Half Price Wimax and Phone

cojomo2

http://www.imagine.ie/wimax_bundles.html

Don't know how good/bad their service is now(my buddy had it about 2 yrs ago-terrible) but if it's any good , seems like a decent deal...half price for the full length of the contract(12 months)

thewintermute

Having dealt with these jokers in the past, you couldn't pay me to install their 'service'. Avoid. A quick scan around boards should appraise anyone of how good this service is.

lau1247

connection fees is €100.. yikes :eek:

Scottie99

They've been my provider for two years, Ive never had an issue with them.
Maybe I like my neighbours have been lucky:)

paddy147

I wouldnt use a wi-fi/wire free system

Its so easy for others to hack into and access the signal and you loose your internet speed.

paddyp

paddy147 wrote: »

I wouldnt use a wi-fi/wire free system

Its so easy for others to hack into and access the signal and you loose your internet speed.

:pac: I suppose you don't use a mobile phone either and drive a 1979 ford cortina

enviro

paddy147 wrote: »

Its so easy for others to hack into and access the signal and you loose your internet speed.

Any way of checking if that is the case?


I am an ex customer of Irish broadband aka Wimax and I switched to UPC about a year ago. All I can say is that UPC is a better all round service for the same money.

Cormac00

The ad caught my attention too, but I did a bit of googling and found this site: http://ratemyisp.ie/ratings/imagine/ which pretty much slates wimax, and has put me right off getting it.
Looks like I will be going back to UPC, despite their continued use of Craig Doyle.

http://ratemyisp.ie/ratings/imagine/

jmorrisey

Cormac00 wrote: »

The ad caught my attention too, but I did a bit of googling and found this site: http://ratemyisp.ie/ratings/imagine/ which pretty much slates wimax, and has put me right off getting it.
Looks like I will be going back to UPC, despite their continued use of Craig Doyle.

http://ratemyisp.ie/ratings/imagine/

Doyler looks like a thunderbirds character

paddy147

paddyp wrote: »

:pac: I suppose you don't use a mobile phone either and drive a 1979 ford cortina

No,but I am a telecomms engineer though.;)

Any half decent techy kid with a laptop in their bedroom can hack into the wi-fi/wireless broadband signals and rob your internet and slow down your internet access speed too.

Most average households dont realize that it can be done so easily too.

enviro

paddy147 wrote: »

I am a telecomms engineer though.;)

Good for you, please share your expertise... how do we check if this is happening and how do we protect ourselves from it happening?

paddy147

enviro wrote: »

Good for you, please share your expertise... how do we check if this is happening and how do we protect ourselves from it happening?

Theres certain security features on your PC/Laptop that you will need to activate/turn on in order to "secure" the wireless connection.

But even then,all it takes is a few minutes on a laptop in the area of your house,and you can still hack into the signal.

Im not going to say how to do it here,as that would not be fair or right,and that will be giving alot of people free internet access,at the expense of others.:(


best regards.

serarra

First thing. The "wireless" that wimax uses is not on the same frequency as "normal" wireless (2.4Ghz or the new 5Ghz)
So no, you cannot hack it with your laptop. You need another receiver.

Then,yes, you can. Anything can be hacked/cracked/stolen in this life, if the criminal puts enough time and effort, you can only make it more difficult for them, so is not worth it. But as with the cable modems, they only assign the ip based on the device mac address. And if they were able to get it (difficult without physical access to the device), you would loose your connection, you will not be sharing it.
So, protection on wimax? More or less the same as cabled. The only real protection would be fiber up to your door, but you don't get it. You get fibre to a central location.


Protection at home for the wifi?
Use at least wpa-2 with a good password. Not something like "myhousepassword" And create a mac access list, so only your authorized devices can connect. (There are still ways of getting the mac and cloning them, but put together this and a strong password, and is pretty difficult)
On top of that, tell your router to only assign a certain number of ips, or even better, no ips if they are not on the list, so you assign each device you have connected to your wireless (their mac) a static Ip address.
With this, you are pretty much as protected as you could (You could always create a second network to isolate wireless from your wired, use ipcop, or similar solutions, etc, but this is not for an advanced user, and you don´t really need that level of protection on a normal network (like installing a car alarm that reads your retina, and with proximity sensors, etc, possible, but do you really need it??)
And yes, I am a telecom's engineer as well.

spooky donkey

well if it is half price and that makes it cheaper than all other BB options then ask your self why, if somthing is too good to be true.........

paddyp

paddy147 wrote: »

But even then,all it takes is a few minutes on a laptop in the area of your house,and you can still hack into the signal.

If they have wps enabled on vulnerable router or your router has a known bug/exploit maybe.

If you have wps disabled and a truely random wpa 2 key of 12 digits or more using full ascii range then dictionary and brute force cracks are effectively useless even professional (expensive) multi gpu and cloud based services only offer 10 digit cracking.

So make sure your router is up to date, disable wps, use a proper random password and you can be sure that the perps will move onto you neighbour whos wpa password is their birthday/phone number/dogs name etc.

Regarding wimax most high frequency wireless technology it doesn't travel well through walls, trees, rain, fog etc. If your mobile phone is breaking up you go to a window /door or go outside. If you can put the wimax unit on a windowsill with a reasonably clear path to the transmitter and are within a couple of kilometers of same and your area is not over subscribed you can have decent service. All too often people dump the unit on their desk between the metal casing of the computer and the wall and give out about the speed. Modern homes will often have foilbacked insulation in the walls and/or foilbacked plasterboard which plays havoc with all radio signals.

omahaid

paddy147 wrote: »

No,but I am a telecomms engineer though.;)

Any half decent techy kid with a laptop in their bedroom can hack into the wi-fi/wireless broadband signals and rob your internet and slow down your internet access speed too.

Most average households dont realize that it can be done so easily too.

If the wifi network is setup to use WPA2 with AES and a good password then there is no known method of breaking this in any reasonable time.

Jesus Shaves

Stay away from WiMAX if you value your sanity!

RossieMan

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

Stay away from WiMAX if you value your sanity!

this is the word of the lord.
Amen.

keano_afc

A horrible crowd, with lousy broadband. Stay away at all costs.

paddy147

keano_afc wrote: »

A horrible crowd, with lousy broadband. Stay away at all costs.

Probably why the desperate TV ads have stoped chasing households and instead they are chasing after business,es now with their TV ads.


According to them...."Thousands of Irish Business,es trust Imagine Wimax".



Id love to see the real figures though.;):D

Onikage

The price for 3Mb used to to €30 and for 7Mb, €35. So this is really a (permanent) price rise disguised as a (temporary) cut.