How Our Viasat Packages Align with Access Broadband Cymru

Here’s how our service matches (and in many cases exceeds) the grant’s criteria:

1. Speed Requirement – Met and Exceeded

• Grant rule: The installed service must deliver an average download speed of at least 30 Mbps after installation.

• Our service: Viasat packages offering up to 80 Mbps download – giving you plenty of headroom for multiple users, streaming and home working.

When you claim your funding, you’ll need to provide a speed test from a recognised service such as Ookla or Uswitch. The ABC guidance specifically references these as acceptable tools, and we’ll help you run and record the result once your connection is live.

2. Installation Cost Within the £250 Allowance

• Grant rule: Installation funding is capped at £250 per premises.

• Our approach: We design our Viasat installation packages so that the standard install cost sits within this £250 limit, meaning:

  • In most cases, the grant can fully cover your installation charge

  • You avoid unexpected upfront bills just to get connected

Where specialist or non-standard work is needed (for example, very tall masts or complex roof access), we’ll always outline that clearly in advance so you can see how it interacts with the grant cap.

3. Eligible Equipment

The grant guidance explicitly lists satellite dishes, receivers and routers as eligible equipment items, up to the £550 equipment limit.

Our Viasat installations typically include:

• Satellite dish and mount

• Modem/router

• All necessary brackets, poles and cabling

All of these fall neatly within the equipment category covered by ABC.