Satellite Broadband

[rekstout]

I live out in the sticks so no phone line broadband for me :-(...Does anyone have any real-life experience of satellite broadband either from BT or elsewhere?

[cupra]

....only from anecdotal evidence - apparently there are bery tight restrictions on the amount of data you can download (due to limited bandwidth etc) and you may find yourself with a reduced d/l speed once you meet that limit (sometime slower than the modem!). If you do decide to look at it, read the T&C's very closely - I did and decided against it!

[lisaj]

How much in the sticks? It's possible using 802.11 and clever antenna positioning to get point-to-point 1Mbps links over distances of 15km. The antennas aren't cheap (�500?) but it sure beats the cost of satellite broadband. If you could persuade a 'neighbour' to piggyback bandwidth in this way you'd be flying.

[rekstout]

I am trying to raise some interest in the village for leasing a line into the village hall and setting up an RF LAN. It would be about �5K per year for the line but most people want their own dedicated lines (even if they are dog-slow by comparison) The closest broadband revolution stops on the other side of a big old hill so no line of sight comms possible but good idea lisaj