OldAgeTravellers
LIFE MEMBER
Hi All,
I rely totally on Internet by Satellite both at home as I live in rural France where Broadband is not possible and in the Motorhome while travelling, I just move the satellite modem between the two.
I have been with BeyondDSL since November and my speed has gone down from about 3Mbs max to 2 to 5 Kbs which is less than dial-up. I pay £36.95 for 10Mbs speed and 10 Gb total data per month but this includes £7 for unlimited use between 11pm & 7am which is what attracted me to their package.
I have had a six week ordeal with their Technical Department who are useless, they do not answer the question asked and just keep saying "Oh well there is a high contention ratio at the moment" Even at 3 to 4 am when the green light is showing on their website for low traffic, I have never even got close to their advertised speed.
So... Who do you use and what speed do you get and for how much. @Jim great article seemed to suggest that he could run his business and his daughter could do her online school work easily with his system. I am struggling to run my business which now must use internet by law for Vat, Tax etc. both in the UK and here in France so I desperately need a better solution. Fiddling about with MiFi and various data sims is not viable compared to a Satellite system in my situation, if only I could get close to the advertised speed. But they all use the same satellite so why is mine so bad.
Thanks for reading,
Steve
I rely totally on Internet by Satellite both at home as I live in rural France where Broadband is not possible and in the Motorhome while travelling, I just move the satellite modem between the two.
I have been with BeyondDSL since November and my speed has gone down from about 3Mbs max to 2 to 5 Kbs which is less than dial-up. I pay £36.95 for 10Mbs speed and 10 Gb total data per month but this includes £7 for unlimited use between 11pm & 7am which is what attracted me to their package.
I have had a six week ordeal with their Technical Department who are useless, they do not answer the question asked and just keep saying "Oh well there is a high contention ratio at the moment" Even at 3 to 4 am when the green light is showing on their website for low traffic, I have never even got close to their advertised speed.
So... Who do you use and what speed do you get and for how much. @Jim great article seemed to suggest that he could run his business and his daughter could do her online school work easily with his system. I am struggling to run my business which now must use internet by law for Vat, Tax etc. both in the UK and here in France so I desperately need a better solution. Fiddling about with MiFi and various data sims is not viable compared to a Satellite system in my situation, if only I could get close to the advertised speed. But they all use the same satellite so why is mine so bad.
Thanks for reading,
Steve