Internet Facility in Villa - Best Options???

[Sheila]

You could also use the new eutelsat tooway system it uses a dish to upload and download information, speeds are very good the lowest pagage is 6 down and 1 up which is faster than lots af landline adsl
costs are good too monthly charge £25 per month the dish and modem costs £199 fitting circa £100 but you can fit your self its quite easy

this is a new sytsem dont mix it up with old and other systems that are vey slow

only drawback is that it is fixed useage surfing and emails ok but downloading movies definately out

plus point no phone line required and you can use it else where if you get another dish and take your modem with you i am bringing one to portugal end of august and cancelling my phone line and adsl

steve

So no good for BBC Iplayer then ?

[maccasa]

TMN are currently offering a home phone + broadband internet wifi - 20Mps which is quite fast, with unlimited data downloads €14.99/mth. if you have current PT line, its basically no charge for installation. check out the phone shop.

Ive just purchased a mobile dongle of 7.2 mps with 1gb data download for €29.99 from the phone shop. (my original was 3.6 mps and €39.99 so they are getting cheaper) You have to use it in 3 mths and then top up €10 each time

[Aldo]

Can a dongle be used with an ipad?

[LICY]

Can a dongle be used with an ipad?

No. We have an iPad and have purchased a Mi-Fi on Amazon for less than £50. Go for the unlocked version. We tried Intermarche but the Phone shop could not help/did not understand so we went to Aqua In Portimoa to PTM (I think). We bought a SIM for €5. it gave a bit of air time, but we do need to top it up so will try Intermarche on our next trip. we do not have Internet connection at our villa as we were prepared to pay about £400 a year. The Mi-Fi can be used for 5 different products/computers/tablets basically a tiny modem you can fit in the palm of your hand.

[ron5000]

Can a dongle be used with an ipad?

No. We have an iPad and have purchased a Mi-Fi on Amazon for less than £50. Go for the unlocked version. We tried Intermarche but the Phone shop could not help/did not understand so we went to Aqua In Portimoa to PTM (I think). We bought a SIM for €5. it gave a bit of air time, but we do need to top it up so will try Intermarche on our next trip. we do not have Internet connection at our villa as we were prepared to pay about £400 a year. The Mi-Fi can be used for 5 different products/computers/tablets basically a tiny modem you can fit in the palm of your hand.

They are now available in Vodafone and TMN stores for 49 Euros plus pay as you go sim

[LICY]

All good then as the price we paid at the time was cheap. Only wish I coukd get Internet unlimited in CVO like I can in the UK.

[Farol]

I already had a vodafone dongle when I bought a tablet. For €30 I bought a vodafone hub in their shop. You plug the dongle into it and it then connects to a number of devices by wifi. Gives a very strong signal. Cheap and easy solution.

[Please Sir]

What does it cost to use?

[Farol]

What does it cost to use?

Nothing on top of your normal dongle charges for which vodafone have various tariffs starting at €10 for 10hrs unlimited bandwidth valid for 6 months on older contracts or 3 months on newer contracts if my memory serves me correctly. Ideal solution if you just want to keep up to date on emails and do a bit of browsing but other tariffs would be better for streaming video etc.

See here:
http://www.vodafone.pt/main/Particulare ... g_Dock.htm
and here:
http://www.vodafone.pt/main/Particulare ... /?ecmp=mdd

[Sheila]

....... Only wish I coukd get Internet unlimited in CVO like I can in the UK.

Can you wait until 2017?

Extract from the following link

FTTH in Portugal
....... The Portuguese government has also announced a plan to wire all of the 3.9 million homes in Portugal with a fibre-optic connection by the end of 2017. The investment to achieve this, which amounts to €3bn over three to five years, is expected to add 1.8 per cent to Portugal's GDP.

http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2011/0 ... -fibre.cfm

[pickwick]

LICY

SAPO (PT) offer unlimited internet use on a contract basis so you can get it if you want!

Pickwick

[LICY]

LICY

SAPO (PT) offer unlimited internet use on a contract basis so you can get it if you want!

Pickwick

Do you know how much? We need to top up the Mi-Fi in the meantime. (Just realised my oranges and smiley faces are back )

[widge]

Hi Licy,

I think I pay about €35 a month for broadband + extra for the phone line & calls.

[LICY]

Hi Licy,

I think I pay about €35 a month for broadband + extra for the phone line & calls.

Yes that is probably right. UNFORTUNATELY! here we pay half that. If it was say 20€ a month we probably would have Internet. our villa has all that expensive fiber optic nonsense you must have with a new built, so even if that comes in 2017 unless there is more competition I guess it's going to remain high.

[Sheila]

Hi Licy,

I think I pay about €35 a month for broadband + extra for the phone line & calls.

Do you have to have to pay for a phone line with this if you dont want to make any calls?