Internet Providers,Ferrybank

anplaya

well do any of ye know whos the best internet provider in Ferrybank, UPC not included,thanks

wmpdd3

That leaves a dongle or eircom, slow and expensive respectively

anplaya

no other choice,UPC aint out that way unfortunately

Media999

Eircom is your only hope at non crap BB so.

anplaya

ye for the prices they want its either pay it or have no bb.

S28382

Try imagine they have good service

anplaya

S28382 wrote: »

Try imagine they have good service

ya sure,how much did it cost you?

shebzie

We have imagine here and the deal we got was good half price for year it works out at €22 a month and u get house fone for that aswel

S28382

Yeah we are with them aswell and we never have any problems, their speeds are no where near UPC but the service is good

anplaya

do ya have to pay the 100e connection fee?

S28382

anplaya wrote: »

do ya have to pay the 100e connection fee?

Jesus i actually dont remember if we did that was 2 yrs ago im full sure they say it on the website if you do

anplaya

yeah it says that and the top speed ya get is 10meg for 32e, others are 3meg for 25, 7meg for 21.50.thats sup to be half price,on all.

Media999

You sure theres no UPC? Only half of ferrybank must have UPC so.

anplaya

yeah not in that area,rang em earlier and they confirmed that,theres upc digital television but no broadband

Mooley22

You can get vodafone at home broadband in most parts of ferrybank

Junior

I would have thought you could get WiMax out that way ? Might be worth looking at instead of paying a connection fee for a landline you don't use.

anplaya

Junior wrote: »

I would have thought you could get WiMax out that way ? Might be worth looking at instead of paying a connection fee for a landline you don't use.

was told by rep its 150e connection fee for wimax

mecco

S28382 wrote: »

Try imagine they have good service

I read that as "try imagining that eircom have good service"

So it's going to be one of those days then!:o

Media999

anplaya wrote: »

yeah not in that area,rang em earlier and they confirmed that,theres upc digital television but no broadband

Sky are launching BB and phone soon. Might wanna wait until then and get the whole lot.

Im sure they will have a very good introductory offer.

Also relevant...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056738469

anplaya

Media999 wrote: »

Sky are launching BB and phone soon. Might wanna wait until then and get the whole lot.

Im sure they will have a very good introductory offer.

Also relevant...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056738469

yeah sound sky are out that way but so are upc,but theyve no broadband,maybe sky might not either?

Media999

anplaya wrote: »

yeah sound sky are out that way but so are upc,but theyve no broadband,maybe sky might not either?

Sky will go through Phone line. UPC goes through cable.

If you can get eircom you can get sky.

anplaya

nice one,any idea when sky will definitely be bringing out broadband?any ideas of cost?

Media999

Id say give them a ring and they might give you a date.

Theyre opening call centre in a couple of weeks. Id imagine they will launch shortly after. Cant see them employing 100s and not having work for them.

My advice would be dont sign any contracts with UPC until you get confirmation of a date.

I can basically guarantee they will have a very sweet offer. Theyre entering a market thats already saturated. Theyre also British which is the most competitive broadband market in the world. Sky in UK gives free BB and phone with TV (all they pay is line rental). Imagine that in Ireland.

Or

Go for the half price TV on the very basic package if you need TV right now. Less than 20 a month i think.

Then they will put out a good offer for their 600k existing that you take up.

anplaya

rang sky, theyre laying the cable at the moment or so the say,earliest itll be available is after new year.that could be anytime sure.

Media999

anplaya wrote: »

rang sky, theyre laying the cable at the moment or so the say,earliest itll be available is after new year.that could be anytime sure.

Thats just someone talking nonsense. There using Eircoms network like they use BTs in the UK. People you talk to in sky now never dealt with BB and were never trained in it so its the luck of the draw getting info.

If you need TV now go for the half price sky as in 12 months youll have the free dish with free stations to keep and more options at least. 12.50 a month cant be beaten by UPC.

Hard to know with the BB as even a few weeks without it feels like a few months. Im gonna say if your desperate go with Eircom for the BB if you use it a lot. Get a 12 mth contract and change when it ends.

Stokolan

What about Digiweb?

Jambo

anplaya wrote: »

no other choice,UPC aint out that way unfortunately

From experience UPC dont know where their network is in ferrybank due to some address recording issues in their system.

A family member had dtv but was told they could not have broadband as their area was not cabled and was working from a local mmds distrobution box, we told them it was , drew them their cable network on a google map overlay based on memories of them working in the area , and a week later they came back and said we were right , a few days later broadband and phone from upc was installed.

Media999

Jambo wrote: »

From experience UPC dont know where their network is in ferrybank due to some address recording issues in their system.

A family member had dtv but was told they could not have broadband as their area was not cabled and was working from a local mmds distrobution box, we told them it was , drew them their cable network on a google map overlay based on memories of them working in the area , and a week later they came back and said we were right , a few days later broadband and phone from upc was installed.

Thats crazy!

How could the engineers not realise that only a couple of people in an estate have BB and they never get called out? Work dodgers probably

Id say it was like speaking to a wall trying to get it sorted.