Easy to install using average DIY/electrical/Internet skills, and gives a fast, rock-solid connection.
I self-installed this at our Italian holiday home to replace an unreliable Telecom Italia data-only ADSL link.
The delivered system had the wrong TRIA, but the Europasat people rushed out the right one in 24 hours.
After reviewing the installation video multiple times I did the installation in two half-days, most of that time just checking and double-checking.
A ring spanner is essential for quickly tightening the assorted coach bolts, and a ratchet version would be even quicker.
The earth cable is a bit too short for the run shown in the instructions, but works fine on a shorter run.
I strongly endorse the instructions' recommendation to mount the dish first and then add the TRIA - wobbling on a ladder while trying to mount the full assembly would be challenging.
I set coarse azimuth using the sight lines shown by the KA-SAT finder website, and coarse elevation as shown in the video (i.e. without an inclinometer) - you need to line up the edge of the inner mount with the angular scale embossed on the outer mount. The TRIA's tones made the fine-tuning very easy.
I bought the Wi-Fi modem, which has a good range (covering 3 floors, all stone), but has very annoying management software, which I junked.
In use, you need to get used to the 1-second latency in loading a web page (that's the transit time up to the sat and back), but load speed is very good - I get over 7 Mbps over Wi-Fi.
The connection is solid as a rock and keeps working during thunderstorms.
I've started with the 10Gb package and will probably upgrade to 25 Gb since the better connection has increased our usage - that will still cost us less than we've been paying Telecom Italia.
9 years ago
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