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Ditch the landline - rural area - options?

  • 04-03-2011 2:27pm
    #1
    gingernut79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭


    I'd love to bin my landline. I really only have it for the broadband BUT I'm not in a 3G area. There seems to be a mind boggling array of products for mobiles / mobile broadband - are any of them actually any good? My mobile contract is up next month so I could switch to whichever network could give me a good broadband alternative. Obviously it would also have to cost less than a landline ~ €40 pm.

    Thanks :)


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  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    If you're not in a 3G area, then any 3G mobile network product is going to be useless to you since you can't avail of it. No mobile product can compare to DSL, so ditching DSL in favour of 3G would be a bad move. Your only option outside of the land line is probably a fixed wireless operator.


  • #3
    gingernut79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭gingernut79


    yeurgh


    thought as much:mad:


  • #4
    DoesNotCompute
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭DoesNotCompute


    gingernut79 wrote: »
    I'd love to bin my landline. I really only have it for the broadband BUT I'm not in a 3G area. There seems to be a mind boggling array of products for mobiles / mobile broadband - are any of them actually any good? My mobile contract is up next month so I could switch to whichever network could give me a good broadband alternative. Obviously it would also have to cost less than a landline ~ €40 pm.

    Thanks :)

    Try www.callcosts.ie

    Are you in a UPC area?


  • #5
    MASTER...of the bra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 411 ✭✭MASTER...of the bra


    Stick your address in to three.ie (02 don't seem to have this on their site)and they will tell you if they cover your area. If they do then I'd imagine O2 do aswell.

    It's not gonna be super fast.....1 to 2MB, I don't know what your needs are.
    You can get 15GB (month) allowance for €20 with O2, or for €26.24 you can get 30GB with 3(month).


  • #6
    gingernut79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭gingernut79


    I'm only getting 3MB at the moment, before it was 2 and before that 1, cant say I noticed much change for the kind of usage I have. My area does seem to be covered by three, obvious advantage that it leaves the house with you if you need it to. Thanks
    :)


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  • #7
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Net1 may be in your area. http://www.net1.ie/images/general/coveragemap.jpg

    http://www.net1.ie/pages/?title1=packages


  • #8
    gingernut79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭gingernut79


    no net1 here. doesnt look like it would be any cheaper than the landline.


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