Bentley Walker Tooway Self Install Satellite Internet (without the instructions) 

Of course you pay.

Thanks Marc. Cheers!!

Hi Julian - The peak maximum speeds are much better than I was getting i n this video. The system peaks at 22mbit down and 6mbit up, but it's contended between lots of customers... particularly at the moment with all the kids starting thier summer holidays and heading off to the remote parts of Scotland with their tablets.. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers!!

The test must be done with a direct connection from the computer to the router, no one at home connected via wi-fi at that moment, and with a dedicated programa (not regular adsl or fiber tests)

Thanks Keith - Yes, unfortunately you have to pay monthly for the satellite service, and the charges are much higher than regular broadband suppliers... but then again, the system relies on having satellites launched into space, so not too surprising that it costs more than a copper pair buried under the road. Cheers!!

Yeah, I figured as much..lol They don't give you nothing for free in this life! We have cable at 60 mbps, which is great, but you pay well for it!

Yes, with a ping of 1800000 ms :)

Back when this was installed my folks couldn't even get a 3G signal to the phone mast as there was no line of sight. About a year ago a new cell tower got built and now they've ditched the satellite setup and are using 4G via mobile instead.

Thanks Sam - Glad you liked the video. It's nice to have the official seal of approval that I did the job correctly. You've got a great system for people too remote for regular broadband. Cheers!!

@@ThingsWhichArentWork just want to ask you both a big question ,At this moment in Ireland our government has signed off on a €3billion deal for rural brodband ,people here arnt very happy for various reasons , I live in rural Ireland and have a dongle from Vodafone ,just did a speed test by one of those tester sites(dont know if the are reliable) it says 4, download 3,5 upload , on average ,,,, Im happy with this, can watch youtube no bother ,thats my benchmark ,,,, your system looks like it performs even better ,,,,, Can this do that job of total rural connection ,give or take

Hi @@melmcintyre3211 - The system was for my parents chalet on the west coast of Scotland. As I wan't the end user I can't give you exact speed details. What I can tell you though was that once the system was up and working, it gave very much the same experience as an ADSL connection. It's been a couple of years since I made this video, so the upload/download speeds may have improved since then. I vaguely recall that we were getting around 20mbps download, but the Bentley Walker website says it supports up to 50mbps.. bentley-walker.com/tooway-1 ... Hope that helps. Cheers!!!

@@ThingsWhichArentWork thanks Jim ,,,nice scenery also ,beautiful place

Thanks John.... I'm not too amazed by the downlink these days (satellite TV has been around for ages), but the fact that the same dish can send bytes back up to the satellite in space amazes me. Cheers!!

Hi Tom - My parents live so far from the phone exchange that they can't get ADSL at all... there's no cable TV service where they live, so cable-modem is not an option either, and the mobile phone signal is so bad that it's totally unusable for a data connection... The satellite broadband setup costs £29/month capped for 10GB download and 1GB upload, or £100/month for an uncapped service... Rather expensive for a broadband connection, but when there's no other choices it's the only way to get connected. If you live near civilization then every other internet option would be cheaper/better, but when you live as far away from any form of infrastructure as they do, there aren't really any other options. I still find it quite amazing that it's possible to transmit from that dish up into space for the upstream connection to the satellites flyingup there. Cheers!!

Cheers mate I was hoping to low cost on my sky brodban as is so expensive and not working properly. But hey thanks anyway

I have question I researching more info on Led light and I seen yor video with 12v and 100w led chip my interest is if I get stronger booster DC like 1200w with 10-80V and 20mA, ADJUSTABLE output (V) and ADJUSTABLE current (mA) it is possible to get going 2× 200w led chip this is the specific for the LED CHIP Current:4900mA Voltage:40-45V Thanks I hope you can help me with this. .

Hi Tom - Yes, the 1200W boost converter models have an input up to 20A, which at 12V will allow you to pull up to 240W of power out. Enough for a single 200W LED, but not for two of them. For that you'll need to use a higher input voltage on the boost converter... For a 400W load, you'll need an input voltage of at least 24V into the converter (at 20A this would allow up to 480W of power to be pulled from the supply)... Assuming 80% converter efficiency this would give you up to 384W delivered to the LEDs.. (so actually a bit more than 24V is needed). Hope that helps. Cheers!!

Thanks John - Nah... I can't do a thing with brass instruments... my skills only extend to button pushing. Cheers!!

Sadly you have to pay for data-usage on top of the equipment costs.

Hi Cathal - Try here... toowayinfo.bentleywalker.com/home/ .. Cheers!!

Jim Conner thank you man

Thanks Patrick - Yeah... there sure is some beautiful scenery up in Scotland... absolutely stunning. Hope you're well. Cheers!!

Monthly fees to the ISP (Bentley Walker) I'm afraid.

@@ThingsWhichArentWork Ah, kay, thanks for the reply. Are the fees similar to in the city?

@@burtybasset4486 It was a few years ago now and my parents now have a strong 4G signal so are using that instead. I recall the prices were at the time were about twice what I was paying for regular broadband over copper. There were data caps and charges though... Can't remember exactly but I think it was about 30GB/month they were on at the time. Not the kind of thing you'd want to spend all day watching youtube videos on, but it was OK for them at the time. (Bentley walker are still around as a company so probably have current pricing on their website somewhere)

@@ThingsWhichArentWork Okay. Thank you.

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I think they are partnerned since it says ViaSat on the modem

That'll be my cousin :-)

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