How about one of the companies like Telitec or Europa?

I think the question of TVs is very relevant to Internet speed. It's not just PCs that connect to the Internet.

More and more devices in the home are "Internet Capable". My Freesat receiver connects to the Internet wirelessly and downloads regular updates online and has iPlayer as a normal channel. Most new DVD players and especially BluRay players have the same facility. Even the Wii games console has WiFi Internet access.

You can access BBC iPlayer on the Wii and the Freesat box without even having a PC. Most new TVs have the same capability with iPlayer built in and even (heaven forbid) Facebook access and YouTube and email.

Add to that media streaming where music, films and photos can be wirelessly streamed to your TV or even to a number of TVs in the house and all of a sudden your Internet connection is having to do an awful lot more than it might be capable of.

This isn't science fiction - it's all available now on the simplest equipment. That's why Internet speeds are so important as one connection is shared by all this stuff.

At the moment, unless you have a slow connection in the Campo, what is on offer is just about adequate but the requirements are increasing all the time.

10 years ago we were happy to have a dial up connection at about 20kb/s. In 10 years time we will need 100mb/s as a minimum just to keep up.

Fred, add to that list being able to watch the CCTV camera(s) at your house when you are away for a few days, overlaid with initiation by a sensor triggering the system.

my local Spar had a choice of broadband but decided to join the rest and use the corporate satellite for BGM and advertising.

when I look back to my early days, I had to learn morse code to 20wpm (actually achieving 40wpm), type at 30wpm (actually achieving 50wpm @ 98% accuracy) before I could go to sea. I even remember during some of our technical training the Lt Schoolie who used to fall asleep half way through bits about diodes, triodes and RF Amps, so you can imagine how I felt about it !! Shops in Tottenham Court Road such as Henry's and Proops were stuffed full of exmilitary electronics.

but the modern versatility of this thing called broadband can have a price as I posted earlier if you have too many users on a network.

So if you want to go off topic to such a large extent start a new thread about "TV/Internet" access then.

Just a reminder of the first post in this thread....it had nothing to do with TV's, it was all about how the speeds differ in different locations around Spain.
You are obviously very lucky where you live Fred, but unless you are in a large city or near the coast then the very idea of a connection above 3mb at the very most is a joke, my own is only 1mb!
Many people inland still don't even have the option of a land line and mobile signals are not good enough at times to have a conversation, never mind connect to the Internet.

So can we get back on thread instead of a discussion on 'Boys Toys' please.

Hi Mitzy....
I don't know anything about Europa, but I believe that with Telitec you only get the same speed as with Telefonica/Movistar as they would still be using the same Telefonica lines on a rural network.

Telitec and Europa do wireless internet by mast, so Telitec for instance can give you 3 / 6 mb and I am informed that Europa are about to do the same

BBC iPlayer is a program that lets you watch BBC retrospectively, either by watching online or downloading. You can probably use it to download progs. that you particularly wanted to see, even with 1Meg. They will take some time to download (depending on the length of the prog.), so would best be done ovenight, but at least you will see the prog. you missed. It is worth giving it a try.
At the moment I only use it for "Spooks".

John.

thats what makes me laugh about it all, GB or SP.
BT and Movistar are responsible for the backbone infrastructure, running the cables out to the little farmhouse in the back of beyond. Organisations such as Europa, Telitec or Sky use the main service provider's backbone, also their exchanges and distribution points, just putting in a box or two in a spare corner and buy time on the same cables.

In GB at least Virgin, who inherited from C&W and Bell Cable Media have their own infrastructure installed, although I believe they have to move stuff around on BT's cables at some point.

So will someone explain to me (in a new thread) how with one gas supply pipe in my street we have a choice of at least 15 suppliers and the same with electricity. It is multi-moding gone made

Err, Europa and Telitec are providing mast internet solutions so they dont have to use Movister / TF land lines

http://www.telitec.com/internet/index.htm
says they are offering ADSL

"If you are outside our wireless coverage or perhaps you already have a Telefónica landline or ADSL service, we have some great packages available. Even if you already have ADSL with another provider, why not take a look and see what we can offer."

"

Europa can supply you with a standard ADSL service (fast Internet using your telephone line), or, in certain locations, our high-speed Wireless service"

Maybe so ... but they DO offer wireless internet via masts positioned in various positions. I can see the mast from here, and I contemplated going with them some months ago.

Europa will have six new masts (wireless) erected in October! Don't know the locations, but it is a step in the right direction - away fromTelefonica.



John.

I dont believe this is turning now into a discussion on who offers what

A question was asked, and I answered it .... correctly

Telitec offer wireless internet and so do Europa, and in fact I am in touch with a Europa employee about that same service!

Thanks Saxy