Three: All You Can Eat Data 4G Promo Extended

TimMac wrote: »

Can bill pay customers avail of this offer?

Yes, available on all bill pay plans too. Using it myself on the classic flex max plan

Banjo String wrote: »

Settings/more networks/ Network mode/ WCDMA only

(if you want H+ all the time)

That usually results in no data most of the time. Three's network is incredibly patchy: either they don't have coverage and are piggybacking on Vodafone at 2g, or they're overloaded and can't maintain signal. Speed is good when it's up, but the network really is riddled with holes.

Etnies wrote: »

Why would you bother downloading on your phone when you could just download it on the laptop to begin with, it's not like your gonna be out and about and start nerding it up kicking off torrents your home connection will more than likely be x10 faster.

I'd prefer if tethering wasn't allowed as handy as it is, it degrades the speed for everyone.

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I don't think you really know what you're talking about. I've had my 4g reach 35MBs in the last few days. I don't have a 350MBs connection at home. If somebody says to me 'have you seen spiderman 2?' or whatever while we're out having a coffee or whatever, I can start downloading it and it'll be ready in pretty much the same time as it would be at home because the transfer speed will always be limited by the amount of seeds in any case. Downloading at 2MBs throughput on either connection is good and I'm highly likely to match an average torrent upload speed with either. I can then, via numerous methods, play the film in all its glory as soon as I get home. What you're saying is basically akin to asking what's the point of a laptop being connected on the move. Things have moved beyond just a computer. Everything is connected these days, and the phone is becoming the focal point of the living room in many ways.

Banjo String wrote: »

I'm sorry but we'll have to disagree here.

I should add that settings option is only an option for Android users (i think)

I work all over this island, from city centres to extremely rural and remote areas. It is extremely, extremely rare that I do not have the H+ on my phone, and rare enough I encounter no service areas.

Obviously my personal experience with the network and yours will differ, but from someone who was with O2 until 2009 (business plans) to 3, my opinion is 3 are in a different league in coverage and in pricing.

Yeah it doesn't seem to be an option on iPhone

griffdaddy wrote: »

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I don't think you really know what you're talking about. I've had my 4g reach 35MBs in the last few days. I don't have a 350MBs connection at home. If somebody says to me 'have you seen spiderman 2?' or whatever while we're out having a coffee or whatever, I can start downloading it and it'll be ready in pretty much the same time as it would be at home because the transfer speed will always be limited by the amount of seeds in any case. Downloading at 2MBs throughput on either connection is good and I'm highly likely to match an average torrent upload speed with either. I can then, via numerous methods, play the film in all its glory as soon as I get home. What you're saying is basically akin to asking what's the point of a laptop being connected on the move. Things have moved beyond just a computer. Everything is connected these days, and the phone is becoming the focal point of the living room in many ways.

I think it's you who doesn't get it, it's not as simple as seeds, your 3G/4G connection is by no means constant it badly fluctuates compared to your cabled or even WiFi connection at home and farting about with usb sticks and cables is becoming a thing of the past no one wants to be doing that anymore. Anyway each to their own.

Etnies wrote: »

I think it's you who doesn't get it, it's not as simple as seeds, your 3G/4G connection is by no means constant it badly fluctuates compared to your cabled or even WiFi connection at home and farting about with usb sticks and cables is becoming a thing of the past no one wants to be doing that anymore. Anyway each to their own.

It doesn't fluctuate badly around Dublin at all. I'm almost always on 4g or H+. I actually probably do less faffing about when a file is on my phone then I do when I download something on my pc. I press about 4 buttons and it's on the big screen. Anyway, we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. We've gone way off topic as well

whirlpool wrote: »

It fluctuates quite badly for me around South Dublin City. I also find that when I'm on 4G, the internet doesn't even work 70% of the time; so I have to disable 4G to get my internet to work (back on 3G.)

Me too. City centre, south Dublin and anywhere outside the capital, data service is fine when it's up, but totally inconsistent. It flicks between nothing, 3g and h in the space of a minute, all day, even when the phone sits stationary in an area with supposedly good coverage.

Etnies wrote: »

Why would you bother downloading on your phone when you could just download it on the laptop to begin with, it's not like your gonna be out and about and start nerding it up kicking off torrents your home connection will more than likely be x10 faster.

I'd prefer if tethering wasn't allowed as handy as it is, it degrades the speed for everyone.

Well how about, for example, I've just moved into a house and I don't have landline internet. I'm using Mobile data for a few weeks.

And what if your house is big enough to lose reception far from the router but still want to watch Netflix?

Kaiser you have me thinking...... Nice option. Thanks for the heads up.

Any stupid requirements like vat registered etc?

Can anyone tell me how I activate 4G for my HTC1? Tyty.

kaizersoze wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but is H+ actually 4G? I thought that was just a souped up 3G. Shouldn't it say 4G?

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i have an S5 which has E, 3G, H, H+ and 4G

3G and H never work. E may as well not work for internet but does for calls and texts - when i head back to the sticks its what i have.

H+ i get speed enough for netflix usually, although it does drop below 1mb quite often. I tested it in dundrum last week and it was 10mb though which was the best iv ever seen and thats a crowded shopping centre!
4G im getting speeds of 30mb and pretty much always above 15-20 when iv checked it.

I have around 2 bars for 4G where i live and H+ is 4 bars so it defaults to using H+ as signal is stronger. i installed an app which allows me put my phone in LTE (4G) It requires root access and anything which switches will require root access based on my research on it.

4G is rediculously good though i have tethered to use it rather than upc in evenings when speeds drop on that.
I find for some reason i cant make calls when on 4G in some areas though. not sure why. internet works fine though. maybe this is the reason it defaults to H/H+ also.
when i go to countryside i just allow it to use whatever it wants.


Pro's:
-Faster internet speeds (download 30mb/upload 10mb)
-Never congested thus far.
-No additional cost

Cons:
-Cannot make calls sometimes even when i have signal (when locked in LTE mode)
-Only have reception around dublin down as far as bray, kildare.
-Also its in limerick. I have not been to galway or cork recently to check those
-requires a 4G capable phone