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Broadband/Router Advice

  • 24-03-2017 8:09pm
    #1
    Sundance_Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭


    Hi all, looking for a bit of advice however I dont have all the facts.

    The parents are looking to get the internet into their foreign holiday apartment. They are not in anyway IT clued in, even worse than me.

    They were in a couple of the internet suppliers shops today and the cheapest offer was you get a router and they had to give the location of their apartment while the shop assistant looked up something and said the satellite will pick up the signal.

    So by the sounds of it, they will be given a router to plug into the wall and that will look to pick up a satellite signal Im guessing. Would my understanding be correct?
    If so, how reliable is this type of broadband in general?

    I thought a setup which maybe included their own little satellite with a line connection into the apartment would be more reliable, like we have in our house.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Where is the foreign holiday apartment and what internet suppliers shops were they in?

    Is there an active phone line connection to the apartment?


  • #3
    Sundance_Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭Sundance_Kid


    The Cush wrote: »
    Where is the foreign holiday apartment and what internet suppliers shops were they in?

    Is there an active phone line connection to the apartment?

    Its in Portugal, the supplier was either Meo or Nos. They went into both, the cheaper option is the one described. As far as I know they have a phone line but no phone/not used. The other option which I did not mention included a phoneline and phone set-up.
    Apologies I dont have all the info as that is all the parents could remember and basically they havent a clue.


  • #4
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,088 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    landline based broadband will likely be much faster and reliable than a satellite system


  • #5
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    landline based broadband will likely be much faster and reliable than a satellite system

    Satellite could also refer to a Wireless ISP antenna?
    Sundance_Kid wrote: »
    I thought a setup which maybe included their own little satellite with a line connection into the apartment would be more reliable, like we have in our house.


  • #6
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    PAYG and a Mifi device may be the most pragmatic solution.


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  • #7
    Sundance_Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭Sundance_Kid


    ED E wrote: »
    PAYG and a Mifi device may be the most pragmatic solution.

    Thanks, as they will be renting the apartment out throughout a 6 month window, something for a set-price with unlimited broadband would be more beneficial.
    Contract is for 2 years,just trying to figure out how reliable the broadband will be.


  • #8
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    Have they tried talking to any of their neighbours to get some advice maybe?


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