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What's vodafone mobile broadband like?

  • 16-08-2014 2:21pm
    #1
    deink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭


    I'm living in Galway at the moment and was thinking of getting one of the pay as you go contracts with the USB you plug into your laptop. What are the speeds and ping for it here like? Does it slow down at certain times of the day or that?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    No one can tell you, it can vary from one end of the street to the other. All MBB connections slow at peak times like early evening but vodafone is often hit less than more oversubscribed services like 3.


  • #3
    jay93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭jay93


    Vodafone is quite fast in all areas that I have used my phone and mobile broadband if you can get 4G it would be really good. Check the Vodafone map online to see if you are in 3G dual carrier coverage this will give you speeds up to 42Mb/s although I have only seen around 20Mb/s in my area on dual carrier on 4G I get between 30-50Mb/s.

    All depends on your area though you could get way less than what I could I'm in Meath.


  • #4
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    I'm with both THREE and Vodafone.

    Lately, my Vodafone connection stops responding quite often... makes browsing seriously annoying when pages keep acting as though there's no connection.


  • #5
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    BeerWolf wrote: »
    I'm with both THREE and Vodafone.

    Lately, my Vodafone connection stops responding quite often... makes browsing seriously annoying when pages keep acting as though there's no connection.

    Three has been more off than on here tonight and thats quite normal, I can't get vodafone but those that I know that do have a far more reliable connection, but thats a generalization and I'll stick by my first post in that you can't say for sure.


  • #6
    jay93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭jay93


    I have found 3 to be the slowest and worst in lots of areas it's mostly because they offer unlimited data to customers it's overloading a network that doesn't have much capacity.. The only time you get a good speed on 3 is in the middle of the night.


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  • #7
    deink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭deink


    Thanks for the replies, gonna get a week or two's credit and see how it goes.


  • #8
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    deink wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies, gonna get a week or two's credit and see how it goes.

    tbh thats the only way to try any of the MBB providers out.


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