any broabband in leitrim.??

mcw92

does anyone know of bb in the drumkeerin area in co.leitrim.? i live about 4 miles outside of drumkeerin on the sligo side.. i know of groupnet but am not within site of their windmill exchange..do they have any new one's?

cian1500ww

You can't get DSL then ???

Try Irish Broadband or Clearwire.

leonvquinn

I live in Leitrim and have been involved in the struggle for broadband here for about 4/5 years! Drumkeerin is not very well served and I dont think any of the new mobile broadband services from O2, 3 and Vodafone work there.

I think Groupnet have expanded their services there recently so might be worth another call.

Try this site to search for broadband services - http://www.uchoose.ie/2-Broadband/index.htm

Also try Last Mile Wireless and Arden Brisknet

Good luck!

I have O2 in Drumsna.

galway008

Groupnets broadband can be pretty ropey. They also take ages to get installed, from inital contact to getting set up took 2 months and all it was was a small aerial. Occasionally it can go down for days at a time, they are usually "waiting on a spare part".

Sometimes tough it does work well.

PogMoThoin

Avoid Lastmile like the plague, even 3 Mobile would be a better service than them. I had them before and their service is slow and overcontended, plus their customer support is non existent. They'll take your money and direct debit mandate and run. I had a big smile the day I could tell them stick it.

leonvquinn

@ Galway008

Couldn't comment on Groupnet's offering cause they've tried their hardest to give me broadband on a few occasions and failed! I'm nearly sure I heard somewhere that they were expanding in some way, whether it was an extra mast somewhere or extra bandwidth, I'm not sure.

@ PogMoThoin

Thanks for reminding me about the lousy Last Mile service, I'd been meaning to rip into them online for a while. I only mentioned them because bad and all as they infamously are - they may be the only option for a lot of people desperate for broadband including me when I lived outside Boyle last year. I hated having to sign up with them - felt like I was selling my soul and I'm also glad to be rid of them now.

I only ever received a couple of call backs from Last Mile out of about 20 calls and messages left on various topics. I never received ONE email reply out of 10/15 emails sent and their offering is too slow and too dear and they take way too long to get out to you. They also didn't cancel my account when I moved like I asked them to on numerous occasions and I had to cancel the direct debit manually myself.

Lets hope this new government broadband plan brings a bit of competition nationwide and puts companies and service like theirs to bed.