As a quick update to our previous post on Eutelsat’s launch of its broadband-by-satellite service, Tooway, to France, the service has now been launched in the UK, where it will compete head-to-head against the rival SES Astra service, Astra2Connect.

Cost for the service will begin at £29.99 a month, offering 2MBit/s downstream. Although the Astra service delivers a lower tier at a lower price (256KBit/s at £19.99/m), its 2MBit/s service would cost £74.99/m, over twice as much as the Eutelsat one.