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    #32
    ct5amr2ig1nfhp
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    Can't fault them around Dublin for 4G.

    Around the country, I think the 3G is pretty good as well. Check out their 4G coverage map on the eMobile/Metoer webpage. As always I would recommend you get a PAYG SIM card to test the signal where you most frequent. Unfortunately you won't be able to test the 4G just yet on PAYG, only the 3G.

    You'll always read posters saying X or Y is a good provider. You need to do some tests yourself to be sure.

    I was with Three Ireland for years but I found their network coverage to be only "OK". It was only until I moved that I realised what real coverage should be like!


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    #33
    Bob24
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    Laura Powerful Businessman wrote: »
    Can't fault them around Dublin for 4G.

    Around the country, I think the 3G is pretty good as well. Check out their 4G coverage map on the eMobile/Metoer webpage. As always I would recommend you get a PAYG SIM card to test the signal where you most frequent. Unfortunately you won't be able to test the 4G just yet on PAYG, only the 3G.

    You'll always read posters saying X or Y is a good provider. You need to do some tests yourself to be sure.

    I was with Three Ireland for years but I found their network coverage to be only "OK". It was only until I moved that I realised what real coverage should be like!

    Thanks for this feedback. Yes unfortunately can't really test it without signing a contract, but it's not too big a deal as I want to go for 30 days sim only anyway; so easy to move back to O2 if I am not happy.

    I was actually happy enough with the service on Meteor (in Dublin) but moved to O2 a few month ago for their 7.5gb pre-paid plan. I'd say signal strength and indoor coverage on O2 is better, but they might have oversubscribed their data network and neglected it after the news if the Three takeover, which shows in busy areas (and more annoyingly they seem to be traffic shaping audio streaming which breaks online radios).


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    #34
    allen175
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    This is on Three back in January just after they launched it, it was done indoors about 200m away from the nearest mast.

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    #35
    ct5amr2ig1nfhp
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    Have O2 launched a 4G network yet? Or are they waiting to see what happens with Three?


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    #36
    Bob24
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    Laura Powerful Businessman wrote: »
    Have O2 launched a 4G network yet? Or are they waiting to see what happens with Three?

    To my knowledge O2 have just been experimenting with 4G in smalls areas around Dublin, but don't have an actual offer yet (and have indeed probably put their deployment on hold until the Theee thing is clarified).

    Problem is that at the same time they started offering fairly generous data bundles on prepaid for a reasonable price, which I took advantage of but I think are putty even more pressure on their network (or which they probably also stopped investing, even to improve 3G performance)


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    #37
    Walkman
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    4G speed in Dublin City centre this evening with Three


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    #38
    beauf
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    Bob24 wrote: »
    ...they started offering fairly generous data bundles on prepaid for a reasonable price,...

    Which bundles do you mean?


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    #39
    Bob24
    Registered Users Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    beauf wrote: »
    Which bundles do you mean?

    Their "Freedom Internet" prepaid plan. When you topup 20 euros, you get 7.5GB of data for 10 euros (and keep the other 10 euros for other things).

    By the way by "fairly generous", I meant compared to what the largest networks (Voda and O2) have been offering in the past; not saying it is the most generous offer on the market.


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    #40
    boardzz
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    Vodafone in Galway couple of days ago.


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