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SGS · 10-18-2004, 02:35 AM

We have two years experience with Satellite DSL in both northern and southern Europe. We tried several systems from BT to high-end solutions designed for use on boats, motor homes, etc (last one was about £7000) and our advice would be to move to a proper DSL area.

When its fast satellite is very fast? But:

Speed goes up and down by the time of day depending upon how many people are using it and changes in the weather. Bandwidth is throttled. A *lot* of mainstream businesses are now using satellite systems due to aggressive marketing and government grants and as each new business signs up the speed and bandwidth goes down. Latency is getting a lot better on the newer high end systems but still sucks *very* badly even compared to dial-up. Even on a two-way (up and down) system uploading anything more than a couple of very small pics is an absolute nightmare. Upload with satellite systems sends data in packets so your upload speed is usually only half the already very poor advertised speed.

We looked at wireless DSL as well and this looks like it will be an interesting solution in the future. At the moment though all of the wireless solutions that we looked at here were charging exorbitant rates based on bandwidth used and the systems were all very insecure.

After two years of utter frustration and endless problems on a daily basis with *all* systems we moved back to a DSL area and it was the best move we ever made.

When you speak on the phone to the actual tech guys behind each system as opposed to the salesman or the marketing crap (everyone on satellite systems get on first name terms with the tech guys *very* quickly) it becomes clear that satellite DSL is actually not a substitute for a lack of a hardwire DSL service but really a substitute for a lack of a dial-up service.

Satellite will never work as the better the technology gets the more it is over-sold. If you have to get satellite make sure that you keep dial-up too as you will soon find that the dial-up is faster, more reliable and a far more pleasurable experience.

10-18-2004, 02:35 AM
SGS Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mallorca - Nottingham Posts: 5,176	We have two years experience with Satellite DSL in both northern and southern Europe. We tried several systems from BT to high-end solutions designed for use on boats, motor homes, etc (last one was about £7000) and our advice would be to move to a proper DSL area. When its fast satellite is very fast? But: Speed goes up and down by the time of day depending upon how many people are using it and changes in the weather. Bandwidth is throttled. A lot of mainstream businesses are now using satellite systems due to aggressive marketing and government grants and as each new business signs up the speed and bandwidth goes down. Latency is getting a lot better on the newer high end systems but still sucks very badly even compared to dial-up. Even on a two-way (up and down) system uploading anything more than a couple of very small pics is an absolute nightmare. Upload with satellite systems sends data in packets so your upload speed is usually only half the already very poor advertised speed. We looked at wireless DSL as well and this looks like it will be an interesting solution in the future. At the moment though all of the wireless solutions that we looked at here were charging exorbitant rates based on bandwidth used and the systems were all very insecure. After two years of utter frustration and endless problems on a daily basis with all systems we moved back to a DSL area and it was the best move we ever made. When you speak on the phone to the actual tech guys behind each system as opposed to the salesman or the marketing crap (everyone on satellite systems get on first name terms with the tech guys very quickly) it becomes clear that satellite DSL is actually not a substitute for a lack of a hardwire DSL service but really a substitute for a lack of a dial-up service. Satellite will never work as the better the technology gets the more it is over-sold. If you have to get satellite make sure that you keep dial-up too as you will soon find that the dial-up is faster, more reliable and a far more pleasurable experience. __________________ See sig...