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I use my phone as a dongleDon’t know
it fits in palm of your hand , as you can tell I’m not very high tec
I use my phone as a dongleDon’t know
it fits in palm of your hand , as you can tell I’m not very high tec
Its still in test phase I think?Anybody had any experience of starlink? See www.starlink.com. New satellite broadband supposedly superfast and aimed at rural areas. Elon Musk behind it (good or bad!!??).
We are fed up with weather affecting satellite broadband on farm, especially voice over internet calls.
Expensive too I believe, circa 80 quid/month I saw a bit back.Its still in test phase I think?
Yep that was me, just found best point for 4g which was about 200 m above the farm. Dug in armoured cable to power a router which sends it to the farm through line of site with a receiver on the house gable end. EE network and cost about 2k. We can have 3 Netflix/ Amazon movies running simultaneously no bother ( bloody kids) Previously with had nothing at all, couldn’t even get email on our land line.If you can get 4G reliably somewhere, could you run the antenna to that point?
iirc there was someone on here (in Cumbria?) that had done that, siting the antenna some way up the hill with cables buried. Can’t remember who it was though.
Quickline was getting wound down in speed and up in price.On Quickline, covers much of Yorkshire, N Lincs. Fixed wireless. Works very well, 50mbps almost constantly, few interruptions. Land line switch over to it too, which more than pays for the Q line connection. I think there are similar services in other areas. Most info available on google. Sound similar to Voneous?
Why didn't you just do a cheapish solar panel and leisure battery? The routers don't run on 230V, more like 12V or less. Perfect application for solar and a tractor size battery.Yep that was me, just found best point for 4g which was about 200 m above the farm. Dug in armoured cable to power a router
Just the advice of the guy doing the job really. Anything technical and i am useless so rely on adviceWhy didn't you just do a cheapish solar panel and leisure battery? The routers don't run on 230V, more like 12V or less. Perfect application for solar and a tractor size battery.
Sounds ideal to last through a Cumbrian winterWhy didn't you just do a cheapish solar panel and leisure battery? The routers don't run on 230V, more like 12V or less. Perfect application for solar and a tractor size battery.
Weather changes? That a problem with system or yiu being sarcastic? I was looking into it few weeks ago!.Radio waves here. Good apart from when the weather changes - top package around £50pm. Set up costs etc paid by the government grant
@Kidds post made me think, is it possibleWhy didn't you just do a cheapish solar panel and leisure battery? The routers don't run on 230V, more like 12V or less. Perfect application for solar and a tractor size battery.
1 amp at 12 volts is 12 watts. Per day what be 24x 12@Kidds post made me think, is it possible
I looked at our panel output for Dec & Jan 120 panels about 12 kw day average , (with big range depending on cloud cover)
Worked out at about 0.1 kw per panel per day
A 4G router & a wireless bridge unit both seem to have a power requirement of about 1 amp @ 12v each
Not sure how to do the maths, anyone know ?
Never seen one with a AC input, usually an adaptor that runs off 240V and the device input is 12V or less DCJust be aware that the unit may require a 12 volt AC feed which would need a rectifier ( I think as that is outside my area)
Yes I think most adaptors provide 12V DC to the device, check this is the case then simply cut the adaptor off, connect the wires to a 12V battery...Never seen one with a AC input, usually an adaptor that runs off 240V and the device input is 12V or less DC
in line fuse too.Yes I think most adaptors provide 12V DC to the device, check this is the case then simply cut the adaptor off, connect the wires to a 12V battery...