Upping satellite broadband speed

BullBauld

Hi

I currently have satellite broadband. 10MB down & 3MB upload speeds.

Obviously in the evening this isn't achievable and stuff like IPTV and playing shows/films on firestick can be annoying as I'm only getting 2MB at the very best.

Could an increase to a 30MB package solve this where I could possibly get 6/7 during the evening.

I've nothing else available to me at the moment.

Thanks.

ED E

When you say satellite do you actually mean satellite (in the sky) or fixed wireless with a dish to a hill somewhere?

If its actually satellite then its likely 30Mb and 10Mb both become 2Mb at peak. The way to avoid this is very very expensive packages.

BullBauld

ED E wrote: »

When you say satellite do you actually mean satellite (in the sky) or fixed wireless with a dish to a hill somewhere?

If its actually satellite then its likely 30Mb and 10Mb both become 2Mb at peak. The way to avoid this is very very expensive packages.

Apologies fixed wireless it is to a mast.

Does this make a difference?

Cheers.

ED E

You may have options then.

An antenna setup to pick up either Three 4G or Vodafone 4G might be viable (just because there's no coverage on ground level doesnt meant your chimney isn't getting blasted with high speed LTE) or Imagine or other WISPs might compete with your current provider.

This would be a good start:
http://irelandoffline.org/map/#!/map

BullBauld

ED E wrote: »

You may have options then.

An antenna setup to pick up either Three 4G or Vodafone 4G might be viable (just because there's no coverage on ground level doesnt meant your chimney isn't getting blasted with high speed LTE) or Imagine or other WISPs might compete with your current provider.

This would be a good start:
http://irelandoffline.org/map/#!/map

Ok thanks for the info.

So upping to 30MB with current provider a waste of money.

m99T

BullBauld wrote: »

Ok thanks for the info.

So upping to 30MB with current provider a waste of money.

Depends on your provider. The 30mb package could be on a different contention ratio (i.e: At the moment you share your connection, hence it slows down in the evening when more people are using it. The 30mb could mean you share with less homes in the area.) But I wouldn't count on it being the case.

What provider are you with if you don't mind us asking? It's possible a representative of theirs could answer your question here on the forum.

BullBauld

m99T wrote: »

Depends on your provider. The 30mb package could be on a different contention ratio (i.e: At the moment you share your connection, hence it slows down in the evening when more people are using it. The 30mb could mean you share with less homes in the area.) But I wouldn't count on it being the case.

What provider are you with if you don't mind us asking? It's possible a representative of theirs could answer your question here on the forum.

Thanks for reply.

I'm with Eurona Brisknet in Roscommon. Haven't seen them on here mind.

m99T

BullBauld wrote: »

Thanks for reply.

I'm with Eurona Brisknet in Roscommon. Haven't seen them on here mind.

Yeah unless they are changing your equipment in the house or giving different contention i'd just be staying where I was.

Ultimanemo

BullBauld wrote: »

Ok thanks for the info.

So upping to 30MB with current provider a waste of money.

As ED E said check your coverage, see the coverage map for Vodafone and Three,
Guess which is better, go to one of them and get a router and sim card, try the router everywhere including the attic, if that is no good try the router outside the house and as high as you can, the higher the better.
If you can receive a reasonable speed then either put the router whenever you get a good speed or buy the antenna below
It works with Three router but I don't know if it works with Vodafone router, ask them.
Vodafone will give you 2 weeks trial, Three don't, so make sure that you tell them if you don't get reasonable speed you don't get tied to 18 month contract.

If you get good speed with Vodafone but you need antenna and you couldn't find antenna to fit into their router, you can buy unlocked Huawei B525 Router from amazon, it isn't cheap but then you can use it for Vodafone and PAYG € 20 Three sim card "useful if you run out of allowance with vodafone"

Notice: the two antennae below both work, the first is stronger but it is directional. it has to be directed towards the mast
The second one is one bar less but it is omnidirectional
Note both has only 5 metre long cable which you can't extend "you loose the signal"

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poynting-4G-XPOL-A0002-Polarised-Directional-Outdoor/dp/B00C1DGGKC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1535271926&sr=8-4&keywords=4g+lte+antenna

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Poynting-4G-XPOL-A0001-Cross-Polarised-Antenna/dp/B00C1DGFPS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1535271926&sr=8-3&keywords=4g+lte+antenna