{"id":9850,"date":"2015-08-05T12:34:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T11:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=9850"},"modified":"2015-08-05T12:35:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T11:35:50","slug":"fibre-optic-isp-gigaclear-in-odd-uk-satellite-broadband-supply-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/08\/fibre-optic-isp-gigaclear-in-odd-uk-satellite-broadband-supply-deal.html","title":{"rendered":"Fibre Optic ISP Gigaclear in Odd UK Satellite Broadband Supply Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most people are probably familiar with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a> as an ISP that has put\u00a0huge investment towards delivering ultrafast 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ftth\">FTTH<\/a>\/P) services into rural\u00a0areas, but a new deal with <a href=\"http:\/\/clkuk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=204626&amp;a=1778706&amp;g=19594410\" target=\"_blank\">Europasat<\/a> (SSW) will soon also see them supporting the roll-out of inferior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">Satellite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily you wouldn&#8217;t expect to see pure fibre optic ISPs in even so much as the same room as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">Satellite<\/a> solution, let alone the same galaxy. The two technologies tend to be a planetary distance apart in terms of their respective capabilities and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Never the less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a> has decided that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">Satellite<\/a> does have a role to play, which is to say that they will use it as a <strong>stopgap measure<\/strong> in areas where they intend to reach, but have yet to physically deploy. Similarly consumers in areas where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a> may never reach can also expect to be referred back to Europasat.<\/p>\n<p>Europasat also offers their customers a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europasat.com\/why-satellite-broadband\/fibre-guarantee\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>fibre guarantee<\/em><\/a>&#8220;, which allows subscribers to cancel their contracts as soon as a fixed line fibre optic service comes within reach of their home(s).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Andrew Walwyn, SSW \/ Europasat&#8217;s CEO, said (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk\/companies\/news\/109690\/satellite-solutions-tie-up-offers-hope-for-rural-broadband-sufferers-109690.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Our partnership is all about identifying those who lack a super-fast broadband solution and getting them connected quickly and cost effectively. Recent government figures indicated 245,000 households will end up with 2Mbps broadband or less once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> completes its nationwide fibre roll-out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Working together with Gigaclear we stand a great chance of providing those affected with a quick and permanent solution to their broadband dilemma<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gigaclear are known to have received interest in their network from hundreds of isolated communities across the country, although so far they&#8217;ve only been able to deploy into a small fraction of that because such work takes time and a significant amount of investment. So, as a logical approach, the above agreement would appear to make sense.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, considering the PR angle, it&#8217;s still surprising to see a pure fibre optic provider getting so cosy with a Satellite operator and we&#8217;re not yet convinced that it will be the perfect match, particularly\u00a0given that they\u2019re targeting the same sort of markets.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth pointing out that <a href=\"http:\/\/clkuk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=204626&amp;a=1778706&amp;g=19594410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">EuropaSat<\/a> currently offers a mix of Satellite services from operators like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eutelsat.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Eutelsat<\/a> (Tooway), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avantiplc.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Avanti<\/a> (HYLAS) and SES (Astra). The Government are also testing a new range of 30Mbps capable satellite packages as part of a <strong>Market Testing Pilot<\/strong> (MTP) under their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\">Broadband Delivery UK<\/a> programme, which uses some of the same platforms and could eventually be used to help connect premises in the final 1-2% of the UK via a subsidy scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people are probably familiar with Gigaclear as an ISP that has put\u00a0huge investment towards delivering ultrafast 1000Mbps capable fibre optic broadband (FTTH\/P) services into rural\u00a0areas, but a new deal with Europasat (SSW) will soon also see them supporting the roll-out of inferior Satellite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,65,56,416,77],"class_list":["post-9850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-fibre-optic","tag-ftth","tag-fttp","tag-gigaclear","tag-satellite"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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