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Anyone got one of these things, how do they work are they just a receiver or do you need another email address.

I work from home frequently and need access to email – so it is quite expensive staying on sites that charge for email and internet access, so I was thinking if I could link my laptop to my own system it would eventually pay for itself, but just not too sure how the system works

Any help would be appreciated

Happy New Year Everyone

virgin do a good deal on mobile.£5 to £15 MTH.

http://www.v3.co.uk/vnunet/hardware/2231269/first-look-virgin-media-mobile

Satellite internet is very expensive and in my view just for e-mail would be totally OTT. As suggest Mobile Broadband would be the cheapest option and even having a dongle for two networks would work out cheaper than satellite internet.

David

Hi Griswolds.

                   You can buy a satellite module that will attach to your laptop, this will allow you to download only only, as it is a one way street, the return path for you to send stuff is via landline or dongle so no point realy, to have full internet use both send/recieve you need an uplink facility, huge dish and mighty expensive, when I worked at Sky they explained to us a domestic system that was about to be launched that would allow full internet use from a small dish, it was the brainchild of SES ASTRA, who operate the satellite's for Sky, that was around 5 years ago, and I guess the product was put back in the can, as often happens with what we think is new stuff.