Tariam takes home user system forward

Satellite Internet Service Provider Tariam has announced a substantial increase in “horsepower” for its domestic Tooway services. Download performance has been improved significantly from 2 Mbps, to up to 3.6 Mbps, and the priority traffic allowances for each of its service offerings have been doubled.

This means the entry level satellite internet service now offers a full 2.4 GB allowance every month with speeds of over 3.5 megabits. This is a big step forward and is particularly good news for those homes and small businesses situated outside the ADSL footprint in the so-called “not-spots”. The entry level service costs just £24.99 (inc VAT) per month.

Voice over IP (VoIP) is also being supported for the first time.

Tooway is seen by many as the answer to the 9% of UK households still on dial-up and in the “not-spots” highlighted by Telecommunications Minister Lord Clark’s recent ‘Digital Britain’ address.

Lord Clark also conceded that “for up to 30% of the UK there is little or no commercial case for anyone to invest in the next generation of terrestrial broadband services”.

In this scenario, satellite based service like Tooway fill the digital divide and offer a true high-speed alternative.  Tariam’s Tooway service is expected to jump to 10 Mbps in 2010 when a new satellite is launched.

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