Broadband options

quinto49 wrote on Thu Nov 8, 2018 5:34pm:

Hi I have read various recent posts re broadband providers. I have bought a place up on the el aspre urbanisation and I think I have the following options:-

1.  Movistar - asdl of about 5 megs download or 3G/4G where they cannot guarantee which one or the speed but want to charge 60 euros a month; or...

 

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2. aeromax wireless of 25 megs.

My two questions are 

1. has anybody actually used the aeromax service and are they any good ? and

2. locals on el aspre have talked about fibre but Movistar have never mentioned this in all my contact with them - they refer to my distance from the exchange affecting the speed but don't say where the exchange is.

john

shayden wrote on Thu Nov 8, 2018 7:33pm:

I don’t know your urbanisation but there are companies which instal fibre without a phone line so Movistar wouldn’t mention them. I would ask some of your neighbours as there may be a fibre network already on your urb. 

Good luck

 

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Shaun

Stephanie86 wrote on Fri Nov 9, 2018 12:07pm:

We live in the campo so no landline. We have small satellite dish, aeromax, and no problems, excellent service. It failed once so I rang them, they are multilingual, and they rang back within an hour with explanation- Iberdrola was doing works and damaged something - and it was fixed within an ho...

 

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...ur. Local agent supplied and installed, did all cabling, connected router and set it all up. Really no problems.

Stephanie86 wrote on Fri Nov 9, 2018 12:07pm:

We live in the campo so no landline. We have small satellite dish, aeromax, and no problems, excellent service. It failed once so I rang them, they are multilingual, and they rang back within an hour with explanation- Iberdrola was doing works and damaged something - and it was fixed within an ho...

 

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...ur. Local agent supplied and installed, did all cabling, connected router and set it all up. Really no problems.

shayden wrote on Thu Nov 8, 2018 7:33pm:

I don’t know your urbanisation but there are companies which instal fibre without a phone line so Movistar wouldn’t mention them. I would ask some of your neighbours as there may be a fibre network already on your urb. 

Good luck

 

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Shaun