it installed in 2012. There was no link to it in any of their documentation.
http://checkportal.skylogicnet.com/
You can, but they don't seem to publicise it at all! I found this after hours of googling when we first had it installed in 2012. There was no link to it in any of their documentation.
http://checkportal.skylogicnet.com/
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