Aliant last month launched a satellite service to deliver high-speed Internet to customers outside the existing DSL broadband footprint.

Aliant Satellite High-Speed offers download speeds ranging from 512Kbps to 2Mbps. It includes the satellite equipment, installation, five email addresses, 5Mb personal web space and 24/7 technical support.

The service starts at $59.95, with equipment and installation charges available at a monthly rate or in a three-year contract.

Thanks for the heads up Hugh, but I think I will pass this one.

$60/month for internet when folks can get triple the speed with much lower latency for halfprice (and without installation fees), I think I will keep my crappy dial up. :(

Thanks for the heads up Hugh, but I think I will pass this one.

$60/month for internet when folks can get triple the speed with much lower latency for halfprice (and without installation fees), I think I will keep my crappy dial up. :(

Do you not have a Over the air service available? I know where I live we have Craig Wireless Systems, SK has company, and Ontario has Look Communication, they have to put up an antenna to get a line of site.. but compared to dial up and satellite speeds. I have heard in some cases you can get up to 5 mbps download.. all the farmers and people who live outside of cable/DSL lines that I know use this type of service for their internet.. maybe look into that for area..??

Keep in mind that on top of the $59.95, another $24 month ( 3 years ), for the hardware, or buy it out right for around $1000... I'll also keep my dial-up, and just hope Roger's brings high speed to this area

I can see a value here for emergency services communications..... espeically being able to connect remote fire camps and incident command posts with the ability to transfer files, data, photos, maps, email, etc.....everything we take for granted inside the foot print of cities and towns with wireless coverage. Cant wait to bounce this off the boss for the mobile command post.

My thoughts, are if you are in an area that does not have DSL/Cable or Over the air service, and Dial-up does not meet your standards, and you have the money for the pricey service go for it. Satellite internet is more for those Exploration trips, where there is no access, so they can prop up the dish and get connected, but besides that the tech. is not very logical for most people

We have already contributed to Aliant's bottom line through our taxes which went to subsidize installation of high-speed internet access in many parts of rural New Brunswick. Now, if you are unfortunate enough to live in an area that Aliant views as unprofitable (the road on which I live part-time on the Kingston Peninsula), you will be asked to pay the higher price for satellite service. Nobody subsidizes this. I believe, in light of the fact that taxpayer dollars have been used to subzidize their profitable areas, Aliant should in turn subsidize their unprofitable areas and provide satellite service for the same price as broadband. I have mentioned this to the Premier's office and asked him to intervene on this matter but, unfortunately, despite an early flurry of activity when I first contacted him about this matter, my latest proposal has been met by dead silence. This is how he expects to attract people like me to move back to New Brunswick full-time to work and pay taxes?

From my understanding of the New Brunswick High-speed infrastructure subsidization, local communities with the provincial government decided the location of the Central Offices based on "greatest number serviceable". I also understand Satellite High-speed as a service being offered after these events. Satellite High-speed in general is expensive and at $59.95 - No Industry Canada License, No System Access Fee Aliant seems to be the cheapest "no promo" rate I could find in Canada.

Sorry to be a mob confronter, but if you want real high-speed like the rest of civilization - why not move in closer to the rest of civilization?

Moving to the country, or a less densely populated area (less then about 500 people in a 4-5km radius) to escape a densely populated community then demanding all the comforts of a densely populated community and not being willing to pay for it seems very silly.

I live about 30 minutes outside of Saint John in a "not profitable area" for Aliant. I have no interest in high speed as I refuse to pay the price asked for it. What I would like is dial-up running at it's top speed, which from numerous conversations depends on the age of the equipment and how close you live to the nearest office. If I was an Aliant internet customer I'd pay the same price as everyone else for dial-up but since I have junk for equipment sitting out on the road I only get 26.4kb. Someone who is in an area with newer equpiment gets a higher speed and pays the same price as I do. You should see where that conversation got me when I talked to Aliant on the phone. And I used to work for Aliant, in the area that installs this equipment, so I know it's old junk. I even sent this complaint on to the CRTC after getting nothing from Aliant and they just turned around and sent it to Aliant with no results. Yeah, already did that, thanks for nothing!

So I use another internet provided at $15.?? for unlimited... although Aliant just called the other day and offered me unlimited for $26.??. I won't get into how that conversation went either!

Ok, I'm getting off my high horse now, very sore spot for me!!

Does anyone know if Aliant is still offering Satellite High Speed? I'm not seeing it on their website at all at this point.

A little over a month ago Aliant put a stop sell on Satellite High-speed. The Bell technicians (who were pretty much told BellTV is priority #1, and anything else is if you're really bored) were bogged down with installations & repairs. Aliant is trying to get a new installer/repair group for the Satellite service. Additionally, northern New Brunswick ran out of capacity for the service.

Aliant still supports it, and Bell technicians are still doing service repairs but Aliant is pulling the service for new customers installations until it can fix some capacity & installation/repair issues.