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BT Satellite broadband

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  • 26-03-2002 1:58am
    #1
    davros
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭


    Something to keep an eye on, perhaps...

    Sunday Times article (registration required)

    BT is trialling satellite broadband (500kb/s downstream) in Northern Ireland and Scotland at the moment.

    Current prices (sterling):

    Single User £59.99/month, £899 installation
    Multiple User (4 connections) £109.99/month, £1299 installation

    Would it be a big leap of the imagination to see ESAT offering this?

    BTW, the satellite operator is Gilat.


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    #2
    stormkeeper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,633 ✭✭✭stormkeeper


    I'd love to get that, but it would cost me at least 10 weeks wages, after deductions, to save up for just the installation :-/

    Although, I think you have to pay phone charges on top of that too... Well, thats what my dad said when he got satellite...


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    flamegrill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭flamegrill


    i dont know the details, but id say Kennett is right about the phone charges. its probably one way, so you will need a phone line still. european online do that for e15 a month i think and the install is e250 approx. been a while since i checked it out.


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    BT's satellite broadband product is two-way VSAT.

    adam


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