The pandemic has highlighted the UK’s dependence on the Internet. We’ve relied on it for everything from schooling to work and warding off isolation. But according to Ofcom for a shocking 6% of UK’s households access to internet is still a dream. The same report found that 4% of our kids had to rely on mobile phones to access schooling during pandemic. Options for broadband in rural areas are limited. The broadband infrastructure in the countryside can’t deliver decent upload and download speeds. If you live in an affected area, waiting for infrastructure that may never come is simply ..read more

Living in Rural Area Living in rural or remote area of the UK is not fun whet it comes to broadband. Standard broadband connectivity, like fibre broadband deal, is often out of question, leaving rural residents with either unreliable 4G or limited suitability of satellite connectivity. We probably have to explain what we mean by “unreliable 4G” and “limited suitability of satellite broadband.” 4G networks rely on masts for providing signal to users. The technology is not designed for high performance in rural areas causing increased latency and congestions as well as signal interference. As ..read more

Satellite broadband used to be a very expensive business with low data plans and extra charges for additional usage. these extra charges combined with very low speeds made a very bad name for this type of broadband. You would need to be very rich and have very low requirements to enjoy satellite connection. Still, satellite broadband footprint was growing. Every year thousands of new custoemrs would acquire these slow and costly services and keep it, for years. And we are not talking here about government or military purchases. We are also not talking about special cases of industrial use ..read more