Movistar/O2
Feb 15th 2024 | 7:38 pm
#17
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Re: Movistar/O2
Hispasat is 35 euros a month including IVA. Free instal. Unlimited though when you exceed a threshold, speed is reduced but still streams TV. It is part of a Spanish government scheme to get fast internet to areas with no copper/fibre.
Feb 21st 2024 | 2:49 am
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Re: Movistar/O2
Feb 21st 2024 | 2:53 am
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Re: Movistar/O2
Apples and oranges olive, sorry - hispasat gives what, upto 20mbs? With line of sight to a tower.
Star Link is 150mbs-300mbs and it can be used anywhere in the world, pointing up to the sky.
35 or 50, for 10x the speed, im sure 99% of people will agree which is better.
But that's not the point of this thread, so back to movistar and 02
Star Link is 150mbs-300mbs and it can be used anywhere in the world, pointing up to the sky.
35 or 50, for 10x the speed, im sure 99% of people will agree which is better.
But that's not the point of this thread, so back to movistar and 02
Feb 21st 2024 | 7:16 am
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Re: Movistar/O2
On the other hand Starlink barely has customer service and involves giving money to Elon Musk.
Feb 23rd 2024 | 5:58 am
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Re: Movistar/O2
Apples and oranges olive, sorry - hispasat gives what, upto 20mbs? With line of sight to a tower.
Star Link is 150mbs-300mbs and it can be used anywhere in the world, pointing up to the sky.
35 or 50, for 10x the speed, im sure 99% of people will agree which is better.
But that's not the point of this thread, so back to movistar and 02
Star Link is 150mbs-300mbs and it can be used anywhere in the world, pointing up to the sky.
35 or 50, for 10x the speed, im sure 99% of people will agree which is better.
But that's not the point of this thread, so back to movistar and 02
perhaps a revisit of the maths. ?
35 and no instal for quite adequate 100 mbs or 50 for the Elon Musk offering. Apples and apples.
I only posted about Hispasat to help anyone out in the campo that might be struggling with 4G internet with all its vagaries. Hey ho
Feb 26th 2024 | 10:46 pm
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Re: Movistar/O2
jaja. It must be a tall tower to be up in space. The clue is in the name. HispaSAT . We get between 59 to 103 mbs . Dont know why it changes but I have had to remake the connection to the router from the dish when I moved the router.
perhaps a revisit of the maths. ?
35 and no instal for quite adequate 100 mbs or 50 for the Elon Musk offering. Apples and apples.
I only posted about Hispasat to help anyone out in the campo that might be struggling with 4G internet with all its vagaries. Hey ho
perhaps a revisit of the maths. ?
35 and no instal for quite adequate 100 mbs or 50 for the Elon Musk offering. Apples and apples.
I only posted about Hispasat to help anyone out in the campo that might be struggling with 4G internet with all its vagaries. Hey ho
Regards, James aka bfg69bug aka spanish_lad
May 7th 2024 | 10:16 am
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Re: Movistar/O2
What should you do if you are on a "sin permanencia" plan and Movistar are currently charging you MORE than the regular price (with no promotions/discounts/etc.) on their website?
Normally I would have thought that they would automatically adjust the price... but I take it a direct intervention is needed just to get the current price applied?
Normally I would have thought that they would automatically adjust the price... but I take it a direct intervention is needed just to get the current price applied?
May 7th 2024 | 10:26 am
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Re: Movistar/O2
Movistar and O2 are sister companies owned by Telefonica. We have been customers of Movistar for about 4 years since the day that they brought full fibre 1Gb Internet to us in the campo.
We have a landline and two mobiles plus gigabit Internet under their Fusion package. We have been very satisfied with it. However the free mobile calls are limited and the price has increased over time.
O2 now offer the same package, without the obligatory (free) basic TV package to approx €25/mth less. I changed over yesterday and all the changes were made within 5 minutes. No change of router or phone numbers - totally painless.
For anyone currently using Movistar it is definitely worth looking at.
We have a landline and two mobiles plus gigabit Internet under their Fusion package. We have been very satisfied with it. However the free mobile calls are limited and the price has increased over time.
O2 now offer the same package, without the obligatory (free) basic TV package to approx €25/mth less. I changed over yesterday and all the changes were made within 5 minutes. No change of router or phone numbers - totally painless.
For anyone currently using Movistar it is definitely worth looking at.
Steve
May 12th 2024 | 12:33 pm
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Re: Movistar/O2
Does the router from Movistar/O2 allow their other clients to use your wifi if they happen to be Movistar/O2 mobile plan subscribers?
I recall in some countries that people's routers were used by the operator to form a nationwide hotspot network that their mobile subscribers could then use. Is it the same here?
I recall in some countries that people's routers were used by the operator to form a nationwide hotspot network that their mobile subscribers could then use. Is it the same here?
May 13th 2024 | 6:35 am
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Re: Movistar/O2
What should you do if you are on a "sin permanencia" plan and Movistar are currently charging you MORE than the regular price (with no promotions/discounts/etc.) on their website?
Normally I would have thought that they would automatically adjust the price... but I take it a direct intervention is needed just to get the current price applied?
Normally I would have thought that they would automatically adjust the price... but I take it a direct intervention is needed just to get the current price applied?
Does the router from Movistar/O2 allow their other clients to use your wifi if they happen to be Movistar/O2 mobile plan subscribers?
I recall in some countries that people's routers were used by the operator to form a nationwide hotspot network that their mobile subscribers could then use. Is it the same here?
I recall in some countries that people's routers were used by the operator to form a nationwide hotspot network that their mobile subscribers could then use. Is it the same here?
Last edited by DLC; May 13th 2024 at 6:40 am.
May 13th 2024 | 12:12 pm
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Re: Movistar/O2
Last edited by astera; May 13th 2024 at 12:14 pm.
May 25th 2024 | 8:37 am
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Re: Movistar/O2
A number of years ago I spent some time in the wild west (rural Galicia) no phone, barely a grounded socket in the house... bzzzt! I bought a 4G router off eBay in the UK for forty quid and had a Republica Movil (sin permenencia) contract of 60GB a month. It was a euro per GB I seem to recall! Anyway, it did the job! Today I am back in Spain investigating residency once more. I have a Lobster SIM and all across the North of Spain the download speeds are epic by my standards (Scottish Highlands), over 50 Mbps in the middle of nowhere. I wonder what results I might get today in the house if an LTE WiFi router exists. An idea for someone to try perhaps.
