Wicklow Broadband

DriversEd

hi,

just want to know if anyone has any info or reviews on 'wicklow broadband'? they came out today and said they have a very good signal at my house and the fee's don't seem too bad. i have no landline and the 3g dongle works well but can be intermittent.

thanks

DriversEd

hi guys and gals,

no replies? does this mean no-one has heard of them?
regards,

duffsaw

Cryos

Seen the signs but the aul website doesnt give great info to be honest

Regional broadband may be better?

http://www.regionalbroadband.ie/

Nikkit2010

Hi there,
The website is pretty bad and is being updated, the broadband however is first class and leaves the other competitors standing. 20MS stable ping times to google.ie and no slow down in the evening. They have completely rebuilt the backhaul and now have Gigabit fiber with licensed Radio links from Wicklow Town.:D

Cryos

Nikkit2010 wrote: »

Hi there,
The website is pretty bad and is being updated, the broadband however is first class and leaves the other competitors standing. 20MS stable ping times to google.ie and no slow down in the evening. They have completely rebuilt the backhaul and now have Gigabit fiber with licensed Radio links from Wicklow Town.:D

Are you a representitive ?

If you have the service please post some test results from:

http://www.speedtest.net
http://www.pingtest.net

To ensure your fellow Wickla people have an informed opinion on these people.

Ta

Nikkit2010

Hi CP,
I work for WBB.
I'll post some results later today.
We have most of wicklow covered except for Blessington.
Best regards,
Nikki

Cryos wrote: »

Are you a representitive ?

If you have the service please post some test results from:

http://www.speedtest.net
http://www.pingtest.net

To ensure your fellow Wickla people have an informed opinion on these people.

Ta

Nikkit2010

Cryos wrote: »

Are you a representitive ?

If you have the service please post some test results from:

http://www.speedtest.net
http://www.pingtest.net

To ensure your fellow Wickla people have an informed opinion on these people.
Hi CP,
Here you are, this is to my home and capped.

Nikki:D
Ta

Cryos

Interesting, is that test from an endpoint or directly from the Backhaul ?

Do you have a list of the packages, the website needs a bit of updating ? Can you post Download / Upload Speed, Contention and Cap ?

Have to admit, you have me interested now!

bigpaddy2004

Thats Sad....posting results from the NOC!

Nikkit2010

It Was tested from my House in Delgany!:p

bigpaddy2004 wrote: »

Thats Sad....posting results from the NOC!

bigpaddy2004

Nikkit2010 wrote: »

It Was tested from my House in Delgany!:p

...I dont think so, unless you have fibre coming into it.

Cryos

Nikkit2010 wrote: »

It Was tested from my House in Delgany!:p

any information on packages ?

Nikkit2010

Hi Cryos,

Give us a call on 01 488 0800 and we will go through the options with you.

Nikki

Cryos wrote: »

any information on packages ?

BigMoose

There are probably a good few of us interested in your products, so when will the website be updated to be accurate/useful? I shouldn't have to spend time on a phone call to find out this info from an ISP.... Also posting daft results from speed tests that are in no way possible over a usual domestic setup don't give any credibility. If you are offering a fiber to the home product that would give 50Mb/s+ then you'll be the most popular ISP in Wiclow!! But alas, I fear it's not even remotely true...

.243

Nikkit2010 wrote: »

Give us a call on 01 488 0800 and we will go through the options with you.

Nikki

rang today and yesterday no response

DA365

This showed up on my available wireless connections earlier with five full bars. I'm in the Cherrywood/Tullyvale area and had never seen it before.

Connected and was asked to fill out a form for a free trial, did so and I was online within 5 minutes.

No idea how long the trial's going to last but it seems alright so far.

Nikkit2010

Hi there,

we are starting to trial in this area from our 3 Rock and Kiliney Hill sectors.

Speeds will be 5MB ->24MB.

Pricing is to be announced later and is expected to begin at €25pm.

Nikki

Chaz

Nikkit2010 wrote: »

Hi there,

we are starting to trial in this area from our 3 Rock and Kiliney Hill sectors.

Speeds will be 5MB ->24MB.

Pricing is to be announced later and is expected to begin at €25pm.

Nikki

What frequency are you operating in from 3 Rock?

Cryos

DA365 wrote: »

This showed up on my available wireless connections earlier with five full bars. I'm in the Cherrywood/Tullyvale area and had never seen it before.

Connected and was asked to fill out a form for a free trial, did so and I was online within 5 minutes.

No idea how long the trial's going to last but it seems alright so far.

Can you post some tests from:

http://www.speedtest.net
http://www.pingtest.net

DA365

Cryos wrote: »

Can you post some tests from:

http://www.speedtest.net
http://www.pingtest.net

Cryos

wow decent stats...

DA365

Just did it again, think they changed config file to 5mbit

exaisle

When they say "Wicklow", I suspect they mean "East Wicklow". As per usual, Blessington - Baltinglass gets ignored.

Forking typical.....

blackbox

Ashford/Ballyduff
4.59 Download
1.73 Upload
(long time customer)

Cryos

blackbox wrote: »

Ashford/Ballyduff
4.59 Download
1.73 Upload
(long time customer)

Hey Blackbox,

Could you run http://www.speedtest.net ; im intersted to see what the ping is. Im looking at replacing our 3meg eircom connection.

darkestlord

Is there any one from Tinahely area using this crowd. If so, how are you finding it. How does it compare to eircom. Was thinking about switching. Any one know what the download limit is on the 3mg package

Kilo

Had a look at their website and have to admit it's very poor on facts. No coverage map, no idea what areas are covered, no way to check if you are and a phone number that doesn't appear to be answered that often

If they really want customers, I'd suggest that they put a lot more info on their website. There's certainly a demand in Wicklow but unless the info is there, people are just going to move on to the providers that actually give information.

Digiweb are as bad tbh, they give little or no info other than prices and their faq is the greatest collection of stupid questions I've ever seen. These providers need to stop treating their potential customers as idiots, the sad fact is that most of them seem to be staffed by idiots

Nikkit2010

Hi Kilo,
You are right about the website, it's embarrassing to say the least. However We hope to have a new one online within two weeks.
Nikki:D

Nikkit2010

darkestlord wrote: »

Is there any one from Tinahely area using this crowd. If so, how are you finding it. How does it compare to eircom. Was thinking about switching. Any one know what the download limit is on the 3mg package

Hi there,

There are no download limits on our network, and the 3MB package has been upgraded to 4 Down 1 Up. Let us know if you want us to drop out and do a survey.

Nikki

darth_maul

do you cover the avoca or Conary area, if so where is the nearest site to see if I would have LOS, is there any other providers covering this area.

Nikkit2010

Hi We do have some customers in the Avoca and Connary area.

Wmail us at info@wicklowbroadband.com and someone will give you a shout.

Cheers.

Mothman

I anticipate that I'll be with Wicklow Broadband during next couple weeks.
Ashford area
Here's what I get out of my DSL. I'm quite far from exchange and you'll see it won't be hard to improve on the speeds I currently have :eek:



I'll post back once I'm up and running

Mothman

Up and running
Got 2 down, 1 up service

mysadlife

Not impressed with Wicklow Broadband - I'm paying for 5MB down, 2MB up - this is what I am getting today:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1099746497.png

Ash.J.Williams

I'm planning on moving from Dublin to Donard this year......
I'm currently on UPC 20mb down 1.5mb up.....
I take it i'm pretty much f**ked?????

Looked at the tooway system there today, seems a bit restricted..
This may influence my move sadly...

alexmaxoks

Nikkit2010 wrote: »

Hi We do have some customers in the Avoca and Connary area.

Wmail us at info@wicklowbroadband.com and someone will give you a shout.

Cheers.

Will anybody answer the phone?? paid for 3mb package getting 2mb and last bill 62.99 instead of 39.99 promised. What the story there lads?

phoneranger

Nikkit2010 is mr Wicklow broadband

He is posting results from his house in Delgany where he has direct access to all his nodes

My experience with Wwbb was good at first but has been dreadful lately and they will not do anything about it nor will the answer my emails or phone calls. Next step is comm reg I think. Other people who have Wwbb are experiencing similar problems

Stay away:mad:

esbpgen

I have being using this service for about 2 - 3 years. It was the only service I could get and for once that hasn't meant that I had to put up with something crap. I have always been happy with the set-up and would (and have) recommended others to get it.

I don't have anything to do with this company and this is an honest User experience for what it's worth.

Regards

Anthony

glynf

Hi,

I'm in the Ballinastoe area and went for Wicklow Broadband for the last 7 weeks and so far find it consistent & reliable. The low ping's great for gaming, much better than i was expecting for this type of BB. Went for the 5Mb down/1 Mb up, see scrore below:



Had one issue last Friday left a message early afternoon and got a call back at 6:30PM, and it was resolved here and then-to do with upgrading the firmware for the antenna. Overall I'm very happy with the service

esbpgen

The following are the results I get using Magnet's Speed Test

Download 2634kbps
Upload 2857kbps
Ping 19ms

(Yes Upload is faster regardless of the test system used!)

esbpgen

http://www.pingtest.net/result/43652613.png

Sorry don't know how to paste a pictue of the results.
Line Quality = B
MOS = 4.33
Loss = 1%
Ping = 23ms
Jitter = 9ms

esbpgen

Just did test again, my last one as it's becoming a bit addictive.

http://www.pingtest.net/result/43652975.png

Line Quality = A
MOS = 4.39
Loss = 0%
Ping = 23ms
Jitter = 7ms

Frustrated_WW

Hi all, I live in Kilcoole and have been using WBB now for over a year and am very happy with my service [speed tests etc. attached]. Note, I have no connection with this company other than being a customer
Ok, have experienced probs with service on and off, but what ISP is 100% perfect! Also, great people to deal with, friendly and efficient.
Would have no hesitation is recommending them



also

smoking_kills

Just got it installed. Stonking result. i live in rathnew, Excellent service.

Attackfish

Also in Rathnew,

The service is class! Gaming is a dream with the low latency.
Customer service is amazing, be it via email or phone.

Best ISP I have been with so far.

alan18

Nikkit2010 wrote: »

It Was tested from my House in Delgany!:p

any more update's on wicklow broadband ??? is it any good ??

ActingDanClark

Better than very good !

Alan_Curry

exaisle wrote: »

When they say "Wicklow", I suspect they mean "East Wicklow". As per usual, Blessington - Baltinglass gets ignored.

Forking typical.....

I have a friend named Larry Murphy in Baltinglass, he has it and he says his broadband is brilliant. Might be worth a phonecall to the company.

ActingDanClark

Alan_Curry wrote: »

I have a friend named Larry Murphy in Baltinglass, he has it and he says his broadband is brilliant. Might be worth a phonecall to the company.

is this supposed to be funny?

Neffa2

Just installed in Dalkey. Had gone through a very frustrating time with eircom where I had a pathetic 1.5MB down/0.2 up - close to useless.

Now, I have 10MB down/2.0 up with very low jitter with Wicklow Broadband. Fantastic!

Avose

Neffa2 wrote: »

Just installed in Dalkey. Had gone through a very frustrating time with eircom where I had a pathetic 1.5MB down/0.2 up - close to useless.

Now, I have 10MB down/2.0 up with very low jitter with Wicklow Broadband. Fantastic!

Wow those speeds are impressive! Thinking of joining WBB now. Coverage looks good for the house, we can see the mast from the upstairs window

What price plan are you on, might I ask? 12MB or 9MB??