ClubMan said:Another option might be to investigate the possibility of others in the area being interested in a long range wireless (e.g. WiMax or other long range 802.11) solution which might allow you to connect via a low powered device (e.g. standard 802.11 gear powered off batteries or a small generator etc.). Perhaps [broken link removed] might be a good source of advice and info?
No - satellite broadband uses geostationary satellites so if you are within the broadcast area and have the right sized dish then it should always available. Some satellite broadband services require the use of the phone line for the uplink (i.e. when sending data from your PC to the net as opposed to the downlink which goes via the dish to your PC). Others use the dish for both the downlink and uplink. In more general terms a satellite broadband link should be more or less indistinguishable from the user's perspective from any other broadband link. If you are a gamer then the higher latencies of broadband will not suit you. Also some satellite broadband setups exhibit noticeable delays when initially browsing as the intermediate proxy compresses and caches data but once you get going it should be OK.Marie said:If it's satellite broadband does that mean there are periods when connection is not possible (e.g. when the satellite is the other side of the earth?
Marie said:That too ClubMan. It's beginning to sound as if getting a requisite power-supply and satelite/wireless gear will cost as much again as the cottage (which doesn't even have a bathroom or lav and I'm focussing on this!!!!).
If there's no chance of getting DSL on your phone line, dial-up is not acceptable and presumably cable is not an option then some form of wireless would seem to be the only realistic option. If that's the case then it would seem to be down to satellite, WiFi of some sort (e.g. WiMax if/when it rolls out or medium/long range 802.11 a la IrishWAN etc.), 3G etc. It sounds like getting some form of power generation might be the bigger/costlier job here especially if you're talking c. €20K for a wind generator (judging by some of the links posted). You'd probably need to take a project planning cost/benefit analysis approach to this in order to weigh up the different fixed and ongoing costs and the benefits to see if it's worth it.Marie said:Am I right in thinking wireless is the one to go for then?
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