Let us know how you find the service. Good luck!

Thankyou!

And will do, specially if it helps others out in the sticks

In reply to a post by Deadbeat:

I'm pretty sure that there have been users of other wireless providers on here.

i went for a local one, it only offered 10Mb's but I was happy with it, but then they hit problems with capacity, which is why I went to plusnet.


I am thinking of going back to them if they have sorted out the problem when my plusnet contract ends, I still have the equipment on the roof, so at least I would not have to pay for that again, hopefully.

I dont use a wireless internet provider as such but i do access the internet at a location 5km away from me using a point-to-point ubiquiti 5Ghz wifi link. The wifi access has been rock solid in rain, hail, snow, frost and gales and happily gives me the 80/20 throughput the FTTC connection is capable of.

It should be fairly easy for any wireless ISP to estimate what level of connection you should be able to receive if they have others in your area. It should also be fairly trivial for them to do a physical test to prove the link is viable.

According to their website i can get 50 down and 10 up. But they said they wouldn't know for definite till they survey my house.

I can see both local villages from my house. one village 3 miles away and one 5 miles away. if only i knew people who lived there so i could potentially buy my own equipment and beam that connection to where i currently am.

Don't want to knock on randoms doors and ask if i can install broadband at their home and stick a dish on their house would be nice though as it would fix this broadband problem.

In reply to a post by woodmass14:

I can see both local villages from my house. one village 3 miles away and one 5 miles away. if only i knew people who lived there so i could potentially buy my own equipment and beam that connection to where i currently am.

Very similar situation to my own and essentially what I have done.
Are there any commercial premises in the villages?

I worked on basis that a commercial premises is going to be less concerned about mounting a wifi dish on the outside of the building but that said, the dishes I got are only 190mm diameter and very discreet.

yes, there are quite a few.

The problem is how do i go about doing/asking about it.

Its good to talk.

All I did was explain my situation ([censored] ADSL) and what I wanted to do (install a second line at their place and mount a small dish to beam that to mine). During that discussion it became obvious that for that to work they would need to be compensated in some way for power used etc so what we ended up with was me paying extra for a business connection with a block of fixed IPs and giving them access to the bandwidth using one of the fixed IPs.

I opted for the second line route as it meant I could get a system up and running without interfering with their existing phone line and broadband in case there was any issues.

ah ok, that makes things easier as i wasn't sure how i would approach it.

I'll make a note of what buildings i can see from my home and may drop a letter to each premise and see if i get any responses.

And hope its cheaper than a wireless provider.

Thankyou Craski

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In reply to a post by woodmass14:

... and may drop a letter to each premises and see if i get any responses.

FTFY (A premise is nothing at all to do with a building. This incorrect word is gaining hold on these forums).
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