Astra2Connect provides a broadband connection wherever you live in France ... without using a phone line.

If you are unfortunate enough to be one of the many people in rural France using a Dial-Up connection to access the Internet, then this system could be for you. ASTRA2Connect is broadband without a phone line, freeing you from the limitations of terrestrial connections and bringing reliable broadband availablity to anyone, anywhere in France.

There is no waiting for this service to reach your area ... it's already there. At the top of a mountain, in the middle of a field or simply living in a rural hamlet, ASTRA2Connect makes the connection.

Internet Anytime

ASTRA2Connect is 'always-on' , connected to the internet all of the time. There's no need to log on or dial up each time you use the service, or to log off when you've finished. If you want to check your emails or browse the web, there is no need to wait to establish contact.

Telephone ...

ASTRA2Connect satellite broadband can be used for low cost VoiP telephone calls via the Internet to anywhere in the world and you can speak on the phone and browse the internet at the same time.

... and TV too

With a small extra bracket and LNB fitted to the dish, you can run cables to up to four Freesat or Sky digiboxes to receive hundreds of British digital tv channels.

ASTRA2Connect own and operate the system from their headquarters in Luxembourg and they have a network of Service Providers covering most European countries.

In France, Vivéole and NordNet are the two Service Providers for ASTRA2Connect and it is these two companies that supply the equipment and the billing infrastructure. In April 2008, Big Dish Satellite became an approved installer for NordNet, the first of the British installers based in France to do so, and in 2009 alone was responsible for over a hundred NordNet installations.