Satellite or Fixed-Wireless?

pat13wx

I am wondering which is most affected (negatively) by wind, rain and snow.

watty

Satellite.

pat13wx

That's interesting. Thanks. Someone I know, who doesn't post here that I am aware of, told me Fixed-Wireless suffers the most in bad weather, but I asked the question simply because I wasn't sure if he was accurate.

morgana

I have been using fixed wireless for many years and it is unaffected by weather. It is rock solid even in storms. The only time it goes down if the transmitter station is damaged due to high winds or in case of power outages.

pat13wx

Yes, it seems more consistent than I was led to believe.

Thanks.

Sponge Bob

Proper fixed wireless is not affected by weather but there do be cowboys out there Ted, proper cowboys.

Many sat providers did not provide large enough dishes at the footprint edges...eg the west of Ireland should be a 1 metre dish off astra2connect but some chancers would then install an 80cm or 90cm and claim it is grand.....and then it pisses rain.

Condi has a proper installation in Donegal, pics of the required 1m dish SEE HERE for Tooway off Hotbird 13e. Note it is well sheltered as an install, Condi is right out on the west coast.

You would need a smaller dish on parts of the south coast.

Ka Sat was supposed to go to the Hotbird 13e position whan that thread was live but actually went to 9e in the end .....if anyone is confused.

Hylas ...think Quinns service is on that bird...would require a larger dish in the EAST than in the WEST as the bird is out over the Atlantic.

In summary.

Big dish good in north, less large in south. Location of sat determines whether larger dish required further west or further east because of signal footprint.

Astra2 connect and Eutelsat W7 from Bentley Walker are the most easterly commonly used services and the lowest in the Sky from Ireland...I think 28.8e is too expensive for VSAT nowadays.