Satellite broadband

[Ramrod]

How does this work? 'Cos £55 for 2mb sounds pretty good I

SP CentralPoint have announced details of what seems to be a cheap and perfect way for those who want broadband, but are suffering from unavailability from BTs ADSL rollout.
Using satellite communication for the downlink (ie from the ISP/Internet to you), CentralPoint are able to offer speeds to rival that of traditional ADSL based ISPs, ranging from a newly introduced 250Kbps costing just £18.50 per month, right up to a 2Mbps service costing £55.50 per month. The latter 2Mbps offering is a fantastically cheap way to get this form of download rate, with tradtional ISPs over ADSL costing from £5 or more per month extra. One exception is Bulldog Communication's Primtime service - but this is limited to 2Mbps outside of core office hours (Mon-Fri 8am to 6pm). CentralPoint's activation fee is charged at £15, irrespective of product chosen.

[Florence]

Basically you use dailup/isdn for the uplink and satellite for the downlink.

At present CP has just moved Sat supplier due to Plenexis pulling out of the UK market and the new suppliers software seems to bond the terrestrial uplink allowing them to use Sat and terrestrial. Some are complaining about this on our forums here

You will have some latency using Sat and its not recomended for online games.

[SOSAGES]

sat broadband is pretty naff for everything so stay away