UK satellite broadband internet service providers

SMS Teleport at Rugby UK.

With four large antennas like that shown on the left, plus four smaller antennas, the SMS teleport at Rugby offers satellite communications interconnection from California in the West to Australia in the East - and all points in between. More details http://www.satsig.net/sms-teleport/sms-teleport.htm

With an Internet backbone, SMS is gearing up to provide the most complete satellite communications infrastructure for Sub-Sahara African service providers on the upcoming T11-N and W2a satellites.

Service capabilities include VNOs, SCPC, IP connectivity, streaming, voice, video, and data. SMS also offers Hub capacity and terminals for its STMi, iDirect, Tandberg platforms.

What really sets Rugby apart and makes its facility unique, is its underground, nuclear bomb shelter which houses the NOC and secure data storage facilities for off-shore data warehousing. Amazing place !

Contact details: Web site: www.sms-teleport.com  email:  info@sms-teleport.com

Prime Satellite Broadband

Email sales@primesatcom.com  or Tel. +44 (0)1582 651171 for immediate assistance.

Prime Satcom Consulting - a consulting service for the satellite communications community. With over 17 years in satcom systems they bring excellence and experience to your business.  They bring resources and capability to fill gaps in satcom programs and sales campaigns, whether you are an equipment manufacturer, service provider or buyer of satcom services. You need these people if you have loads of money and are thinking about getting into some satcom venture but haven't got a clue about link budgets, transponder capacities or whatever.  You could save yourself a fortune in wasted investment and may make a small profit with the advice and support provided - which you will have to pay serious money for, so don't ask unless you serious.  Prime Satellite Broadband helped restore service for those affected by the bad news from Aramiska.

Global Teleports (UK) Limited - Vipersat hub

Roger Boddy and I have worked on satellite communications system planning and operations for many years.  He has his own teleport site just north of London at Brookmans Park, with room for 4 large dishes and has one 9.4m diameter Ku band dish with a Vipersat VSAT hub gateway available for use since January 2005. Contact: roger@globalteleports.com.

If you want a new UK satellite broadband or SCPC (dedicated carrier) network using Vipersat talk to Roger.  Your network will be hubbed in the UK but the operational coverage area could be anywhere from the Moscow, Middle East and Africa to North and South America, including Satellite internet in the Caribbean, Central and South America, France and Germany, Europe or UK, according to choice of satellite and transponder cross-strap used.  Mesh networking (direct links between pairs of remote sites) is possible and can be provided while maintaining management of the remote equipment detailed set up parameters from the hub.

Vipersat is technically sound and, in my opinion, is a good bet for the future along with iDirect and ViaSat LinkStar.  As with all VSAT internet hubs performance depends more on the skill of the operators in managing the traffic rather then the technical merits of the equipment.  You can mess up any system by overloading it and not reading the handbooks.

Networks can be designed to suit particular needs.  For example, a customer may buy a particular satellite bandwidth capacity (e.g. 256k down and 128k up) and then have as few or as many terminals as they want sharing the one monthly cost.    Another concept is CCTV camera image data collection where the fixed cost return link capacity, say 512kb/s is time shared amongst any number of remotely controlled camera terminals. The outlink, controlling all the cameras, is perhaps just 20 kbit/s.

SatSig.net

That's me.  I do this website and occasional UK satellite broadband installs etc.   I can also help with system designs, antenna alignment, sub reflector adjustments, interference analysis, side-lobe and G/T measurements etc.  No contact details here - just go to my home page and start looking.

BeyonDSL.net

BeyonDSL.net provides both one-way and two-way broadband satellite internet access services in the UK.  Their one way service is particularly interesting as it involves a stand alone BSM-2 box with just a simple ethernet cable to connect to your PC or network equipment, thus avoiding the possibility of software problems that often accompany the plug-in card solution for the satellite receiver.

More details               Contact e-mail address is sales@beyondsl.net
 

Avonline Plc

Avonline offer service in Wales, Scotland, England plus satellite internet access service in Spain.

New stock of high end DVB-RCS Sat Stream 500 VPN compatible system - £1,970 including UK installation plus £124.99 monthly. Utilising the iNetVu Mobile Platforms manufactured by C-COM, Avonline deliver their mobile satellite VPN solution using the Satlynx satellite service throughout the UK.    Sale of refurbished equipment:  "Sat 500" Package ( 512k download / 128k upload )  £800 including UK installation, plus £59.99 monthly.  

Call freephone now 0800 073 1102 to find their latest prices (mention "satsig" for special offer)
Avonline Plc, 42 Ashton Vale Road, Ashton Vale, Bristol BS3 2AX, UK

BrownstoneIT

BrownstoneIT is a UK provider of broadband satellite and wireless communications to large companies. As communications specialists, they provide broadband ADSL and leased lines via satellite, as well as offering dedicated satellite VPN, VoIP or Video Conferencing through our satellite system.

They can provide a fixed or mobile satellite broadband solution tailored to your requirements.

They provide services both in the UK and worldwide. Contact e-mail address is info@brownstoneit.com
 

ETHNET

Ethnet in Royston, Hertfordshire, is the name of a contemporary two-way UK satellite broadband service using DirecWay technology from Hughes Corporation.  Hughes makes equipment for the provision of satellite broadband, offering solutions in many countries, with customers ranging from large business to individual consumers.  Ethnet provide you with a total turnkey solution for your broadband needs. They provide all equipment, satellite time and licensing for your connection.  Ethnet installation services will then liase with you to ensure a smooth seamless installation and system enablement. They keep you fully aware of all aspects of your UK satellite broadband connection.  Contact: 5 The Quadrant, Newark Close, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5HL, Telephone: +44 (0)1763 250418, Fax: +44 (0)1763 250442, Email: info@ethnetuk.com

Neil Trask Communications

Neil Trask, a friend of mine and IEE colleague, in Danbury, Essex does all kinds of business internet services - mostly of a terrestrial nature.  He can work with me if we need more man-power on a UK satellite broadband job.   His web site is http://www.neiltrask.co.uk/   He serves business in London and South East England - Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Huntingdon, Bedfordshire & Cambridge.   He is a full service provider of quality telecoms solutions for businesses at wholesale prices, including; Mobiles, Landline Services, Fixed and Wireless IT Office Systems, 0800, 0845 and 0870  Numbers, Broadband Internet and Support Services. 

VSATcom satellite broadband solutions

A wide variety of services and beam coverages.

Contact:   sales@vsatcom.net

Digiweb Ltd

Digiweb sells a high speed flat rate satellite internet service throughout the UK and Ireland.    Using a Gilat VSAT network and Gilat SkyBlaster customer terminal equipment the service provides out-link download data speeds of up to 512kbps.    Return link bit rates are up to 38.4 kbps, 76.8 kbps or 153.6 kbps.  75cm dish.

Go now to Digiweb main information page http://www.digiweb.co.uk/

ECONET

DIACOMM

C band IDirect service in Africa and Ku band LinkStar broadband satellite internet access for Cyber Cafés in Europe, Africa and Middle East.

Diamond Communication UK. 16, Rusholme Avenue, Dagenham, Essex. RM10 7NX web: http://www.diacomm.net/
Phone: +44(208)5957941 E-mail: info@diacomm.net also a branch in Lagos, Nigeria.

Bentley Walker

Bentley Walker offer a StarBlazer (Gilat SkyEdge™ Satlynx) VSAT unit which provides fast satellite internet connectivity and is suitable for the single home user or small groups of users in a small office.  The service is available in the UK but has recently (end Dec 2005) been extended to cover the whole of Europe including eastwards coverage as far as Russia.  This has been done using a combination of Hellas Sat and Express AM-1.   See the new satellite map and details at ivsat-europe.htm#gilat-skyedge-satlynx VSAT dish sizes required vary from 75cm to 1.8m is the extreme outer areas.

DC-Sat.Net

These people have been around since 1998, originally being part of the SES ASTRA Ka band team and have not had much publicity. This is something  they are now seeking to change. They run general satellite internet access using Linkstar on Ebird and EMS on W3A (they manage a hub at Rambouillet) and are just starting to roll out specialist services on iDirect via Intelsat.

They do a lot of work in the transportable VSAT market place and have just launched a new website at www.transportablevsat.com and are hoping that this service will be rolled out worldwide with US peering arrangements involving use of both iDirect and Linkstar VSAT hubs.

Email address is contact@dc-sat.net and phone number 020 7387 6854

Tariam

Tariam and Satellite Solutions Worldwide (SSW)

Following financial difficulties at Tariam in 2008, the old Tariam web site was taken over by a newly formed company called Satellite Solutions Worldwide (SSW).

News April 2009:  SSW are reselling Satlynx and Skylogic Tooway services.

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