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I have been waiting for fibre to come my way for over a year, It's supposed to be end of March now.
I can't get much sense out of my ISP, some of their people say there won't be much improvement to my service but it looks as though there will be a big bump in cost with no increase in monthly download allowance, unless I pay quite a lot more per month again. Can't be specific because they aren't specific yet we don't know what fibre installation I am going to get until it's installed to the BT cabinet. But the cost trend seems either upward or very upward.
I have been considering satellite broadband but it seems a bit expensive and the speeds aren't out of this world, in fact quite modest.
I have wondered about microwave but though if it works why isn't everybody doing it?
My current ISP broadband service is about £19 per month, with a 10Gb limit. The speed is usually sub 1Mb/s sometimes stops for days, twice last year stopped for 3 days. BT said there was no fault and it miraculously fixed itself, both times.
So, I checked the advert and clicked the link, it's a local firm in Kendal, while it's a bit more expensive than my current service it may be less than or comparable with my current ISP's proposed fibre charges.
They are offering 10Mb/s with 40Gb/month usage allowance for £26/month
There is a hefty installation cost, similar to the satellite installation cost. But if I ditch my BT landline, I will recoup the installation cost in less than a year.
The big question is, how reliable is it and will the small local company still be around in ten years time? Also it needs to be portable, I may move someday?
Anyone any experience if this sort of technology? Snags? Pitfalls? There must be a snag?
http://www.kencomp.net/forhome.html
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Robert.