Rural broadband availability

irishfilly

Does anyone have any good personal experience of rural broadband service?
Just read a recent article about Eircom's availability - not good! If you live more than 5km from an exchange, no chance of broadband.
I live in Portugal, but looking into moving back. I run 3 websites and need a decent broadband speed, but would be living probably in the Tipperary sticks.
Any advice gratefully received, thanks.

bigpaddy2004

Down in Tipp you have a choice of between www.premierbroadband.net or www.wirelessconnect.eu for fixed wireless broadband if Eircom is not an option.

Sponge Bob

lighthouse networks in n/w tipp , about half of all exchange shave dsl

Headshot

tipp must be one of the worse counties for Broadband ?

EKRIUQ

Do you have a name of where your moving to?

irishfilly

Many thanks for all your replies.
Nothing's set in stone as yet, but I'll be in the Roscrea area.

irishfilly

I've just fell off my chair...............can't believe the prices on Premier!
3mb download -€75 per month and €165 installation!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm well out in the sticks here, most definately not in a built up, tourist area. I get 8mb download, and it runs very close to that, unlimited traffic for €20 per month. That's a fixed line, installation cost €25.

Sponge Bob

Here is a list of exhanges in tipp and whether they have adsl or not

Below that is a crude map of exchanges showing where is supposed to get done by the end of the year in orange and green for done , also look at shinrone and moneygall and even killeigh in offaly below that , the locations on the maps are sloppy , very sloppy . Double check them .

In Ireland you can get c 2mbit down 256k up at c 6km line length if the line is OK after that it would be 1 down 128k up to c 8km and bugger all thereafter. Up to 2mbit upload but only close to adsl 2 exchanges marked 2 on list or shaded orange on maps but not live yet and could be as late as christmas


All Tipp , code , sts, adsl or no, 2 = adsl 2

AGHANCON AHC 057 n 1
AHERLOW AHO 062 n 1
ARDCRONEY ADY 067 y 2
ARDFINNAN AFN 052 y 2
BALLINDERRY BIY 067 y 2
BALLINGARRY BLG 052 n 1
BALLINGARRY BRY 067 n 1
BALLYMACKEY BCK 067 n 1
BALLYPOREEN BPN 052 n 1
BANSHA BSA 062 y 1
BIRDHILL BHL 061 n 1
BOHERLAHAN BON 0504 n 1
BORRISOKANE BOK 067 y 2
BORRISOLEIGH BOL 0504 y 1
CAHIR CHR 052 y 1
CAPPAWHITE CPW 062 y 2
CARRICK-ON-SUIR COS 051 y 1
CARRIG CGB 067 n 1
CASHEL CSL 062 y 1
CLERIHAN CLH 052 n 1
CLOGHEEN CGE 052 y 1
CLONMEL CLM 057 y 2
CLOUGHJORDAN CJN 061 n 1
COOLBAWN CBN 067 n 1
CRINKILL CRI 090 n 1
DONOHILL DHL 062 y 2
DRANGAN DNN 052 y 2
DROMIN DRM 067 n 1
DUNDRUM DDT 062 y 2
EMLY EMY 062 y 2
FETHARD FET 052 Y 1
GOLDEN GDN 062 n 1
GOOLDS CROSS GSX 0504 n 1
GORTNAGOWNA GTA 0505 y 2
GRANGE GRE 052 y 2
GURTNAHOE GUE 056 n 1
HOLLYFORD HFD 062 y 2
HOLYCROSS HCS 0504 y 1
KILCOMMON KCO 062 n 1
KILLENAULE KNL 052 y 1
KILSHEELIN KSN 052 y 1
LATTIN LAN 062 y 2
LITTLETON LTN 0504 y 1
LORRHA LRA 090 y 2
MOYNE MNE 0504 n 1
MULLENNAGLOUGH MUG 051 n 1
MULLINAHONE MUN 052 n 1
NENAGH NNH 067 y 2
NEW INN NWN 090 n 1
NEWCASTLE VILLAGE NCV 052 n 1
NEWPORT NRT 061 n 1
PORTROE PRT 067 n 1
PUCKANE PNE 067 n 1
RATHCABBIN RCN 057 y 2
REARCROSS RRX 062 n 1
ROSCREA RSA 0505 y 1
ROSEGREEN RGN 062 n 1
ROSSOULTY RSY 0504 n 1
SILVERMINES SIL 067 n 1
TEMPLEDERRY TDY 0504 n 1
TEMPLEMORE TME 0504 y 1
TEMPLETUOHY TPY 0504 n 1
THURLES THS 0504 y 1
TIPPERARY TPR 062 y 2
TOOMEVARA TOO 067 n 1

More data on those areas

http://www.broadbandatoz.ie/your-area.asp?id=64

http://www.broadbandatoz.ie/your-area.asp?id=19

bigpaddy2004

irishfilly wrote: »

I've just fell off my chair...............can't believe the prices on Premier!
3mb download -€75 per month and €165 installation!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm well out in the sticks here, most definately not in a built up, tourist area. I get 8mb download, and it runs very close to that, unlimited traffic for €20 per month. That's a fixed line, installation cost €25.

Roscrea has DSL so you may very well have a good chance of getting it. I dont think there is any fixed wireless providers around Roscrea.

irishfilly

Thanks a lot for that Sponge Bob. It will help a great deal.

Sponge Bob

A word of warning, if you use daft.ie to locate a house there is some BLATANT false advertising going on there by Vodafone at present ( see last posts) where they even claim to supply broadband on islands off the coast of Donegal . Be careful .

bugfreebob

Sponge Bob wrote: »

A word of warning, if you use daft.ie to locate a house there is some BLATANT false advertising going on there by Vodafone at present ( see last posts) where they even claim to supply broadband on islands off the coast of Donegal . Be careful .

It's a buyer's(or renter's) market in Ireland at the moment. You should have your pick of any number of suitable houses. There is a huge amount of surplus property on the market. Before you make a decision to buy/rent, insist on actually seeing DSL working at the house. Check the speed for yourself, and make sure you are happy with it. Anyone who is serious about offering a house for sale/rent will make sure to have the Broadband working in advance. As Sponge Bob says - don't trust any advertising material from agents, and don't trust coverage maps.

Tommytipp

Just been looking this up and came here via my search haha!! Couple of my friends around Nenagh have got broadband from a crowd called Echo IT. Going getting it myself, the lads are in Templederry and out around Toomevara and it looks a much better job than this bloody dongle yoke I've been using. Anyone else get broadband from them here?

iPhone.

Yikes! a 4 year old thread!

Got excited for minute, thought Sponge Bob was back!