3 broadband

Riderlad

I just loggged on to my 3 account and i see that the download limit has increased from 15gb to 25gb, is anyone else seing this or is it just me? they shafted me last month 70euro for goin over the limit.

breathn

The rumors were it was supposed to increase in July but better late than never.

Are you NBS or a different plan?

Riderlad

Just the standard 15gb for 20euro a month plan

Fracture

i just signed up for to them for the 20 quid package, i dont be downloading much anyway, do you if its any good for gaming?

Riderlad

Its ok for gameming when it works, but it can be a bit ''moody'' sometimes a be as slow as diahorea sliding down a letterbox

TVMANIAC2

Somebody working for 3 told me it's 25GB for customers covered by the NBS, 15GB cap otherwise. He was trying to sell it though. Also told me it would be '40Meg speeds by the end of 2012', to which I asked 'for each user in a sector?' The answer went along the lines of 'no, but 1.6 Megs minimum is always guaranteed' -- again, something I'd take with a grain of salt to be honest, particularly if it gets oversubscribed. Probably something I shouldn't have asked in the first place! The way I figure though, the words 'guarantee' & 'mobile "broadband"' just don't mix!

This site should provide details on who is covered by NBS and who isn't:
http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Communications/Communications+Development/National+Broadband+Scheme.htm

breathn

My NBS has been upgraded to 25GB.

Scorpion Sting

I hope my plan has been upgraded to 25 GB because I had to pay 70 euro extra last month cos I went way over the usage limit.

ToadVine

I still have my original 15gb allowance. Maybe it'll increase next billing period?

According to http://www.three.ie/nbs/ ...

Highlights

• Only €19.99 per month.
• A massive 25GB usage allowance.
• You don't need a landline.
• With 95% population coverage, we're Ireland's largest high speed network.
• Because it's mobile, you can use 3 Broadband on the move.
• Free technical support.

Fracture

I just got my dongle thing today in the post, its so slow its a joke, i use the internet for gaming mostly and its worse than i could have possibly imagined.

watty

ToadVine wrote: »

I still have my original 15gb allowance. Maybe it'll increase next billing period?

According to http://www.three.ie/nbs/ ...

Highlights

• Only €19.99 per month.
• A massive 25GB usage allowance.
• You don't need a landline.
• With 95% population coverage, we're Ireland's largest high speed network.
• Because it's mobile, you can use 3 Broadband on the move.
• Free technical support.

• Technical Support is in India
• You can't reliably use it for VOIP
• The latency is totally unstable and unsuited to Gaming
• It's not always on*
• It will randomly disconnect and lose all your sessions*
• It may not connect at all, it's a Wireless Dial-up on the Mobile Phone Network*
• It's an "up to" Speed, not a Package Speed, so actual speed can be 0.05Mbps to 3Mbps
• Voice (regular handset calls) has priority and capacity is shared with them.
• The only contention control is coarse via Cap as it's Mobile.
• We call it Broadband, but no official statistics of EU or OECD do. It's Midband.

3's NBS contract with Government sets:

• A fixed maximum contention
• Always on
• Latency < 120ms
• Speed > 1.2Mbps

None of these parameters can be guaranteed by 3G/iHSPA.

TVMANIAC2

watty wrote: »

• Technical Support is in India
• You can't reliably use it for VOIP
• The latency is totally unstable and unsuited to Gaming
• It's not always on*
• It will randomly disconnect and lose all your sessions*
• It may not connect at all, it's a Wireless Dial-up on the Mobile Phone Network*
• It's an "up to" Speed, not a Package Speed, so actual speed can be 0.05Mbps to 3Mbps
• Voice (regular handset calls) has priority and capacity is shared with them.
• The only contention control is coarse via Cap as it's Mobile.
• We call it Broadband, but no official statistics of EU or OECD do. It's Midband.

3's NBS contract with Government sets:

• A fixed maximum contention
• Always on
• Latency < 120ms
• Speed > 1.2Mbps

None of these parameters can be guaranteed by 3G/iHSPA.

Funny thing is the Government NBS must be able to fine 3 if they don't adhere to these specs, which are surely impossible for any mobile network to commit to? (unless lots of users disappeared, or many more masts appeared). The potential fines must just be small change for a company like 3 to have contended for the contract in the first place. Just seems like a waste of taxpayers money to have funded 'broadband' initiatives this way.

watty

The Government wouldn't tell me what penalty clause there is. Or how exactly Analysis Mason will audit it. That's secret.

I suspect the penalty is that they don't get the subsidy for that particular mast if more than NNN people complain.

Three was obligated under their 3G licence to do this size roll out ANYWAY! So they get some subsidy to do what they were going to do and maybe put some masts in a few place that they might not have.

It's primarily a phone network.

Helium

Wonder have many had their data allowance in NBS areas upgraded yet.
Suppose i'll know in two weeks if mine is.
15 gb seems too disappear fairly quickly even without downloading too much.

Dean820

How do you know if you're on NBS or not?

watty

If it's an NBS area you should demand an NBS contract.

see http://bing.bizmaps.ie/threeireland/Pages/Public/NBSPublicPage.aspx

Dean820

watty wrote: »

If it's an NBS area you should demand an NBS contract.

see http://bing.bizmaps.ie/threeireland/Pages/Public/NBSPublicPage.aspx

Just checked, I'm not but kind of wish I was now. (chuckles)