does anyone have the new meteor hotspot broadband to go?

alanhiggyno1

hi ppl just wondering has anyone got this too as i got it today and im very impressed by the download speeds im getting.im getting a very steady 550kps compared to ****ty eircom ngb for 50 a month and this costs 30 a month with unlimited usage.only thing is i have to buy a wireless adapter for xbox to go live.im very impressed so far.anyone else getting these great speeds..

jor el

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

and this costs 30 a month with unlimited usage

It's most certainly not unlimited, so read the fine print there. Meteor's limits are either 20GB or 30GB, depending on your contract and rate. The charges for going over the limit are extremely punitive too.

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

only thing is i have to buy a wireless adapter for xbox to go live.

3G internet is not suited to gaming. Latency is a major issue, and can not be resolved. A wifi connection can suffer interference too, which may effect gaming even more.

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

im very impressed so far.anyone else getting these great speeds..

That can change in the blink of an eye. There's no telling how long this may last.

alanhiggyno1

Well on my contract with my iPhone included I get unlimited and my speeds are 5.50 compared to Eircom ****ty 8mb ngb when all I was gettin was 3mb

jor el

They say unlimited, but it is not. There is a definite limit there.

Kensington

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Well on my contract with my iPhone included I get unlimited and my speeds are 5.50 compared to Eircom ****ty 8mb ngb when all I was gettin was 3mb

The "unlimited" mobile internet add-on is limited to 10GB per month. You are charged for usage outside of 10GB.

William Powell

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

....im getting a very steady 550kps compared to ****ty eircom ngb .....

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Well on my contract with my iPhone included I get unlimited and my speeds are 5.50 compared to Eircom ****ty 8mb ngb when all I was gettin was 3mb

550kps is not the same as 5.50Mbps

So which it

550Kbps = 0.55Mbps = 0.07MBps

Coms speeds are nearly always measured in the smaller unit the bit.

Small b = bits

Big B = Bytes

8bits=1Byte

Amalgam

[rubs crystal ball] I predict.. a future thread of outrage and disbelief.

William Powell

Amalgam wrote: »

[rubs crystal ball] I predict.. a future thread of outrage and disbelief.

You can't argue with Mystic Megabit

alanhiggyno1

so u tell me if this this is good or bad for meteor hotspot.....

alanhiggyno1

if u ask me that is brilliant than paying 50 odd euro for eircom ****e.also i get unlimited usage if i sign my iphone over to bill pay for 20 a month.so my total is 40 a month..and works on my xbox without any lag issues so if u want good bb look into meteor as u can try it for free for 7 days.

Amalgam

Your Meteor connection is entirely normal, same as mine, what other members are trying to warn you about is that there is no such thing as 'unlimited' access with Meteor, using the midband\mobile network, at the moment.

Keep an eye on your bandwidth use, otherwise you'll get one hell of a nasty shock (€€€€€) when your next bill is due.

William Powell

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

so u tell me if this this is good or bad for meteor hotspot.....

Thats grand, if it was me I still wouldn't swap it for a fixed line half that speed. Its good today and could be very good for a long time but if Meteor try to increase their market share with some "Unlimited at half of nothing" mobile offer they won't be putting up more masts to keep your speed up so that very nice 4.44Mbps has far more chance of going down rather than up.

If you think its a good offer then so will other people and they'll all be sharing that up to xxMbps bandwidth with you.

alanhiggyno1

dont matter to me im still downloading blu ray films in under 90 mins which is way better than eircom and checking my usage since yesterday and all is very well on a 50 gb allowance.happy days for me i think..did i mention meteor upgraded the mast a 2 miles from me too:D:D

el diablo

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

dont matter to me im still downloading blu ray films in under 90 mins which is way better than eircom and checking my usage since yesterday and all is very well on a 50 gb allowance.happy days for me i think..did i mention meteor upgraded the mast a 2 miles from me too:D:D

You're the first person I've heard of who's happy with Meteor's Mobile Broadband service. I had an absolutely horrible experience with them.

alanhiggyno1

its most likely where u are living as im very happy with it

el diablo

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

its most likely where u are living as im very happy with it

I live in a heavily populated part of Dublin and most of the time I was getting no better than a weak (one bar signal strength) 2G signal.

alanhiggyno1

el diablo wrote: »

I live in a heavily populated part of Dublin and most of the time I was getting no better than a weak (one bar signal strength) 2G signal.

still hasnt let me down anyway.im still getting brilliant speeds all day long.pity i didnt get i b4 i got ****ty eircom

el diablo

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

still hasnt let me down anyway.im still getting brilliant speeds all day long.pity i didnt get i b4 i got ****ty eircom

Do you work for Meteor? :P

alanhiggyno1

el diablo wrote: »

Do you work for Meteor? :P

Jesus I wish any job now this minute like everyone else

Shane732

el diablo wrote: »

You're the first person I've heard of who's happy with Meteor's Mobile Broadband service. I had an absolutely horrible experience with them.

I'm happy with it.

DubDJ

Meteor is a great Mobile Broadband provider.



I used to get over 6MB/s at my old address. Only 3 bars of 3G signal where I am now.

However i've never heard of them offering an "Unlimited" plan for their broadband. My only problem with them is their 30GB limit is pretty low.

Three now offer 60GB but I don't want them as a provider from past experience.

beartooth

Meteor Hot Spot in Dublin 12

ryaner012

i dont have the hotspot i have one of the regular dongles, but was going to get the hotspot so i can play xbox live

still i am getting decent speeds,

i dont use it to down load. just stream videos so it work out fine

jay93

Indeed Meteor's network is amazing i tried out there mobile BB before and got over 4Mb/s during the day it even hit the full 7Mb/s at night which i've never seen on O2,Vodafone or 3

3 have become so awfully slow this past week or so with all there unlimited data offers their network used to be so fast here not anymore tough:rolleyes::rolleyes:

-=al=-

el diablo wrote: »

You're the first person I've heard of who's happy with Meteor's Mobile Broadband service. I had an absolutely horrible experience with them.

I was pretty content with meteor payg midband and getting speeds like the one above most of the time if not all of the time, but I swapped to 3 bill pay to get the 3g router and 30gGB data allowance (as aposed to meteors 7.5GB a month) so when the contract is up in a few months ill throw a meteor bill sim in the router. I seem to get a better meteor service than 3 here... In saying that the 3 service isn't that bad here either, but the router is on the roof ....pings usually about 70-90ms, lowest speed is about 1.5Mb, highest about 5Mb and uploads usually over 1.5Mb



Anyways, watch the data limits with your brand spanking new broa mid-band service




+ 3's service is not getting helped with them offering free contracted iphones to every tom dick and harry, then extending the offer... they're jam packing their network. I most definitely will swap to meteor bill after 3's contract is up 30GB a month is grand for me at least