Rural areas affected by limited broadband connectivity could see a marked change in their quality of service with the arrival of a new satellite service from France-based provider, Eutelsat Communications. The company’s new Tooway consumer Internet access service intends to target remote areas outside the reach of the main players in the residential broadband market and beyond the intended reach of 3’s mobile service as planned under the National Broadband Scheme.
Under the new ‘Tooway’ service, users in rural areas will be given access to 2Mb/s broadband services for €25 per month without the need for a telephone line. The service will be sold by Satellite Broadband Ireland and Digiweb. In addition, Skylogic, a subsidiary of Eutelsat, will invest €7 million in Ireland building its own satellite communications hub for its operations.
Tooway is already serving customers in 20 European countries including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and the UK with other countries across Europe rolling out over the coming months.
Installation consists of a roof-mounted dish and a receiver box, a 10-day wait will apply to new customers.
Working off KA-SAT, the world’s first orbiting satellite dedicated to broadband access, it is anticiapted the service will be upgraded to 10Mb/s by next year.
Previously satellite connections had been the only connectivity option for users outside urban areas but have been widely criticised for providing a high cost, low quality service of below 1Mb/s.
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