May I ask for a little advise

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by herkman
....but I live too far away from the exchange to get ADSL.

The normal acceptable distance here is approximately 6 km. I don't know how much money you have to play with, Col, but you could negotiate with the telephone company to install a business circuit with repeaters, to keep the line loss to a minimum. It would cost you more than DSL though, and if your cable is loaded they may not be able to provide. Check it out.

As I said, the alternative is satellite access. We've had it here now for a long time. Basically, it's set up this way: you receive through the satellite at DSL speeds, but transmit through your land line. That's usually OK if you're not in the habit of transmitting a high volume of data (most internet users aren't). The disadvantage is that you have to pay for both the land line access and the satellite access, but it's what I'll do when I move back to the country.