SATELLITE DISH INTERNET FOR FRENCH HOME - RAPID & RELIABLE?

[Mulsanne-Speed]

I wonder if anyone out there can help with this please?

My wife and I are currently in the process of buying a holiday home in rural France. The current owner tells us that the wi-fi connection is strong and it has the added benefit of a booster for outdoor areas.

However, because the internet has become such an important part of modern day life and business, I need to be sure that I can get a reliable, adequate speed service, if the standard service turns out not to be as good as he has promised!

So, my question is, if the wi-fi connection at the property is not great, can I install a dish and get satellite broadband, and will it be reliable and rapid?

Any help on this topic would be greatly appreciated

Many thanks in advance.

[skilly1]

Checkout Starlink.

[Mulsanne-Speed]

Thanks Skilly, will take a proper look at that.

Have you heard good things about them?

Would I get a decent speed and relatively consistent service? (Obviously if there's a bad storm, that would likely effect it).

[GuyW]

Starlink.

Case closed.

[skilly1]

Yes it works very well, you just need to check they cover your area. 70-100 mbs down. Waiting list around 6-9 months when I got mine, not checked recently.

[Mulsanne-Speed]

Thanks Skilly and Guy - Starlink certainly looks promising, if required.

Many thanks both for your help

[GuyW]

I might have just been lucky, but a recent order was fulfilled within 2 weeks. Dish and separate accessories.

[Mulsanne-Speed]

That's fantastic Guy - Was that UK or overseas?

[Captain_Morgan]

13 pages of overwhelmingly positive experience here

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[GuyW]

Mulsanne-Speed said:

That's fantastic Guy - Was that UK or overseas?

UK.

It all ships from the US though.

[omniflow]

Mulsanne-Speed said:

I wonder if anyone out there can help with this please?

My wife and I are currently in the process of buying a holiday home in rural France. The current owner tells us that the wi-fi connection is strong and it has the added benefit of a booster for outdoor areas.

However, because the internet has become such an important part of modern day life and business, I need to be sure that I can get a reliable, adequate speed service, if the standard service turns out not to be as good as he has promised!

So, my question is, if the wi-fi connection at the property is not great, can I install a dish and get satellite broadband, and will it be reliable and rapid?

Any help on this topic would be greatly appreciated

Many thanks in advance.

I presume that you already realise that Wi-Fi and Internet are 2 completely different things. You can have a fantastic Wi-Fi implementation and a useless Internet service or you could have a brilliant Internet service and a useless Wi-Fi implementation.

It's the Internet service you need to worry about - Wi-Fi can be fixed.

[Harpoon]

omniflow said:

I presume that you already realise that Wi-Fi and Internet are 2 completely different things. You can have a fantastic Wi-Fi implementation and a useless Internet service or you could have a brilliant Internet service and a useless Wi-Fi implementation.

It's the Internet service you need to worry about - Wi-Fi can be fixed.

it sounds like the backhaul to the property maybe wireless rather than cable (xDSL or whatever) and end up getting called WiFi...