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Hi,

I'm trying to help my Dad assess his options for broadband access. He currently only has dial-up and lives in rural Shropshire. After lengthy conversations with BT and other providers, he's confirmed that they do not offer standard (sorry, not sure of the terminology - ADSL?) or cable broadband in his area. A neighbour of his gets broadband via a satellite provider - Avanti. They've set the neighbour up foc as a 'base station' (??? again, not sure of terminology, sorry!) which, my Dad's been told means he can now also access satellite broadband via Avanti. The cost is relatively high though (£27 a month from memory), which is a bit steep for my Dad who will only be an occassional user.

I just wondered whether there are any other options available to him other than Avanti. I've seen ads for mobile broadband. Would this be an option? Are there other satellite providers he could go to?

Any help would be gratefully received!

Many thanks!

Deb
 
If you can get mobile phones reception and the new 3G might be worth looking into tmobile or Vodaphone offers of BB via 3G at £15 a month with a 3gig a month cap.
 
If you want to pm me the phone number I can have a look at the line and see if it is possible to provide a DSL service on there.
 
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It's also worth sending a letter to your local county council about the problem, they will most likely have a better idea of any alternatives for the area, though if you can I'd avoid Satellite as it is overly expensive for what you get.
 
Deb said:
They've set the neighbour up foc as a 'base station' which, my Dad's been told means he can now also access satellite broadband via Avanti. The cost is relatively high though (£27 a month from memory), which is a bit steep for my Dad who will only be an occassional user.

I don't think £27 is high for the circumstances. It isn't the company's fault the customer only wants occasional usage. They are supplying a lot of expensive hardware.

What other facilities come with the supply?

I do hope Zen can sort you out but what is wrong with dial up if the man only wants occasional use. There are ways to make the most of things in such circumstances.

(Learning to make automatic downloads, using managers such as Thunderbird etc and P2P perhaps. Keeping the box lean and mean. All it takes is learning how.)
 
Rural Shropshire isn't as rural as rural Canada, so imagine what must be going through the minds of lusers over there with this going on:

""The policy they're referring to deals with copper. Not data," he told us. "It depends on how long this goes on. If they say 'We're over subscribing the network currently, and we expect to have everything fixed by this date', then fine.

But if this becomes a permanent solution it is no longer a maintenance issue or a quality issue. It is a policing issue. They have given themselves the right to control data that's not theirs."

Is Bell Canada attempting to ensure that TekSavvy is just as unattractive as its own ISP? Gaudrault won't answer. Yet. "It could be viewed in a variety of ways at this point.

Again, if it's only a temporary solution, that's one thing. But if it's forever, then they're telling us what kind of clients they want us to have. And that's not their right either."

Gaudrault is now exploring alternative means of providing bandwidth to his customers. "We've been working with Bell for seven of the last ten years," he said. "But this is a slap in the face."
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The phone line owners are editing what the companies providing internet services over those lines allows their customers to do with the internet. Does that sound crazy or what?

The full article is here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/bell_canada_chokes_third_party_isps/page2.html
 
Thanks for all your suggestions. I'm hoping Zen will be able to help. If not, I might be back to find out more about Thunderbird, P2P etc as suggested by Weatherlawyer. Trouble is, although my Dad will only be an occasional user, he wants to do things like upload/download photos etc. which takes days with his current dial-up. Plus, being a cautious type, he won't leave his PC on overnight etc. to download stuff that way!

Thanks again.
 
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Stay away from Rural Internet / Rural Communication Services. They're crap - delayed activation, poor speeds, little tech support and did not provide my MAC code for more than 15 days!
 
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