We still don't have any Broadband where I live in our rural area on the Shropshire / Cheshire border

matelodave

AS others have said, we moved to the country for a better quality of life (and cheaper housing costs)and although we did get broadband it was only around 1.8mbit/s and a really random mobile phone signal which we endured for around eight years.

However with a bit of effort (quite a lot of effort actually, canvassing, leaflet dropping and going to meetings etc)) and enlisting the aid of Connecting Cambridgeshire we now have FTTP which could be wound up to 900mbit/s if we want it. The mobile signal has also improved over that time and is now more than adequate (although not perfect or good enough for reliable 4g data ).

So instead of whinging,  enlist the help of neighbours and other agencies to get it improved. It takes time and a bit off application but it can be done.

BTW,  previously I managed to expedite the original rollout of broadband in the town where we lived in Essex by canvassing and leaflet dropping in all 3500 houses in the town.

unforeseen

If you are in Cheshire, have you checked Connecting Cheshire to see if there are any plans?
If Shropshire then its Connecting Shropshire. 
I am Cheshire and they have just started putting FTTP into our village as part of the Connecting Cheshire plan. 

Marvel1

flaneurs_lobster said:

I have blisteringly fast broadband from a choice of providers. I also have good, reliable, multiple public transport options, 5 supermarkets within 2 miles, theatres, bars & restaurants. 

I also have traffic noise, high pollution levels, annoying neighbours, nowhere to park and huge housing costs.

We all make choices about where we live, access to affordable broadband is in the mix.

May as well jump in, I too have this (besides parking and traffic noise) and my issue is I cannot have a water meter which I know will be much cheaper.

Thrugelmir

Iestyn1 said:

My point is that every household in the UK, regardless of location should be able to have a direct broadband connection of at least 2 Mb. 

So you expectation is for other less fortunate taxpayers to fund your lifestyle choices?  You have options to obtain a suitable service. 

Fidden

Have a look into a 3G/4G dish - uses a data SIM card inside it and you point it in the general direction of the mast (doesn't require line of sight).  We used one here for a year until our FTTP was installed.

Mastdata.com for the mast directions, relative to your property
We used a Mikrotik LTE dish from msdist.co.uk
SIM card was with O2 for £28/month with 150Gb data levels

Happy to help further with advice if this is something you want to look into.

Richard_T_

Dial up is the old style modem on the voice line

@Iestyn1 What results are displayed when the number is put into the openreach exchange checker? https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL

So lets go through your options that you listed:

Satellite, what provider were you looking at ?  there is starlink which you *may* be able to share with a neighbour, and both paying half each or so , as far as i know starlink is unlimited but it is expensive (£80/month?) and the set up cost is also expensive , a shared connection will also require you to set up distribution and sharing

EE3G : Have you looked at Three? three often use the same masts/sites as EE and have a deal on for 4G home internet at £14/month review here : https://broadbandsavvy.com/three-4g-hub-review/  it should also be possible to use a 4G router with an external antenna to improve signal strength - but before you go down that route i would suggest truing a three pay as you go sim card.

 If you have a usable signal outside you could place the three router on an pole in a weatherproof ( but with ventilation) box and run an Ethernet cable to your house and from there a secondary wifi access point(s) - i know of someone who uses this method placing the router in a location where theres a signal. you can also put the box in an outbuilding if you have one suitable

PSTN (Public Switched  Telephone Network)  Yes you can have Dial up, this involves an old fashioned Dial up Modem taking up your voice line, speeds will be incredibly poor and as far as home internet access goes it is entirely unsuitable  for anything other than checking emails ( without any attachments) Dial up will at best give you 0.056mbps, or 56k ( as opposed to the 256/512K) you stated

 you are getting dial up confused with DSL

Fixed Wireless

 check here : https://www.ispreview.co.uk/isp_list/ISP_List_Wireless.php?page=1

So as you can see plenty of options

cx6

"unless we all want to contribute thousands of pounds each."

So what you are actually saying is they you want broadband but don't want to pay for it? 

There are areas of the UK where there is no broadband - it is not commercially viable to run it to those locations. The same is true of gas, sewage, even water. My mother lives in the country and has to use a septic tank. A friend of mine is very rural and has no gas - has to use bottled or oil. And yes, there are a lot of people like you living rurally who don't have broadband.

Richard_T_

My preference in that situation would be

1: look into the three home broadband set up, even if it means placing the router elsewhere on the property and running cables to/from it ( the maximum for ethernet is 100mtr as far as i know)

2: look into Fixed wireless ISPs

3: look again ats whats available, in my local area openreach have been installing FTTP - and that includes pole mounted cables that wind their way over fields, down lanes ( some of which are unpaved)  to remote properties and farms