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ISP wireless solutions in areas with no optical fiber (villages in the mountains)




I have a second home in the Italian Alps and there is only ADSL coverage there. It's very slow, with on average 1MB or less in download and 512k in upload. Whilst exploring my options I learnt about wireless based local operator, called Eolo, that place a small antenna on the house roof and use that to wirelessly connect to the closest optical fiber available. They promise 30MB in download and 3MB in upload. Does anyone have any experience with these kinds of wireless operators? Would the connection be stable? Would that be influenced by bad weather? Are there other different solutions to look at?
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@Pooh @kltaylor @Marc @Hronos @MDavide @Mirekmal @nexusnet anything to add on this one?
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That said, let's take a looksee what Fing has to offer on the subject
https://app.fing.com/internet/provider/Eolo/Italy
If is satellite, you may be struggle with "latency" (time past between you ask something to the network and the network to replay: "here!")
If is cellular, you have the chance to be okay and expect a razonable good experience.
If some how, they have proprietary antenas than connect yours to theirs (through radio or something else), you could be okay.
In any case, you will have problems with the weather.
In reality they have been overtaken by 4G roll-out and price drops. My mother-in-law dropped her 1mbit/s ADSL in the country recently in favour of 4G router (£70 from Amazon) fitted with an unlimited data SIM from Three for £20/mo. She's now getting somewhere between 5 and 20mbit/s. It's not consistent but always better than the ADSL she was using.
Next time you're out there use the Fing app speed test to see what you're getting on your phone. Try different carriers if you can and see if any can get good sustained rates and offers a reasonable data package.
There's some more discussion on people's experience of fixed wireless here: https://community.fing.com/discussion/comment/1068#Comment_1068
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Ciao @Alberto_S,
I live not so far from Milano (along the green M2 tube), but the FTTC cabinet is about 1.5 km from my house and after pushing/discussing with my ISP I finally have a -> 6 SNR profile, against -> 8 original, paying it with a reasonable loss of stability. I have real 18 down and 1.2 up.
I tried all 4G providers without luck and thought a lot of times to switch to Eolo, but opinions are very different. This technology is very-very coverage dependent and I personally know two people not more than 1 km far from the other, one is happy and the other is desperate. So, it looks like a "lotto" play.
My suggestion : if your current condition is too unsatisfactory for you try them. Otherwise stay as you are as I decided.
Cheers,
Thanks everyone for your thorough answers.
@MDavide so you say that you tried all 4G providers as well. By this do you mean mobile providers, such as Vodafone? They are doing a lot of commercial push in the area but I’m skeptical because the Vodafone cellular signal in the area is already very weak so I wonder how they can deliver a decent home broadband service based on the mobile network if the area is not well covered ? Am I right I’m not considering this as a possible solution?
Hello Alberto,
yes I tried TIM, Vodafone (including its MVNO Ho), Iliad and TRE were not an option (low-low signal and low speed tested with friends' phones) .
At the beginning the speed was acceptable , about 20-30 down and 5-10 up (forget about consistency, every speedtest is different).
The bad thing is that after 2-3 days the speed dramatically decreases to 1-3 up and down. I asked for explanations, I was told that it is common for consumer "mobile" contracts to be automagically downgraded once you do not move from a certain cell, and of course they cannot grant any speed performance.
The trick to gain speed again (tested) is to disconnect and reconnect after some hours: impossible, with one modem/sim only: you should buy two, turn them on/off with a certain logic....etc... and maybe one day later the operator changes the game rules without notice.
The real solution with 4G should be a business like contract with guaranteed minimum speed but the costs are far from being acceptable for my home needs. So I gave up and decided to stay with my 18/1, sadly.
Cheers,
2 and 3Ghz systems used here in Australia.
Weather is not a real issue, various aspects of infrastructure bandwidth can be a problem as more users are added, speeds up to 50/25 are possible out to 10klms or so.
Latency is not an usually an issue.
To many users streaming is the bigest issue.
Greetings, I was curious if any new solutions have become available? For those who live in rural areas of the US. Please forgive my layman’s terms, I’m no expert in this field. I currently rely on a Verizon hotspot for my whole home WiFi access to the internet. Let me just say **it’s frustrating beyond description**! My unlimited plan consists of 15gb high speed then when that is limit is reached. It is then clocked back to speeds of .6 for everything. But due to my “poor location” by the time it gets to me it’s more like .2-.4 & on rare occasions .6. For me, it’s usually 3/4 of a month I endure these speeds. I’ve spent multiple hours talking to Verizon Support pleading for help. But they just put in a “repair ticket” & nothing gets better. I saw this thread & hoped someone might have a new solution. Thanks in advance for your input ☺️