Alistair Thomas

Rural Worcestershire

Marketing Telecommuter

Try BT or the provider behind BT's Business satellite service (based in Germany) if someone can stand in Aramiska's shoes.

I thought the cost of such a solution would be prohibitive for a small business when we moved to rural worcestershire, 3+ years ago, but I was pleasantly surprised (£60 / month for a 500Kbs up, 150Kbs down service). BT's tech support is UK based and is good quality. In three years, I've had good to very good service.

I use a terminal services client (Citrix) to access my company's applications over the web from London. It's not ADSL and I still haven't got a satisfactory VPN solution, but 90% of small business needs are catered for at usable speed.

Some of the affected folks have clearly much bigger concerns, but it's a start, and small operators can go straight to BT themselves.

Good luck!