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You may recall that earlier this year
you expressed an interest in a Satellite delivered
Internet service, by registering on the Starspeeder web
site. Since then a number of events have substantially
altered the nature of the initial proposal.
Whilst the Starspeeder Service was
groundbreaking in concept, CBL, the Luxemburg based
operators, were not able to sustain the development
costs. Following their closure, we have spent
considerable time and effort looking for alternatives.
Our first priority was to ensure that any service
offered, would be sustainable, with quality and download
speed coming a close joint second.
IPviasat
Launched on November
1st, IPviasat is the first of a series of Internet via
Satellite services and is specifically targeted at
residential, leisure time users requiring a high-speed,
connection to the net.
We can offer this facility because we
have negotiated to directly purchase off peak Bandwidth
>from
quality service to corporate customers. Their
well-established DVB platform, routing and uplink
facility is based in Hilversum with a prime connection
to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange.
Because we are using off peak
bandwidth, the service will be available from 5pm to 8am
weekdays and 24 hours Saturday / 24 hours
Sunday.
Download speed is capped at 512kbs at
all times. As user numbers are limited, it is rarely
slower than 256kbs even at times of high
congestion.
A fundamental requirement for any
service is the ability to match revenue to volume of
data downloaded. Consequently, the maximum amount of
data available for download within the monthly
subscription period is 1000Mbytes.
At say 400kbps, 1000Mbytes of data will
allow for continuous downloading for over 5 hours. Given
that most browsing downloads take only a few seconds
(especially at 400kbps!!) this should be more than
adequate for all but the most ardent users. This
combination of high speed and limited volume makes the
service ideal for fast browsing but is obviously not
suitable to those wanting to stream very large video
files (e.g. DVDs) for long periods.
Monthly subscription is £19.98 (£17.00
plus VAT) and is strictly limited to one per MAC
address. Minimum subscription period is one month. (No
quarterly or annual advance charges). If however a
subscription is cancelled and re-started, a £15.00
account set up charge will be incurred.
You will also need to purchase a DVD
card and have a 60cm Dish installed on the Sirius
Satellite at 5 degrees east. The Pentanet Card with Dish
/ LNB package is available at the special price of
£144.95.
Visit the IPviasat now for full
details of IPviasat.
IPviaSat service
details
Satellite Sirius 2
Location 5 degrees east
Frequency
11.727 Ghz
Polarisation Horizontal
FEC
3/4
Symbol Rate 27500
Unicast PID 340
(Decimal)
Dish Size 60cm UK 80cm Ireland
For dish alignment, it may be useful to
note that on Sirius 2, an analogue transmission showing
either a Test Card with Sirius 5 east logo, or a program
with Cyprus Sat ID in the top corner is available on
12.265 Mhz Horizontal.
IPviaSat is one of a number of services
available from Internet Via Satellite Ltd which is a
company jointly owned by Trac Communications and
LRN.
Internet via Satellite Ltd.
Unit
3B
Whitehouse Road Industrial Estate
Newcastle
Upon Tyne
NE15 6LN
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