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Satellite Triple pack - Too good to be true ?

  • 25-06-2012 1:11pm
    #1
    Falconer00
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    I've been offered a trial of ISB's triple package, 8MB broadband, phone and TV. Any advise on what I should check during trial, anyone else had any experience of the triple package or questions / queries I should look into. I'm told there is NO contention, NO latency, Its a 2 year sign up so I'd want to be very sure, but on the surface it looks a good deal. . if it works ! Any advise ?


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  • #2
    MiniNukinfuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭MiniNukinfuts


    Well, on satellite connections, the ping times are absolutely awful, so if you want to do any gaming, you'll be looking forward to a lot of lag. I'm open to correction here. When you say trial? You mean it's free for a couple of months, or the whole 2 years?


  • #3
    bealtine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    Falconer00 wrote: »
    I'm told there is NO contention, NO latency,

    Well that's utter nonsense for sure


  • #4
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    The satellite is 20,000 miles away so if light travels at 186,000 miles a second that is nearly 100ms of Ping time getting up there innit. :)


  • #5
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,945 ✭✭✭long_b


    Check your data allowance and what kind of rolling caps they have


  • #6
    Falconer00
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Falconer00


    Thanks guys. . . I've got a one week trial. . I imagine they will give me a fully operable uncomplicated feed to sell me the package. I was just wondering how I can monitor it so that I tie what I'm getting in the trial into the 2 year package if that's what I take up. I use speedtest.net but don't know of anything else I should be checking or any other queries I should ask. We will want to use the braodband for gaming. .so that is a consideration, but I'll try it on the trial. Thanks


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  • #7
    bealtine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    Falconer00 wrote: »
    We will want to use the braodband for gaming. .so that is a consideration, but I'll try it on the trial. Thanks

    You won't be doing any reasonable gaming on satellite, the pings (latency) times are enormous, so no realtime gaming for you.

    Sat is only useful if you live 1000kms offshore in the middle of the Atlantic it is not for real broadband usage at all so don't expect anything like real broadband.


  • #8
    Falconer00
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Falconer00


    OK I'm getting a much clearer picture here. . its not the wonderkind it's made out to be and I would be better off with a 5MB FWA broadband which is also available . . . right ?


  • #9
    bkehoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭bkehoe


    Falconer00 wrote: »
    OK I'm getting a much clearer picture here. . its not the wonderkind it's made out to be and I would be better off with a 5MB FWA broadband which is also available . . . right ?

    I can't even begin to say how MUCH MUCH better FWA is to satellite. I'd take 5MBit FWA/DSL over 50MBit satellite even. :)

    Even if you don't game you will probably be affected by extremely poor VOIP due to the latency. The best pings I've ever seen on two way satellite have been around 500ms, that's half a second delay - makes having a conversation frustrating due to always talking over the other person.


  • #10
    bealtine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    Falconer00 wrote: »
    OK I'm getting a much clearer picture here. . its not the wonderkind it's made out to be and I would be better off with a 5MB FWA broadband which is also available . . . right ?

    A basic FWA connection beats the fastest satellite connection on so many levels this post isn't long enough to list them all.

    Read this before deciding :
    http://irelandoffline.org/2011/09/satellite-is-not-really-broadband/


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