UK satellite broadband internet service providers

Prime Satellite Broadband

News: Prime Satellite Broadband are available to help all those let down by the bad news from Aramiska.
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.

Satvision plc have a well-equipped Teleport at their Headquarters in Stockport, Greater Manchester UK to provide a full range of services including Uplink, Downlink & Turnaround communications.  This Teleport facility has a fully-redundant SkyStream DVB-IP Multicasting Platform, including zBand Server, 6.2m Scientific Atlanta Hub Antenna, fully-redundant HPA / Upconverter / Encoder configuration plus high-capacity UPS and diesel-powered Generator.   VSAT installation services are provided for Hughes (DirecWay), Gilat and iDirect.

Contact:   UK Tel: 0800 195 0261     Intl Tel: +44 161 608 1359    Email: info@satvision.co.uk 

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 have also a single channel uplink/downlink facility that is available for a dedicated two way satellite internet service in the UK, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Central and South America.  I can also help with system designs, antenna alignment, sub reflector adjustments, interference analysis, side-lobe and G/T measurements.  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 (reference "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
 

Tariam Ltd

From offices in Daventry, Northants, and Edinburgh, Scotland, Tariam Ltd are a UK company providing satellite broadband services throughout the UK and Europe.  In conjunction with Scottish Enterprise grants may be available to help businesses who are remote from ADSL phone lines or cable modem service.

Various equipment/tariff options for services ranging from 1 PC up to 50 PCs. Dish diameters: 75cm and 99cm.   Upload speeds 128 - 2048.  Download speeds 512 - 2048 kbit/s.  The key selling point of their services is that their packages offer an unlimited data model so you are not limited to say 2 GByte total per month.

Systems are based on Gilat 360E modems or DVB - RCS with ViaSat Linkstar modems. 

   Contact:  sales@tariam.co.uk       More details

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

AfriTel Ltd

Next generation back haul services are one of Afritel Networks strengths. They offer cost effective carrier class telecommunications, including Centrex, Class 4&5 compatibility, competitive interconnect for international call costs and much more. Ideal for rural telephony and internet connectivity.

Go now to Afritel main information page and more..

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 98, 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

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