Use this forum topic for asking Kevin any questions you might have about how to setup the wireless Internet connection to your rural property in Spain.

Completely read Wireless Internet for a Rural Community and Spain Internet: ADSL, Cable and Wireless before posting here! Your question may have already been answered!

Thanks again to Kevin for his article and we hope you all get something out of it.

~The Editor

There is a new product going to be available shortly called WiMax which will allow high speed wireless internet, it is being installed and tested in the Malaga province, only catch is that Intel do not release the chip that connects to it until early 2007.

In the mean time there is a very good product to speed up broadband below 2mb and dial up connections see more at http://www.onspeedspain.com.

Hope this helps?

S

Hey Techman,

That’s interesting. I’ve been keeping an eye on WiMAX for a while now and it definitely shows a lot of promise. We’ll see if Intel can get the distribution of the chip up to the level of wifi though…

Onspeed indeed looks interesting. Do you know if it’s useful for wifi relayed connections? I’ve set one of those up but it suffered from a lot of lag. How does the onspeed work exactly?

Hi there

The Wimax technology would be fantastic especially here in Spain it would help those of us who are in areas reliant on telefonica (not always a good situation to be in)

The onspeed software works by crunching the packets of data and stripping out the parts that other beers cannot reach if you get my meaning :o) I have a a 512 connection and the onspeed gets me broadband tests showing 1.8mb which for me is fantastic. It does only work up to 2mb connections though, 2mb and above the software is not effective. The most effective I have seen it is on dial up connections increasing 56k connections up to 1.2mb very impressive.

They let you have a 2 week trial I believe and if it is not effective then unsubscribe (I love trial software) give it a go its [url=http://www.onspeedspain.com]http://www.onspeedspain.com[/url].

Hope this helps?

S

WiMax Broadband is working well in the Costa Blanca. It does not need a landline and more importantly does not need Telefonica. It costs 35 € per month and normally achieves between 1.5 Mb/s and 2.5 Mb/s. WiMax can be used in most areas of Spain, even the most remote areas as the theoretical range is around 70km. We have antennas covering the Costa Blanca and other areas of Spain.

Once you have broadband, you can also use VoIP telephones and enjoy free and cheap international calls.

What about the Marbella area?

We do not provide broadband in Marbella at the moment. In order to justify the costs of setting up a new access point, we would realistically require 35 clients within a 20km radius. If we receive a sufficient number of enquiries in that area, we shall contact you. Let us know if you have neighbours that would be interested and it would help your cause.

Regards

Broadband Spain

Conecta4 also supply Rural with wireless and telephone

I live in the Campo and have been a customer of there#s for almost 3yrs, and find them to be very proffesional.

Thankyou

[size=5]We had tried for weeks to find a wifi type connection. After contacting all the people advertising in the “Sur in English” the “Friday-Ad” and other misleading adverts, we had begun to think that we would be left with no other option than to go for the painful option of Telephonica !!

Thats when we found something that sounded to good to be true. Someone on our Urbanisation had found a company . They have a range of antennas that they use to pick up wifi signals in your area. we rang 651426798 on a Saturday and by Monday lunchtime I had my internet connection (coming from a free provider, no catches) and have not looked back since.
So what with free internet and free phone calls to 44 countries, including The UK, USA and Canada, provided by VIP through VOIP, we are both well impressed, not to mention happy with the incredible savings.

Jim&Tash;

I recently had IberBanda installed in my cave, which uses WiMax technology to provide a telephone line and an Internet connection from a wireless link.

The equipment consists of a small square aerial, which needs a line-of-sight to a nearby transmitter.  This is connected to a small oblong box (IDU) inside the cave, which connects to the mains and links to another small box which provides an RJ11 socket for your phone, and an RJ45 socket for your PC or Router.

Installation is free, and for €45 per month, you get unlimited Internet access and free national calls to landlines.

More info at http://www.iberbanda.es

Hello,

We run a WISP in Cehegin Murcia and are doing well at providing for English community internet and communications systems and English support. We would love to hear from people looking to setting up thier town. Please take a look at our site. http://www.rednetwifi.com
We have overcome so many issues on setting up a large wireless network and would offer our services for anyone looking to do the same. If you have any questions i would be happy to help.

Regards

Darren - REDNETwifi

Is this available in the Alpujarra region?

fast injun - 24 May 2007 06:08 PM

Is this available in the Alpujarra region?

IberBanda (see link above) are showing availability in the Golco, Mecina Bombaron, Montenegro and Yegen areas.

iberbanda works for me no complaints

Hi All,

I live in the Mijas Costa area (as I’m sure you guessed from the username)

I recently started using a WiFi service (won’t mention who)

To be honest it was very bad. Connection issues, slow speed, terrible range etc.
All for 35 euros a month!
Not good.

So… Being a bit of a tech head I shopped around for the best service I could from
Mobile networks.

Surprisingly I found it to be the best move I ever made.

I took out a contract (the only downside) with Orange (formerly Amena)

I got a the hardware for free

I now pay 6 euros a month for the first 2
then 35 thereafter

The connection is fantastic, whereby I can connect wherever there is mobile signal.
Luckily for me this is normally at least 3G.

However the hardware supports the new 3G+ and generally I get this signal giving me a 1.8mb connection.

Admittedly not everyone/everywhere will get this but I have to say I’ve had zero problems with connecting.

The only problem I had was that my laptop runs on Windows Vista which is not compatible with the hardware and there are no known dates for a software (driver) upgrade for this.
However, after a couple of hours digging, I found a fix that works perfectly. Now, no problems at all.

I’m not saying there aren’t some great WiFi / WiMax services out there, just that there weren’t any for me!

Now I take my laptop anywhere I want and if i find a really good WiFi service (unsecured for free access, ssshh!)
Then I don’t bother using the card, but I know that generally wherever I go, I can surf the net.

Vodafone are also offering a really good package which includes the same as above with a free mobile and free national calls (in Spain) for (dont quote me!) 49 euros. Again one downside would be the contract.

Hope this helps!

We’re looking to move to the Nerja, Frigiliana area about 45mins from Malaga. We will also be in a long term rental place… what are the chances of us being able to get access to come kind of wireless or broadband?

What are landlords like about letting you get something like this in rented places and is it easy to do?