In reply to a post by Hardius0:

Hi all,

We're moving to a new house soon and I will just checked out the broadband speeds available : 1mb to 3mb - eek!

We watch Netflix on the TV and I also play games on my Xbox

My question is:

Would it be better to go with standard broadband or satellite? I was looking at the bigblu connect silver - but their FAQs say first person shooters don't work well on satellite

What should I choose?!

Until we get the next gen of LEO sat the latency is rubbish for gaming and the data charges usually too steep.

I'd go with the others suggestion of 3 if you can get the signal (external aerial is better) The new USO may come to your rescue with something better in 12-18 months but until then unless ur prepared to wait thats ur best option.

Hardius

You are actually not far from places with a decent speed so if you have the money FTTPoD may be an option depending on where the aggregation node is. Especially if you can get all 6 Premises to order together.

The only speed test for the site is on Orange and that just tells you what not to pick!.

All the premises will have the same issue so an outside aerial will be essential but may still affect the bandwidth on the local mast.

The info on the thinkbrodband mapfor the postcode suggests that you may be able to claim £400 towards a greater than 2Mb service if it is below that, which looks likely.

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�Details of the basic broadband subsidy scheme (2 Mbps USC) for your area are available on the Hertfordshire USC subsidy microsite.
The subsidy of up to £400 should cover the install and hardware for a basic broadband connection and in some cases can be aggregated.

Even with LEOs the latency will still be bad. There will be unknown factoirs such as which ground station tyhe traffic is routed through - which could change, will traffic be multihopped across satellites and more.