crbtaylor Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Has anyone any experience of using the internet via a roof mounted satellite, reliability , access and coverage. We spend more time abroad but internet access is essential to us. Increasingly we are finding free wifi too slow and unreliable and even experience the same problem on paid for wifi. I have a roaming data bundle on 3G but the allowance is soon eaten up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 That is a real expensive proposition, has been discussed before. why cant you just buy a local Data SIM for the countries you visit..lots of stuff on google about sat/internet http://www.onastra.com/34342/broadband-via-astra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Had Enough Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 There's one drawback with satellite transmission, line of sight! I'm currently on my way back from Morocco and am on a site in central Spain. In theory I should be able to get a good TV signal but there's a big tree in just the wrong place. I can't be bothered moving as the site has great wi-fi and I can get my news from that. 3G data cards have no line of sight problems. If you're not worried too much about the cost you can buy Europe-wide or even global sim cards, which will save you the hassle of sourcing a new one every time you cross a border. In Morocco I bought an unlimited data dongle for one month for only £15 and two years ago did the same in Croatia for £20.00. You could buy a phone sim and tether other devices, such as laptops or tablets, thus you get the best of both worlds, calls and data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crbtaylor Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Had Enough - 2014-02-01 3:56 PM There's one drawback with satellite transmission, line of sight! I'm currently on my way back from Morocco and am on a site in central Spain. In theory I should be able to get a good TV signal but there's a big tree in just the wrong place. I can't be bothered moving as the site has great wi-fi and I can get my news from that. 3G data cards have no line of sight problems. If you're not worried too much about the cost you can buy Europe-wide or even global sim cards, which will save you the hassle of sourcing a new one every time you cross a border. In Morocco I bought an unlimited data dongle for one month for only £15 and two years ago did the same in Croatia for £20.00. You could buy a phone sim and tether other devices, such as laptops or tablets, thus you get the best of both worlds, calls and data. Any advice on source and cost of Europe wide data sim ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Had Enough Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 crbtaylor - 2014-02-01 5:33 PM Had Enough - 2014-02-01 3:56 PM There's one drawback with satellite transmission, line of sight! I'm currently on my way back from Morocco and am on a site in central Spain. In theory I should be able to get a good TV signal but there's a big tree in just the wrong place. I can't be bothered moving as the site has great wi-fi and I can get my news from that. 3G data cards have no line of sight problems. If you're not worried too much about the cost you can buy Europe-wide or even global sim cards, which will save you the hassle of sourcing a new one every time you cross a border. In Morocco I bought an unlimited data dongle for one month for only £15 and two years ago did the same in Croatia for £20.00. You could buy a phone sim and tether other devices, such as laptops or tablets, thus you get the best of both worlds, calls and data. Any advice on source and cost of Europe wide data sim ? Google is your friend! Just type in Europe-wide sim or Europe-wide data sim. You'll get lots of choices. Individual-country dongles may still be cheaper but only you can judge the convenience cost re advantage of not having to source six different sims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankkia Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Try this one:- http://www.motorhomewifi.com/product/europa-sim-roaming-data-sim-card/ Half a Gig per day before it slows you down. €3 for 24 hrs midnight to midnight CET. If you don't need internet every day it can work out cheaper than having to pay for a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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