Internet on Astra

[Robbiewright]

I was watching The Gadget show and the host was showing diffrent ways to get an internet connection, one thing he did was walk around with a small sat dish, some sort of box and a lap top, he would point the dish to the sky and "presto", on line. So it was 2 way through the sat dish. I was very interested in this because here in Cairo the connection is poor at best, where I live I have dial up, sort of sometimes and no way as yet to improve it,

I have a sky box but don't get 2d. Can any one tell me what transponder this works through, how it works, links, anything?

Thanks,
Robbie

 

[rolfw]

It would be more likely Low Earth Orbit satellite internet Robbie, doubt if it's very cheap though.

 

[Yeshi]

It would be more likely Low Earth Orbit satellite internet Robbie, doubt if it's very cheap though.

I was looking at Satellite Internet for myself in scotland.. (no phonelines).

We did have wireless but it was turned off because of costs.

I did a search on't net last night and found a ISP which uses Satellite.

For 2mb's was £9.99PM, they do also offer upto 24mb but did look at their prices. unthoughtunatly its only 1 way

@ Robbie, Rolfw is quite right. 2Way is very expensive and isnt really worth it.

This particular supplier uses 8W.. so if you can get that then your in with a chance . you will still need your dialup connection to request webpages or downloads.. and the download/ site will come down at broadband speeds.


Your Call.

 

[Rd100]

I install a lot of v-sat 2way internet systems for remote mast site for 2way coms but for a for a basic home user service in the uk with slow speeds 256k (at its best) your looking at £1000 for the modem dish feedhorn lnb & buc plus between £250-£750 for the install of the gear plus the a basic 256k service is about £60 per month

 

[Robbiewright]

Oh, well, thought it was to good to be true.

 

[HB13DISH]

I was watching The Gadget show and the host was showing diffrent ways to get an internet connection, one thing he did was walk around with a small sat dish, some sort of box and a lap top, he would point the dish to the sky and "presto", on line. So it was 2 way through the sat dish. I was very interested in this because here in Cairo the connection is poor at best, where I live I have dial up, sort of sometimes and no way as yet to improve it,

I have a sky box but don't get 2d. Can any one tell me what transponder this works through, how it works, links, anything?

Thanks,
Robbie

Have you considered the Euorpe Online offers ? www.europeonline.com
You need a dish pointing to Eutelsat 7E and a DVB PCI card or DVB USB box. It is one way and you still need an ISP.

 

[Baxter Boy]

SES Astra are rolling out a low cost two way internet service.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUKL3070774120070330

So far it's availble in Germany & Ireland

 

[Rd100]

In the uk you might be bettter of with one of these

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?go=dataproducts.home&WT.svl=link1

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/internet/laptop/?ref=newhome_dataplans_link

http://www.three.co.uk/personal/products_services_/mobile_broadband_/index.omp

 

[Robbiewright]

All very interesting but not much good in Egypt. I know Orbit offer something but as expected, not allowed in Egypt. Shouldn't be to long before technology win and they can't stop it.

 

[Robbiewright]

This report says you will need a 80cm dish. I am wondering if I get a 2.4meter dish I might be able to get it in Cairo. Maybe when they start covering all of Europe?!

 

[Robbiewright]

OOps that was from a post by Baxtor boy, here is the link.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/techno...70774120070330
Thanks Baxtor boy.

 

[Big L]

Never really understood why SKY do not offer an inernet connection via 28.2 east. I live in an area where there is no broadband.. and unlikely to be. When you have SKY+or HD there is usually a spare output on the LNB.So why not connect it up to your PC?? I do subscribe to another as I need it for work. This had to be done via Euorbird 33e. The signal is not brilliant even on a 1.1m dish. It works though and runs at 2Mbps.. Not sure still why SKY can't offer it as there will always be loads of people in remote areas who will NEVER have broadband. A good marketing tool I would have thought..

 

[rolfw]

Before ADSL was available in my area, I used several Internet by satellite providers and with the exception of Europe On Line (which is surprisingly still going), they all failed due to excessive use by a percentage of subscribers which meant that speeds were dramatically reduced and on occasions the service stalled.

The problem is that to make it pay, they need a large amount of subscribers to share the bandwidth of a transponder, but in real terms it is difficult to manage, capping software doesn't work well and there will always be people there to abuse the service. I remember people on the old Starspeeder service who were downloading videos 24hrs a day, seven days a week, they were killing the service for the rest as it was constantly overloaded.

I guess that Sky would have to be mad to want to get involved in that market.

There are now alternative schemes available for broadband, if you live in a remote village. They involve a group wireless network and after the initial outlay are reasonable in price.

 

[Baxter Boy]

Here is a link for the Astra2Connect service:

http://www.ses-global.com/consumer/en/astra-broadband/astra2connect/index.php