Relish Broadband

[jb66]

https://www1.relish.net/

Had a look at this company, seems a good idea for those living in london, could this be the beginning of the end to fixed line broadband?

[alanbjames]

Its a very similar idea that Swansea Council has introduced along Swansea marina.

You pay a monthly fee and all u have to have is a wireless dongle if u have a PC like my mate. Swansea one is awfully slow, it gives u the option to choose to one of 3 channels then you sign in using your browser and just use the net.

The Council stated the internet is upto 20mb but my mate is lucky to get 2mb at any time. The council blamed the dongle he was using which was a TPLink Dual Band USB dongle so he went out and bought a netgear dual band dongle and it made no difference what so ever.

Its so bad when you scan for wireless networks a lot of people in the building have sky or BT and the flats are less than 2 years old so the council should be working with whatever ISP is on the marina to fix the issue but they havnt.

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by jb66

https://www1.relish.net/ Had a look at this company, seems a good idea for those living in london, could this be the beginning of the end to fixed line broadband?

No, not even close. Wireless does not have the bandwidth to displace or replace fixed broadband and won't do anytime soon. Plus Relish is nothing new, mobile based broadband has been around for ten years.

Current gen 4G networks have a maximum capacity on the order of single digit gigabytes per month, per customer. Some places are getting close to that just from mobile usage. As has always been the case, wireless broadband is fine for light users but not for the majority of people.