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Hi
We are a village in the UK with lots of hills and valleys and no land-line
broadband.

www.rural-WEB.org

We have a project which includes :

the provision of a satellite internet feed to a mobile unit for outreach
services.

the provision of satellite internet feed to 1, 2 or 3 fixed points within
the village which will then be shared wirelessly in clusters of households.


We are now looking for suppliers. Ideally we (rural-web) want to buy a pool
of bandwidth which is shared among the base stations. In particular the
mobile base station may only be used 50 or 60 times a year so we don't want
to have to pay for 'always on ' capacity for it and it alone, that will
rarely be used.


Ideas and pointers gratefully received.
Thank you


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John Owens

Tel 44 1509 890302
Fax 44 1509 89 08 22
www.GoodViews.co.uk

"John Owens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We have a project which includes :
>
> the provision of a satellite internet feed to a mobile unit for outreach
> services.
>
> the provision of satellite internet feed to 1, 2 or 3 fixed points
within
> the village which will then be shared wirelessly in clusters of
households.
>
>
> We are now looking for suppliers. Ideally we (rural-web) want to buy a
pool
> of bandwidth which is shared among the base stations. In particular the
> mobile base station may only be used 50 or 60 times a year so we don't
want
> to have to pay for 'always on ' capacity for it and it alone, that will
> rarely be used.


P.s. We are talking to some people and have seen the long lists of
potential satellite operators. My posting was not meant to seem like the
height of laziness - mainly a reflection of the fact that we need something
a little bit different and not every company has the mental flexibility to
cope !

--
John Owens


Fax 44 1509 89 08 22
www.GoodViews.co.uk

John Owens wrote:

> Hi
> We are a village in the UK with lots of hills and valleys and no land-line
> broadband.
>
> www.rural-WEB.org
>
> We have a project which includes :
>
> the provision of a satellite internet feed to a mobile unit for outreach
> services.
>
> the provision of satellite internet feed to 1, 2 or 3 fixed points within
> the village which will then be shared wirelessly in clusters of households.
>
>
> We are now looking for suppliers. Ideally we (rural-web) want to buy a pool
> of bandwidth which is shared among the base stations. In particular the
> mobile base station may only be used 50 or 60 times a year so we don't want
> to have to pay for 'always on ' capacity for it and it alone, that will
> rarely be used.
>
>


I think if its a group project yopu would be beter served by sharing a
2Mbps service via WiFi technology.

Contact these guys www.ukbroadband.net if this may be of interest as a
solution.


> Ideas and pointers gratefully received.
> Thank you
>
>
> --
> John Owens
>
> Tel 44 1509 890302
> Fax 44 1509 89 08 22
> www.GoodViews.co.uk
>
>
>

Thanks I have contacted them. Let me be clear we are already planning on
using wifi to share within the village. We are committed to at least one
satellite feed for the mobile 'outreach' service and will use satellite for
other clusters which eventually become linked.

I still need help in finding the satellite suppliers.

Cheers

--
John Owens


Fax 44 1509 89 08 22
www.GoodViews.co.uk

John Owens wrote:
> Thanks I have contacted them. Let me be clear we are already planning
> on using wifi to share within the village. We are committed to at
> least one satellite feed for the mobile 'outreach' service and will
> use satellite for other clusters which eventually become linked.
>
> I still need help in finding the satellite suppliers.
>
> Cheers

I dont understand, why a satellite outreach service at all ?
Why is it not feasible to install SDSL networking between your main site and
any satellite locations so that you reuse existing BT telephone wiring with
an EPS 8 or 9 circuit and get a permanent connection ? This would require a
leased line as you plan to the main site, all the satellite sites to be
within the same exchange & within a radius of 6 miles from the exchange, so
my understanding is that you could use this to extend the reach
dramatically.
Or consider the community LAN service that BT promote which requires
adoption by an ISP & sponsorship by a development agency ?
That way you are not limited to the 2 MB backhaul. Then use combinations of
WiFi and SDSL to extend reach.

S. Althaf

John Owens wrote:
> Re: BT promoted community initiative or ISPs
>
> We have approached BT at three different levels and nobody mentioned
> it. We are also approaching ISP's. No results yet. Grateful for any
> pinters (sorry, pointers !)


http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=1059

S. Althaf

"Clueless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> John Owens wrote:
> > Re: BT promoted community initiative or ISPs
> >
> > We have approached BT at three different levels and nobody mentioned
> > it. We are also approaching ISP's. No results yet. Grateful for any
> > pinters (sorry, pointers !)
>
>
> http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=1059
>
> S. Althaf
>
>
Thanks for the link.

Yes I had registered our interest for exchange activate. It could be (or
have been ) part of the solution. But I still need satellite for the mobile
(or more correctly transportable) service.

Cheers

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John Owens


Fax 44 1509 89 08 22
www.GoodViews.co.uk