What is, generally, Smarts coverage?

Chris_533976

I'm gonna be moving to either Galway or Dublin (not sure which, its for work) in the next few months and of course broadband is a huge thing for me. Knowing the deal with Irish ISPs and their wonderful service well (!), Smart is definitely the first one I'm going to try to get broadband from.

I've checked their website and they want you to put your phone number in - of course I dont know where I'll be yet so thats not possible.

Can anyone tell me generally what parts of the country they cover, maybe a map of Ireland with some crudely drawn coverage on it? That'd be great.

Thanks

Praetorian

Crown Alley, Coolock, Clontarf, Dolphins Barn, North Main, Summerhill, Beggars Bush, Nangor Road, Ship St, Walkinstown, Whitehall, Santry, Churchfield, Quaker Rd, Dennehys Cross, Wellington Rd, Cork Central, Galway HPO, Mervue, Shantalla, Letterkenny, Roches St, Castletroy, Dooradoyle, Merrion, Ballydowd, Tallaght, Nutley, Dundalk, Waterford Central, Waterford Tycor, Letterkenny, Whitehall, Cabra, Blanchardstown

This is some of them. They haven't bothered doing much of a rollout last 18 months. But BT are even more pathetic with their LLU rollout.

Chris_533976

Thanks. Only bits of Cork/Dub/Lim/Waterford then

JJ

What's LLU?

Looking at uchoose.ie, Smart seem to have the fastest broadband speed that's part of a bundle package.

Cabaal

JJ wrote: »

What's LLU?

Looking at uchoose.ie, Smart seem to have the fastest broadband speed that's part of a bundle package.

LLU is this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_loop_unbundling

Type 17

Praetorian wrote: »

...Galway HPO, Mervue, Shantalla...

Chris_533976 wrote: »

Thanks. Only bits of Cork/Dub/Lim/Waterford then

Those places are in Galway

If you aren't sure about a district, Google something like "<district in Galway/Dublin> Tel" to get the phone number of a business in this area, and use that number in the Smart line-checker to see if the local exchange is enabled.

If you can, try and get accommodation in a place which falls within a Smart-enabled exchange - it's worth it...

Chris_533976

Little bit of a bump

I know now that I'm def gonna be in Galway. Are they the only 3 enabled exchanges? (Galway HPO, Mervue, Shantalla).

lebowsky

The 3 exchanges mentioned cover most of Galway city and suburbs. Coverage is approx 7Km radius from an exchange. The exchanges would have been picked to give maximun coverage of the city.

jor el

If you have an idea of where you'll be living, or even areas you'd like to live in, then get a phone number from these areas and check them on Smarts website. Use a phone number from any shop, pub, Chinese, etc, and it'll give you a good indication of whether you're in a suitable area anyway.

Chris_533976

Nice one, didnt think of that.

I'm hoping to be somewhere in Galway city itself (if possible), and I may even choose where I live partially based on Smart availability!