I am considering installing internet in

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10/11/2015 - 07:00

I am considering installing internet in my home in Carpasio (IM) Liguria using a company in San Remo called Sistel Communications.  It seems to work off a radio mast located on one of our nearby mountains and is referred to as HYDSL Wireless.  Advertised download speeds are quite good for Italy (10 meg for €20 per month) though the upload speed is slow (512K).  Does anyone have any experience of this company or the system they use?

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I might be looking at the wrong , but they seem to be saying 1mb upload. Anyway, there seems to be many of these WISPs setting up in Italy, we have two main contenders Connetti and Micso and both do almost the same deal for almost the same price (they are both €19). Have no idea what HYDSL stands for (it's not a standard), but they are basically another wireless internet service provider (WISP). The ones I've looked at normally give you a quick survey to see if you have good access and a couple of weks to try their service .... It's the contract side that puts me off getting involved with any comapny... I did note this lot are charging €180 exc vat for installation, almost twice as much as the two above. They do at least however guarantee 2mb download speed, but I would not like to have to try to hold then to it.

It's the right company though the offering is different to that shown on the web page.  The start up cost is EUR120 but there is no minimum contract period so I guess the risk is small.  As you say the "guaranteed" speeds may be a bit optimistic.  I think I'll probably go for it in the absence of anything to compete (3G mifi or a full phone/internet installation with Telecom Italia) and install a good firewall.