Anyone with QSat?

29-07-2011 06:30PM #1

Has anyone got the new QSat service, what is their broadband like?

MrJimi · 29-07-2011 09:49PM

Hi,

I would like to know as well, please

4ndroid · 29-07-2011 09:57PM

Make sure you read through the t's and c's first.there are some crackers in there.

29-07-2011 10:01PM

4ndroid wrote: »

Make sure you read through the t's and c's first.there are some crackers in there.

Seen them alright, 24 month contract for a start. I'll give it a miss after reading the T&C.

4ndroid · 29-07-2011 10:07PM

No support for torrents or peer to peer,if used will result in disconnection. Something about charging daily interest on late payments. I know for.some people it may be the only option coverage wise but the prices aren't great

Dr. Nick · 29-07-2011 10:07PM

4ndroid wrote: »

Make sure you read through the t's and c's first.there are some crackers in there.

D/load limits? How much for the 'upgrade' to nightsaver and what d/load limit is there on that?

4ndroid · 29-07-2011 10:18PM

Had another browse through, didn't see anything mentioning allowances, cost of night saver etc.you can email them on their website with any questions.

It said on night saver add on that there is unlimited bandwidth but theres probly an FUP

Mars Bar · 29-07-2011 10:45PM

1mB download/512kbps upload for €24.99

Compare that with UPC's 12mb download and 1.2mb upload for €25 euro even and you have got to be ****ting me.

http://qsat.ie/broadband/

pat13wx · 29-07-2011 11:09PM

Now that's a suprise. I wasn't expecting Niall Quinn to be the guy behind it all:)

2.6.
The broadband service being offered does not support file sharing applications of any type. Neither does it support “peer to peer” operations. The use of “torrents” for the illegal downloading of copyrighted material is also not supported in any way. Any customer found to be using our service to perform illegal acts of this nature will have their broadband service cut off without notice.

Aside from this part of their T&Cs I am very keen to try their services. I wonder if the comments (above) are there to covers their backs and perhaps they don't really care; they can hardly say outright "go ahead and download copyrighted material."

pat13wx · 29-07-2011 11:14PM

mars bar wrote: »

1mB download/512kbps upload for €24.99

Compare that with UPC's 12mb download and 1.2mb upload for €25 euro even and you have got to be ****ting me.

http://qsat.ie/broadband/

An unfair comparison. UPC isn't providing a satellite service; if they were at that price then the comparison would be justifiable.

DonJose · 29-07-2011 11:35PM

mars bar wrote: »

1mB download/512kbps upload for €24.99

Compare that with UPC's 12mb download and 1.2mb upload for €25 euro even and you have got to be ****ting me.

http://qsat.ie/broadband/

Terrible comparison, a person who could receive UPC would never look at this service. Satellite broadband is for many a last chance option for receiving broadband.

bealtine · 29-07-2011 11:44PM

DonJose wrote: »

Satellite broadband is for many a last chance option for receiving broadband.

and even then it barely qualifies as broadband...

This of course should be in the midband forum where these questions belong

pat13wx · 30-07-2011 12:19AM

The money back guarentee seems very fair and straight forward. From what I can tell no other satellite company gives such a promise. All I have seen is a cooling off period providing the equipment hasn't been installed.

14 DAY NO QUIBBLE GUARANTEE. We have so much faith in our next generation state of the art satellite broadband. television and telephone service offering, that we are prepared to guarantee you, the purchaser, that if you are not entirely satisfied with the product up to 14 days of the signed installation date and you advise us of such, either by e mail or by registered post within the stipulated 14 days, we will remove the equipment from your premises and return your money to you in full.

pat13wx · 30-07-2011 09:48AM

Not looking as good as i first thought.

I spoke to a Q-Sat rep this morning and got the following info:

Download allowance is 2 gig pm regardless of package ..... but for €10 extra per month (for Nightsaver option) you can download to your heart's content between 11pm and 6am. They provide links to sites you can download movies from, so you can't simply use the likes of BTJUNKIE or any site they don't have an agreement with.

Use a wireless router for multiple PC? Yes.

How soon could they install? 4-6 weeks wait at the moment but they expect this to be less in time.

That's basically it.

4ndroid · 30-07-2011 09:55AM

Wonder will it be better than mobile midband? Is contention ever a factor for satillite BB?

Hal Emmerich · 30-07-2011 02:23PM

pat13wx wrote: »

Not looking as good as i first thought.

I spoke to a Q-Sat rep this morning and got the following info:

Download allowance is 2 gig pm regardless of package ..... but for €10 extra per month (for Nightsaver option) you can download to your heart's content between 11pm and 6am. They provide links to sites you can download movies from, so you can't simply use the likes of BTJUNKIE or any site they don't have an agreement with.

Use a wireless router for multiple PC? Yes.

How soon could they install? 4-6 weeks wait at the moment but they expect this to be less in time.

That's basically it.

That's shooting themselves right there, if you never went near any other site except boards in the month you'd use 2gigs, crazy limit.

bealtine · 30-07-2011 02:32PM

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

That's shooting themselves right there, if you never went near any other site except boards in the month you'd use 2gigs, crazy limit.

All sat packages are roughly the same...All the sat bandwidth is about the same as one small eircom exchange but it is shared among 1000's of subscribers so it can never deliver anything like basic broadband even if it is crap:)

pat13wx · 30-07-2011 02:44PM

The 2 gig a month allowance seems ridiculous in this day and age. They'll have to come up with something more generous if they wish to attract more business.

MrJimi · 30-07-2011 05:04PM

DonJose wrote: »

Terrible comparison, a person who could receive UPC would never look at this service. Satellite broadband is for many a last chance option for receiving broadband.

exactly - I live in the sticks. No P2P, no torrents, that means a no no for me, I don't have a TV and do watch Eurosport, BBC and sometimes P2P streams.

Does anyone know what the contention rate is? That is my main problem with my current provider eircom, between 5pm to 10pm i literally have NO internet at all; I live at the end of the line (the house next door has no service).

Thanks for all the advice peeps

CathalDublin · 30-07-2011 05:19PM

Broadband is useless with a 2GB limit
And torrents banned, would it even be worth your while having this over dial up?

CathalDublin · 30-07-2011 05:20PM

Broadband is useless with a 2GB limit
And torrents banned, would it even be worth your while having this over dial up?

T42 wrote: »

Try the Tooway Satellite Broadband, way faster speeds and allowances, go to www.Toowaysat.ie

They look very very expensive
€199 installation aswell as €190 for the hardware, thats almost €400 before you've even started using it, are they for real?
ping rates of 600 – 650 ms means no xbox live/psn/etc

BorderGap · 31-07-2011 06:48PM

Neighbour had the Digiweb's Tooway satellite service installed during the week and its unreal. Super fast (compared to 3G dongle) Two of us in the area seen it working and ordered it that day. As the 2 jobs are on the same road they gave us amount €25 off the install each.:)

BorderGap · 31-07-2011 06:49PM

http://www.digiweb.ie/home/tooway/packages/index.php

pat13wx · 31-07-2011 07:46PM

CathalDublin wrote: »

Broadband is useless with a 2GB limit
And torrents banned, would it even be worth your while having this over dial up?

They look very very expensive
€199 installation aswell as €190 for the hardware, thats almost €400 before you've even started using it, are they for real?
ping rates of 600 – 650 ms means no xbox live/psn/etc

Just to say that according to their rep on Facebook the installation and equipment is now down to €99.00.

Here the full quote:

"We have just heard some great news - satellite Broadband is now available at an unbelievably low price of just €99 (Equipment and Install)
Monthly cost of just €39.99 per month for 6mb Broadband!
Contact Today us for further information"

fergus1001 · 01-08-2011 01:57AM

2 gigs is crazy i smoke through 15 gigs in a month with three i really wish they were leanient with the limits

pat13wx · 01-08-2011 05:59PM

fergus1001 wrote: »

2 gigs is crazy i smoke through 15 gigs in a month with three i really wish they were leanient with the limits

It is terrible. If they were to increase the limit to around 20 gigs a month I'd gladly use their services.

Incidentally, I suggested to the rep guy from Q Sat I spoke to last Saturday that they update their website with the information that they only allow 2 gigs download limit a month on all their packages, but the response was they’d look into it. So far nothing has been changed, which tells me they are not interested in being up front.

Sponge Bob · 01-08-2011 09:33PM

pat13wx wrote: »

It is terrible. If they were to increase the limit to around 20 gigs a month I'd gladly use their services..

There are small rural exchanges in the wilds of Donegal with the approx capacity of the entire Tooway system on the biggest satellite Tooway use...and many times the capacity of smaller sats used by Tooway in the past.

There is no capacity for decent allowances. Any provider with a hidden 2GB limit is just a chancer, avoid like the plague.

pat13wx · 01-08-2011 10:23PM

Sponge Bob wrote: »

There are small rural exchanges in the wilds of Donegal with the approx capacity of the entire Tooway system on the biggest satellite Tooway use...and many times the capacity of smaller sats used by Tooway in the past.

There is no capacity for decent allowances. Any provider with a hidden 2GB limit is just a chancer, avoid like the plague.

Absolutely. The 2 gig allowance is beyond a joke in this day and age. And as bad as Eircom is - in my particular situation - they at least allow a confirmed 10 gig monthly download allowance; and have never once chased me down when I have gone over, and sometimes significantly so. In comparison the 2 gig monthly allowance by Q-Sat, regardless of which package is chosen, is but a pittance when compared to other such providers.

Now, it has to be mentioned again that they do offer a night-time 11pm to 6am unlimited monthly allowance for an additional €10 regardless of package. They say you can download movies all night long, as long as the movies are from specific links they provide. This might work, but what if the links they provide do not “stock” the movies you’re after?

01-08-2011 10:25PM

I got talking to a rep also, installation is €99. For their Broadband Gold (8MB), TV and phone it's €85.95 per month. Better sticking with my VF 8MB package and Sky as it works out near €10 cheaper and I have a 300GB monthly allowance.

pat13wx · 01-08-2011 10:26PM

T42 wrote: »

Tooway now offer triple allowance on all packages, so the 6/1 has 12gb, 8/2 has 24gb, etc.

I have the 8/2 installed with VOIP and it works very well.
If you are downloading large videos or movies, if you use it between 12.00am to 6.00am then you only use 50% of your allowance. If that doesn't suit, go to the movies I'd say.

It is not competing with ADSL, aimed at people with no service or poor service, rural areas, at last a real service for people that Waited for years, listened to broken promises. Doubt if the government or Eircom or UPC will ever reach rural Ireland. We can now work at home, reduce our costs, avoid those mad council rates and hopefully stay in business. All I can say this is the best thing I have purchased in the last 10 years.

QSAT seems to be limited to 2gb, which would be poor and the Hylas1 satellite has a capacity of 200,000 customers, so if it's to cater for all of Europe, this will be used up quickly.

Interesting comments. Thanks for making them.

My understanding is the triple allowance is only for the first few months, then things revert to normal.

pat13wx · 01-08-2011 10:28PM

hellboy99 wrote: »

I got talking to a rep also, installation is €99. For their Broadband Gold (8MB), TV and phone it's €85.95 per month. Better sticking with my VF 8MB package and Sky as it works out near €10 cheaper and I have a 300GB monthly allowance.

300 gig allowance?! Don't blame you for sticking with them:)

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