Satellite broadband connection in the bush

Hi John - I don't know how you would go when 'on the road' but the Govt has subsidies and a push to get everyone onto fast Internet, so they can deal with the ATO etc. Check out the Govt website -

http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_4-2_4008-4_110837,00.html

Your own ISP should have info on their website too

Hi John
I have been looking for an affordable solution to remote internet access for the last few years and to date am no closer than when I started. I trade ASX equities and cfd's and being a short term trader tend to close all trades when we go wandering in the BT, but there will come a time when we go wandering for good and I want to be able to trade anywhere, anytime.

I did have a 2 way Vsat broadband setup here at home before we could get ADSL and that was ok but definately not portable. The oyster sat mob in Brisbane initially said that they had the technolgy coming to do a 2 way broadband connection with their self tracking dishes that some BT owners use for Sat TV, but I believe that is not going to happen.

One possible solution I did stumble across a few weeks ago was inmersmart bgan system [URL= Site Link but the data price I was quoted at the time was $5/MB. If I contain myself I can keep my usage down to about 500MB/month so we won't be getting that sytem until they can contain their price structure.

For now I am using my NextG phone plugged into the laptop and whilst I have been more than happy with speeds and connectivity, again for heavy data usage, it is a bit costly and of course, you are restricted to the towns for coverage.

Hopefully sometime soon we will see some confluence rather than divergance between technology and price when it relates to remote internet...

Cheers
Peter

hi john,

we have just picked up the nextG wireless broadband internet deal from telstra.

buy a little USB port plug in for $299 and then go on a plan to receive the net. Ours is a 12 month $84.95 per month for 1GB plan but there are a variety available including a faster one for 1GB around the $120 per month mark. We are happy with our speed.

You are still restricted to access whilst you have signal but the map for Australia is not too bad and I like the luxury of using it in our van on our own computer. I think the systems will only get better so it might depend on when you are going to need it. I would leave it until closer to your departure time so you get the most up to date.

With the Telstra NextG you can get cheaper deals if you lock yourself into a 3 year contract which we were not prepared to do.

Angie

Soon, Maxon will have a multi computer modem router for NextG... Now that interests me because I have found that my wife and I have very different internet requirements... So when we go away, we hope that device is available so that we would connect via laptop wifi to the router which would be set up in the Caravan.
It may even send the signal to the Tow vehicle which will be very handy just to have one access point and internet access anywhere around the van..

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fosss

Hi John
check out www.vansat.com.au
or phone 07 49555879, They are in Mackay. They should be able to help

Regards Lance

MMM ....not looking good. Most of the systems appear to be phone based which is not much good in the 'real' bush. Vansat advertise but their system is salellite coming in and CDMA going out - why would you bother!

We have a satellite system at LG which I organised as soon as I got here - and the office picked up the tab.

I have a colleage who uses a fully portable system on his laptop - but the price is huge per MB.

We are planning on using it for trading on the S&P index - which is more 'Minute Trading' than 'Day Trading'

Cheers John

John, I had heard that CDMA was going to be phased out at the end of the year. So the NextG seems to be the next big thing.

Ours is not connected to the phone in any way. Remarkable the technology available today isn't it?

Angie