| Aberystwyth garage owner Lynn Davies is | | | | internet connectivity to broadband not-spots via |
| celebrating after his Internet connection problems | | | | satellite. It consists of a small satellite dish and a |
| were finally solved with the help of the local MP, a | | | | set-top box connected to the PC direct or via a |
| county councillor and the Eutelsat Tooway™ | | | | wireless router, giving customers immediate |
| Satellite Broadband service installed and operated by | | | | broadband access following a simple installation. In |
| Tariam. | | | | addition, the Tooway™ service has the ability to |
| Lynn's Modurdy Eiddwen Garage business is in a so | | | | deliver Voice over IP services and Direct-to-Home |
| called ‘not-spot' outside the reach of fixed line | | | | television using the same Tooway™ dish. |
| broadband. As a Kawasaki All Terrain Vehicles | | | | One of Tariam's Directors, Selwyn Petterson was on |
| dealership and a service and repair centre for all quad | | | | hand to welcome Lynn as a customer and to get his |
| bikes, Lynn desperately needed broadband access to | | | | feedback on the service. |
| register new vehicles online, order spares, and make | | | | "The new service is brilliant," said Lynn. "The |
| warranty claims, but life was becoming impossible due | | | | installation was quick and straightforward. We've |
| to his frustratingly slow dial-up internet connection. | | | | set-up a new, dedicated computer and thanks to |
| Lynn said | | | | Tooway™ the internet connection is now available |
| "We could only use the internet very early in the | | | | around the clock and is very fast." |
| morning or late at night and it was having a major | | | | Mark Williams, MP, said: "I am delighted to have been |
| impact on our business. It could take hours to make | | | | able to play a part in bringing this satellite broadband |
| warranty claims and simple things like ordering spare | | | | trial to the area. There are large parts of the country |
| parts or quickly looking up prices for customers were | | | | where homes and businesses require a high-speed |
| impossible." | | | | broadband service to prosper and it will take too long |
| Lynn needed a permanent broadband connection but, | | | | and be too expensive to connect these rural |
| like many in the area, the traditional telephone | | | | locations by telephone cable in the traditional manner. |
| providers were unable to connect him and that's | | | | It's important that we encourage other, more cost |
| where Tariam Tooway™ came in. | | | | effective options such as satellite." |
| Local MP Mark Williams and Ceredigion County | | | | Steve Petrie, Northern European Sales Director for |
| Councillor Rowland Rees-Evans knew that satellite | | | | Tooway™ said |
| owners Eutelsat were looking for pilot projects to | | | | "Tooway™ is the first satellite two-way broadband |
| demonstrate the revolutionary Tooway™ satellite | | | | service offering speeds and running costs similar to |
| broadband service and put them in touch. Today | | | | ADSL. We are delighted to be able to demonstrate |
| Lynn has a free, 12-month Tooway™ satellite | | | | the capability of our service to deliver high-speed |
| broadband service in return for demonstrating the | | | | internet connections to homes and businesses across |
| solution in the region. The service was supplied and | | | | Wales. Tooway™ is already serving customers in |
| installed by Tooway™ distributor Tariam Satellite | | | | more than 22 European countries and we look |
| Communications. | | | | forward to assisting Wales in solving its broadband |
| Tooway™ has been designed to deliver super fast | | | | access challenges. |