have you made enquiries with
Submitted by alexcal on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 18:11In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
have you made enquiries with other people in your area to see if they have a chiavetta with another provider? you could also go to a local shop that sells them in the area, they should know which providers have good reception in your area. having a landline doesn't guarantee broadband access a long distance from an exchange, you'd have to ask the landline provider if this is so. hope this helps.
Ask the neighbours
Submitted by Fillide on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 19:08In reply to have you made enquiries with by alexcal
Alexcal gives good advice on 'chiavetta' coverage, and if TIM isn't good for you then maybe 3 or Wind or Vod could be. Ask a neighbour. However, your options might include a non land-line based service for decent broadand access without using a mobile network. I'm completely in the dark about Sardegna, but it's possible that www.ariadsl.it or www.technoadsl.it will offer you the option of putting in your address and sending round a rep to see if you have 'line of sight' to one of their wide area wifi (microwave based, I believe) networks. These can be quite economical for full time residents - about €20 per month, and you don't have to pay the TI canone. I doubt that you could receive www.fastweb.it - but you never know. Alternatively (because I only know about mainland central Italy) why not try a search on www.google.it using search terms adsl and sardegna.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Hi, we have a house in Piedmonte. We are also in a very rural area. The nearest phone line was about 1km away. We made inquiries and got a quote of around 6000 Euros for a land line. I don't know if Elsynet is available in Sardinia but it's not too bad. It's not the fastest broadband you can't stream films for instance. But normal e-mail and search engines are quick enough and you can get a faster/bigger capacity commercial user package. It costs 20 Euros a month and you get a landline phone number. The calls are also reasonable. I can't remember how much but I am sure the cost will be on their site (www.elsynet.it). Installation cost was 300 Euros. You have a small dish type antenna put on the house. It's about 300mm square, and obviously a cable to the phone and internet point. This needs to be near a power point to power up the system. The only problem we have had is the antenna failed after about 1 year but they came and replaced it free of charge.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec