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New Irish owned mobile phone company called just mobile

  • 18-08-2010 07:08PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭


    Hi
    Two guys Stuart and Donal are launching a new Irish owned mobile phone company called "Just mobile".
    http://www.justmobile.ie/
    I've searched their website and a few other threads on boards but I can't seem to find which network they are hoping on. (They are an MVNO)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    this is being covered in the eircom spb thread already ;)

    there is no clue of what network their gonna leech off


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    did anybody watch the video on the site?

    . . .makes you wonder if they'll be selling expensive, weirdly flavoured icecream too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    i like their site though :)

    lets hope its not all talk and no action


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,020 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 285 ✭✭Plebs


    Looks more like a bleeding edge marketing experiment than anything else.

    You need huge capital to enter the mobile phone sector. Even as an MVNO.

    It's good though. Personally, I hate how patronising all the big players are with their advertising message.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


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    true...what ive been looking for right now is free texts and call to same network with being able to buy decent internet add ons on PAYG..this has been implemented in so many countries at low prices even but not here...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,089 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    fair play to them

    wish them the best of luck


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,020 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,425 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    This post has been deleted.

    I'm looking for pretty much the same thing as most it seems - on Meteor payg with free Meteor calls and texts, suits me fine as most of my friends are on Meteor, but I spend 90% of my credit on their 99c a day internet offer, despite usually only using 5mb or so, if they had a 250mb add on I wouldn't even need to consider moving


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Prabhu Deva


    Plebs wrote: »
    Looks more like a bleeding edge marketing experiment than anything else.

    You need huge capital to enter the mobile phone sector. Even as an MVNO.

    It's good though. Personally, I hate how patronising all the big players are with their advertising message.

    its a balls really, it should be as easy as buying a few 100e worth of stuff off ebay and putting an antenna on your roof if you want to start a mobile phone company

    but unfortunately the very nature of how GSM, 3G and LTE are designed means its almost exclusively a game for the big boys

    if it wasn't a requirement that you bribe some government officials to get a 'license' to run a phone network i'd give this a go http://openbts.sourceforge.net/


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 285 ✭✭Plebs


    its a balls really, it should be as easy as buying a few 100e worth of stuff off ebay and putting an antenna on your roof if you want to start a mobile phone company

    but unfortunately the very nature of how GSM, 3G and LTE are designed means its almost exclusively a game for the big boys

    if it wasn't a requirement that you bribe some government officials to get a 'license' to run a phone network i'd give this a go http://openbts.sourceforge.net/

    Not really, the design of a reliable, high-performance network is best left to the professionals.

    Meteor have invested millions in shaking off their "poor performance" image. I can imagine how much they'd have to spend if they had openbts's on the windowsills of open source volunteers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 74 ✭✭Prabhu Deva


    Plebs wrote: »
    Not really, the design of a reliable, high-performance network is best left to the professionals.

    Meteor have invested millions in shaking off their "poor performance" image. I can imagine how much they'd have to spend if they had openbts's on the windowsills of open source volunteers.

    o rly? I never knew meteor had a 'poor performance' image and never had any problems with them either

    i would imagine such a network wouldn't have any millions to spend and until everyone and their dog was running a BTS people would only use it with a spare handset or dual sim phone to make cheap/free calls

    if you just leave everything to the professionals you'll just spend the rest of your days getting ripped off


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 285 ✭✭Plebs


    o rly? I never knew meteor had a 'poor performance' image and never had any problems with them either

    i would imagine such a network wouldn't have any millions to spend and until everyone and their dog was running a BTS people would only use it with a spare handset or dual sim phone to make cheap/free calls

    if you just leave everything to the professionals you'll just spend the rest of your days getting ripped off

    What kind of reliability, bandwidth and latency would you expect from an ad-hoc, community-managed wireless network based on cobbled together hardware?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭standardtoaster


    They're going to using the Vodafone network!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,581 ✭✭✭JTMan


    Anyone any information on when they will launch? or what their 3G data tariff will be?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Fungus wrote: »
    Anyone any information on when they will launch? or what their 3G data tariff will be?

    There launching this week I think and you can only get them in Spar. No 3G either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,581 ✭✭✭JTMan


    No 3G :( Forget it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭jay93


    Their site gives no info on price plans or anything not very helpful to be honest and i doubt it if they will be using vodafone as they already have postfone and 3 using there network and also their own customers if it is going to be vodafone that they will be using would this not overload the vf network with the large volume of calls and data going tru it as it is ? ? does anyone actually have any info on these guys where you can get sims etc??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭long_b




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭LevelSpirit


    Fungus wrote: »
    No 3G :( Forget it.

    I agree.
    What use is a phone without 3G these days.

    Whats needed is DATA PACKAGES that compete with the existing networks.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    Won a Samsung E2120 off their FB page last week, a few people have won iPhone 4/HTC phones too.

    Have signed up for free sim card when it launches so we'll see.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,845 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    Cant say Im very impressed by a mobile phone company whos website cant be accessed from a ............mobile phone :-S


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 gunslinger1987


    Won a Samsung E2120 off their FB page last week, a few people have won iPhone 4/HTC phones too.

    Have signed up for free sim card when it launches so we'll see.


    And I won The iPhone :)
    Great piece of kit!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,406 ✭✭✭✭justsomebloke


    And I won The iPhone :)
    Great piece of kit!!!

    hopefully it is not network locked, cause if it is it will be a lot less useful with no 3g data


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 gunslinger1987


    Using it on O2 for the moment...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    hopefully it is not network locked, cause if it is it will be a lot less useful with no 3g data

    Samsung was unlocked to all networks too :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭fbradyirl


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    That was increased to 500MB a few weeks ago (€5 on 3Pay).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,020 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭fbradyirl


    It's a pretty good deal now. Not sure if any other pre-pay deals can top it for data.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,020 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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