Booster Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Anyone using this type of system at their work? BT are never going to bring Infinity to our estate due to the amount of businesses with leased lines paying them a fortune. Been approached by a firm offering high speed internet over air using a dish based service. Been to visit a firm up the road that has had it installed and they are very happy with the 100mb connection they are now getting - the whole estate gets 7mb!! They have only just gone with the service a couple of weeks ago and I was wondering if anyone has used this type of thing and has experienced any unreliability of the network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Tooway seem to dominate in the UK on satellite services (not necessarily the same). A former member of here is getting 22mb but the big thing with satellite is download limits. Check if they apply. If you're talking of line of sight and being offered 100mb without download limits, I'd just go ahead. 7mb? Antiquated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Yep, 7mb!! I get 40mb+ at home. Line of sight, 100mb, no download limits, free installation thanks to the voucher and as we are the landlords for 5 other businesses that want it (and they need our permission to install for them) they are doing it to us for £50 per month to include a 4g failover modem. We pay more than that in BT line rental and broadband costs at the moment for our poxy speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torino101 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sounds like a no brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Anything that gets you away from BT can only be a positive move for business. We sued Openreach and won about 4 years ago over our business broadband, which we rely on for the call centre and for communication between sites, and as it stands, they can't even implement a simple call waiting system, they are utterly inept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 BT told my brother-in-law he'd soon be receiving Infinity in his locality and be able to sign up for it. That was at the beginning of the year. He rang them again in March and they said "yes, very soon now". He rang them again a few weeks back and pressed them for a date. "Definitely before Spring 2016". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 You can also load-balance individual lines to increase throughput if you like. 4 x 7Mbpbs broadband for example isn't that shabby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 You can also load-balance individual lines to increase throughput if you like. 4 x 7Mbpbs broadband for example isn't that shabby? Does it cost 4x the price though - not really bargain of the month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Well, yes, of course it does - but if you want the performance and don't have other technical solution to hand it's not a bad option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Thanks. The only thing that makes me worried about line of sight: Ionica!! Remember them???? The dish even looks the same! I suppose if the worst comes to the worst we can rely on 4g (get a great signal at the office) until we can reconnect the BT line and broadband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Compare and contrast!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I am getting between 2.5-3.9mbps max at home luckily it still lets me stream Netflix and Sky On-Demand content without any problems. Apparently the exchange should be getting upgraded this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I am getting between 2.5-3.9mbps max at home luckily it still lets me stream Netflix and Sky On-Demand content without any problems. Apparently the exchange should be getting upgraded this year! Ah, the old "this year" line....good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Compare and contrast!!! That's a vast difference. Who is the provider of the over the air service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 It is a company called Airfibre. They are rolling out across the UK. They take the nearest fibre connection to an an industrial / business area and bond it to make a very fast connection then beam it from the nearest high roof that they can rent. They have been nothing but a pleasure to deal with. I haven't even signed a contract yet as they want to make sure we are happy and even then the minimum term is only six months!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bells0 Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Looks interesting. My work BB is awful as we are next to the exchange, but at the end of the 'loop'. Sitting on a little island too [old converted pub], so unlikely to get Fibre anytime soon. Leased line quotes are approx £400 a month which the Director has said a firm no to. Shall look into this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted August 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Pm me your work address and I will see what the md says about your area. They are setting up all over the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 The connection at work has been noticeably faster this week. Just ran a speed test! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Wow they are excellent speeds, I take it you are rather happy with it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster Posted October 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Just a bit! Infinity at home feels slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Just a bit! Infinity at home feels slow I'll bet, our Infinity is crap, we average under 20mb when we should be getting 75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 More porn-streaming for Booster now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 You not inclined to complain about that ping time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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