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<blockquote data-quote="BarMoo" data-source="post: 282" data-attributes="member: 175089">I was reading an article from the Guardian - yesterday - on VSAT.&nbsp; It appears that BTOpenworld will be offering the measily 512kps download and 153kps upload speeds.&nbsp; Why ?&nbsp; Mind you, BT's ADSL spec sucks too - much slower than that of Deutscher Telekom's.Back on topic.Just to back other replies, there are a number of other providers, Aramiska being one, that will offer speeds 16 times faster than BT (upload of 1.5mbps, download 8mbps).As for prices, if its any comfort, the latest one to be knocked-around in the article was GBP 350 to install, GBP 100 per month for unlimited use.Overall, I felt that if I was able to install myself (avoiding the best part of the installation charge), have free movement between providers (currently none of the hardware, save dish, is compatible with any other provider's service), and perhaps paid for what I used (as opposed to what I don't)- then this is a wonderful development !Have Fun,Mark.Read the article, in full, on the Guardians website.&nbsp; The best english newspaper site from the UK.http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,533842,00.html</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BarMoo, post: 282, member: 175089"] I was reading an article from the Guardian - yesterday - on VSAT. It appears that BTOpenworld will be offering the measily 512kps download and 153kps upload speeds. Why ? Mind you, BT's ADSL spec sucks too - much slower than that of Deutscher Telekom's. Back on topic. Just to back other replies, there are a number of other providers, Aramiska being one, that will offer speeds 16 times faster than BT (upload of 1.5mbps, download 8mbps). As for prices, if its any comfort, the latest one to be knocked-around in the article was GBP 350 to install, GBP 100 per month for unlimited use. Overall, I felt that if I was able to install myself (avoiding the best part of the installation charge), have free movement between providers (currently none of the hardware, save dish, is compatible with any other provider's service), and perhaps paid for what I used (as opposed to what I don't)- then this is a wonderful development ! Have Fun, Mark. Read the article, in full, on the Guardians website. The best english newspaper site from the UK. http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,533842,00.html [/QUOTE]

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