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Solutions to dialup & dsl/cable access and communications for those looking for alternatives. www.CountrysideNet.com Tom@CountrySidenet.com
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What are the particulars for internet service on Ambergris Caye.....speeds and prices. Coral Cable is expensive and slow....on a good day. Thanks
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Ambergrishog we pay $95 for slow speed at coral cable. I think the next level up is $129 but would have to double check.
I heard middle speed although not as fat as states or Canada is pretty decent. We are considering up-grading to that after chatting to a few people about it.
When the net is too slow remember you are in Belize and go for a nice walk.
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I have noticed internet is slow late afternoon and early evening. Fastest 6am to 8am. So get up early, enjoy a quick look at the sunrise and then get to work.
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Coral Cable has same rates and speeds as BTL (the phone co), but Coral Cable doesn't require a hefty deposit like BTL does.
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$95 - 64KBPS (Bits not Bytes)
$130 - 128KBPS
Then there is the high speed at 256KBPS but I dont know the price.
In Canada the standard cable rate was around 600KBPS or higher depending on the age of the area.
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Direcway(now Hughesnet)
200kbps Upload/1000kbps Download $100/m
300kbps Upload/1.5Mbps Download $160/m
500kbps Upload/2Mbps Download $250/m
Tom@CountrySideNet.com
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Hvy,
Can you please quote the dish and isntall costs? Are you dishes already in the country? What timeframe and hassle can we expect if we need to get through customs?
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If you go with a satellite connection, you are likely to need a 7' dish as this place is at the edge of the satellite coverage (probably depending on which provider you subscribe to, though).
A Starband connection works really well with a 7' dish and brings 700-800 kbps download speed and very few drop-outs, which is very good (for Belize) and more than sufficient for most things (Internet TV and radio, music downloads etc.), at a monthly cost of approx USD 150.00 incl. their "small office package".
My experience is that all US based services require a US address and social security number, so this might not be for everyone.
Julian at the computer store in Middle Street (by Martha's Hotel) is a good local business to talk to about this.
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That's just Starband, they are very difficult to receive in Belize. You can get Direcway / Hughesnet with the standard 2' dish and have a great signal!
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KnckrBckrNYC I posted some service costs and bandwidth for comparison. Anyone with an intrest can contact me on my address below. I can't quote a given system as everyones needs are differnet. You might get by with a smaller dish, but I insist on a 1.8m (6ft) dish in the area. Smaller dish will work, but with reduced performance. In areas of low signal, one dish one service. Dont expect TV and internet on one dish, you may find someone to do it but performance with suffer somewhere on one side or the other. For example, a dishnet system will provide TV and Sirius radio though the DishnetTV but no internet. There are Direcway(now HughesNet) on SP now and working well for many years. my phone # is available on my website as well as a VoIP number message service at 1-815-313-4328 Feel free to email any questions, if I cant help you, I'll point you to someone that can. Tom Tom@CountrySideNet.com www.CountrySideNet.com
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Hey Short,
Whats your bandwidth up/down and dish size and in all fairness the location of your dish?
Tom
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HVYMTL,
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Download is now 100 Kbps...
Location: North of San Pedro.
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Short,
There's a 6000 on SP over 6ft dish running 130kbps upload/1000kbps down. I ran some Skype calls over it about a year ago, it actually ran better then my system here at the time. I've since upgraded my system here to a 7700 with 512/2000kbps service. And we have an iDirect system that works even better for VoIP, Skype and Net2Phone.
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6000 is what I've got with a 2 foot dish. I do have the cheapest subscription, and they squeeze me down after about 160 MB a day.
My Signal Strength now is 70.
Will have to look into that 7700!
Thanks for the info.
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The 7000 system came out after that and now the 7000s, all the same. The fap increases with service levels. A 6ft dish and a 2watt Tx makes things move along very well.
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