o2 broadband is ****

ballyrick

o2 broadband is **** im getting 1.50kbps ber second:mad:

barnicles

Thats faster than mine! I'm 1.0. Fraudband

dr.bollocko

Well yeah.

Creamy Goodness

it's totally dependant on location, i know someone who has it and is getting a steady 3mbps down.

barnicles

Well i have full edge coverage :eek:

ballyrick

is great

i shood be getting 30.00kbps
(ive got 99%edge ):eek:

copacetic

which isn't really what you would be wanting for fast broadband

barnicles

This could become a megathread sticky.

ballyrick

is great

ya

AlmightyCushion

barnicles wrote: »

This could become a megathread sticky.

I don't see that happening. The 3 megathread was because loads of people were having loads of problems (crap cc, not getting refunds when they were supposed to, pretty much everyone getting rubbish speeds). Getting rubbish speeds on edge isn't a problem it's a fact. You have 14 days after getting the service to return it. I advise you do that.

barnicles

I have it three months

AlmightyCushion

barnicles wrote: »

I have it three months

Well you're pretty much boned then. Go into the settings. There should be a box you can tick called "3g mode only" or something like that. Tick the box and see if that affects your speed.

barnicles

I was told by o2 to do the opposite

AlmightyCushion

Did it work?

barnicles

No

AlmightyCushion

barnicles wrote: »

No

Meh, it was worth a shot at least. Doing that only forces the modem to connect to a 3g mast even if an edge mast is closer.

rc28

is fast

O2 has been shown to be, overall, better than 3 or vodafone on these forums before. 3 simply do not provide a service, vodafone are expensive and have a sh*te cap.
What speeds you get is entirely dependant on your location (ie how many users and how far from the mast) but in my experience o2 speedtest results are usually the fastest (sometimes getting 3Mb down and 1Mb up).

rebel.ranter

OP where are you trying to use the device? Have you used it in other locations without issue? Why didn't you return it when you first noticed that it wasn't suitable for your location?

barnicles

rebel.ranter wrote: »

OP where are you trying to use the device? Have you used it in other locations without issue? Why didn't you return it when you first noticed that it wasn't suitable for your location?

I know the OP and our bb was fine until mid july

rebel.ranter

barnicles wrote: »

I know the OP and our bb was fine until mid july

OK but where are you trying to use it?

barnicles

O2 said there was a problem at the mast and they are fixing it.

ballyrick

is great

im about half a km from the mast and getting 99.99% edge cover
and there is only one other user on it barnicles

copacetic

as mentioned 4 or 5 times already on this thread, edge is feck all use for broadband.

barnicles

Yes but before mid july it was fine

rebel.ranter

You're not near College Road by any chance?

barnicles

WTF is collage road

jor el

is fast

I have O2 broadband since it was first launched, and have always found it to be very good. I've used it in Wexford, Limerick, Galway, Dublin, Waterford and Ketty so far, and the only place I had a problem with it was Dungarvan, and that's because there was no O2 coverage at all in the house I was in.

Even if you have HSDPA signal and good speeds, it's still not broadband though, and none of them should be allowed to call it that. That's never going to change though.

lad12

is slow

I signed up to O2 broadband yesterday.

My current speed is 2056kbs down & 338 kbs up.

Should i be expecting more?

Firetrap

is fast

With O2 dropping its price and lots of 3 customers coming to the end of their contracts and looking to take their business elsewhere, O2 could be gaining a lot of new customers. This of course has the potential to cause problems with over-subscribed networks.

barnicles

Yes but there is two transmitters in the space of two miles in our area

ballyrick

is great

anybody who can get dsl get it BUT DO NOT GET MOBILE IT IS SHI-T

barnicles

Well mobile bb was created for mobility but its our only option

Options

Eircom 56k
Voda 53k
O2 236k

jor el

is fast

lad12 wrote: »

I signed up to O2 broadband yesterday.

My current speed is 2056kbs down & 338 kbs up.

Should i be expecting more?

Not really. Your speeds will vary between 0 and 3.7Mbps, getting arond 2Mbps is quite good. The speed ion any sector is 3.7Mbps in total, so if there are several users connecting then the speed gets divided among all users. Therefore, you'll only ever get the full 3.7Mbps if you are the only person using it in that particular sector.

ballyrick wrote: »

anybody who can get dsl get it BUT DO NOT GET MOBILE IT IS SHI-T

Very true, that if there is a proper broadband service in your area, then get that. However, mobile is not shit. It is what it is, but it's not broadband. If everyone who uses it, or wants it, knew this, then it wouldn't be such an issue.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Good or bad?

Firetrap

is fast

Well, it's not going to set the world on fire but as has been pointed out on this thread, it's misnomer to call it broadband.

barnicles

I used boards sunday for the first time in a month.

Suspiria79

is fast

barnicles

Well there are two options. Vodafone, which i know two users in my area. One thinks its ok . And the others speed is terrible. Then o2. I'm not sure whats wrong tbh.

Firetrap

is fast

I find they vary depending on where you are. I used my O2 in two relatives' houses which are a mile away from each other. Speeds in one house were really good. In the other, it barely got beyond EDGE.

I find my O2 slows up a lot in the evenings though not anything near as awful as 3 (let's face it, nothing is as awful as 3 apart from having a red hot poker shoved...) I've a friend who's got Vodafone and he's finding it slower in the evenings now than it used to be. I assume it's because far more people have signed up for these things.