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Microwave BroadbandHas anybody heard of it?

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Posted by Robert: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 14:50

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While browsing my local papers website a small add caught my eye, Broadband with no land line...

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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Posted by jk: Thu Jan 31st, 2013 15:14

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Yes it is fine and works well as long as you have line of sight to transmitter.
One downside is that bad rain can effect it so in heavy rain you can lose connection to transmitter.

I would only go to this ISP if there was no other supplier or you would get a cheaper or faster connection.
Have you looked at Plusnet or Virgin. They are very competitive.

Also you should not have a download limit imposed by the ISP. This is just a method of controlling their infrastructure costs.

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Posted by Doug: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 10:04

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I think you are talking about WiMAX

We were on ADSL and only able to affordably get 100gb/month (internode)

WiMAX promised as fast or faster speeds and 250gb for the same price plus $750 installation or $100 installation with a 3 year commitment (Adam)

Despite giving positive numbers when tested using the ISPs own version of speediest.net and when measuring the quality of the signal it was awful

Our browsing habits completely changed as a result - YouTube, iview and iTunes were now painful to use and I spent ages trying to prove a fault before they finally waived all costs and allowed me to exit the contract

When I returned to adsl I chose a different isp (iinet) and was lucky enough to get a socket again (this time our speed was improved over the original socket and we got 100gb with another 100gb off peak and unlimited iview (iview is the player from one of our TV stations which was responsible for much of our need to increase our limit)

Long story short. Find out what the guarantee is.

Ours was 4mbps or Mbps (I never remember the right term) and the tests showed we were getting this and better.
Actual use however was terrible with even 2 minute youtube videos stopping dozens of times
Specifically ask, and before you switch record, how long it takes to download a movie, how does a YouTube video behave etc
Your experience might be much better than mine (I see lots of these devices on roofs here so you would assume my 5 apple tvs, 6 ios devices and multiple macs might be a factor in my poor experience, but even with all but one mac disabled it was still painful)

You need a UK equivalent to whirlpool.net.au to help you assess the options and ISPs available

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Posted by Doug: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 10:11

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http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/171396#

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Posted by Robert: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 13:15

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Thanks Doug very interesting. I think I need to see this in action before any commitment.

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