Imagine LTE Rural Broadband

d31b0y · 29-09-2018 5:38pm

Yep, all great here still. 50+ Mbps during the day / evening. 150+ Mbps at night.

Fichtl · 03-10-2018 11:58am

Does the 20GB allowance definitely reset at midnight, i.e. could I do a lot of downloading between 11pm and midnight and then have it reset again for the next day? Also, do Imagine allow you to monitor usage throughout the day or how do you monitor it?

Thanks

amadablam · 03-10-2018 12:33pm

Fichtl wrote: »

Does the 20GB allowance definitely reset at midnight, i.e. could I do a lot of downloading between 11pm and midnight and then have it reset again for the next day? Also, do Imagine allow you to monitor usage throughout the day or how do you monitor it?

Thanks

Im with them a few years but the 20GB resets at midnight however, depending on who you talk to in customer support, you have a 50 GB floating allowance each week on top of that and many times I have downloaded very large game updates after midnight and they haven't impacted my 20GB daily allowance.

They had a customer portal to show usage, which wasnt real time anyway and doesnt seem to be available currently.

Previously you got an email from them when you went over 15GB as a warning, I haven't received those in a long time either.

They dont seem to be overly strict on the daily usage but do throttle at times.

Consistency isnt something they are good at on any level

morgana · 03-10-2018 1:09pm

I haven't had any usage warnings in many months, the online usage portal has been offline for at least 6 months if not more, and I recently downloaded ESO which is a hefty 60 gig download during the day without any issues. However, I would usually not get even close to the 20 GIg daily limit. I can track my daily traffic on my own router.

deadl0ck · 03-10-2018 2:25pm

morgana wrote: »

I haven't had any usage warnings in many months, the online usage portal has been offline for at least 6 months if not more, and I recently downloaded ESO which is a hefty 60 gig download during the day without any issues. However, I would usually not get even close to the 20 GIg daily limit. I can track my daily traffic on my own router.

Yeah - I haven't had a warning in a LONG time - I suspect they are gonna either up the limit officially or even remove it at some point

km79 · 03-10-2018 4:03pm

Let’s just not talk about it

Ardrageen · 05-10-2018 12:42pm

I live around 400m away from my nearest neighbours . I have noticed that if walk outside my house I can not detect my imagine signal with my laptop, yet I can detect my neighbours signal inside my house. How come my neighbours signal is so powerful. Some sort of booster?

Since the neighbours signal started showing up about a month ago my own connection has gotten really bad, its keeps dropping, it will stay connected for 1 minute and then drop for a minute all day long. Maybe its a coincidence?

9726_9726 · 05-10-2018 2:28pm

Ardrageen wrote: »

Since the neighbours signal started showing up about a month ago my own connection has gotten really bad, its keeps dropping, it will stay connected for 1 minute and then drop for a minute all day long. Maybe its a coincidence?

Looks like their router in on the same channel as yours. Use an Android phone to suss out the best channel and change yours.

https://www.howtogeek.com/197268/how-to-find-the-best-wi-fi-channel-for-your-router-on-any-operating-system/

Ardrageen · 05-10-2018 2:49pm

thank you for the suggestion. I will try it later tonight

Ardrageen · 06-10-2018 10:04am

Looks like Imagine will not allow you to log on to their router to change channels.

I can log in to what I thought was my neighbours internet connection using my password. So its probably not my neighbours connection at all. I must have two. This sounds unusual but maybe it is normal.

xxyyzz · 06-10-2018 12:39pm

Ardrageen wrote: »

Looks like Imagine will not allow you to log on to their router to change channels.

I can log in to what I thought was my neighbours internet connection using my password. So its probably not my neighbours connection at all. I must have two. This sounds unusual but maybe it is normal.

You can turn off the WiFi on the imagine router and then use your own seperate router as a bridge which you have full access to the wireless settings on. Just plug a network cable into the imagine router and plug the other end into the wan port on own router.

SkepticQuark · 06-10-2018 8:45pm

Another **** night. 30mbps+ all day until 6pm, sub 6mbps since. My 4G on the phone is actually faster....

KOR101 · 07-10-2018 10:43am

Ardrageen wrote: »

Looks like Imagine will not allow you to log on to their router to change channels.

I can log in to what I thought was my neighbours internet connection using my password. So its probably not my neighbours connection at all. I must have two. This sounds unusual but maybe it is normal.

I was bit surprised that you were picking up a signal inside your house from a house 400 meters away. Keep posting. I'm curious.

robbiep958 · 07-10-2018 10:24pm

If ye cant log into the router then why dont ye factory reset the router .. There must be some button on the router to do this .. After that there should be a default password that the manufacturer provided that should work

vidapura · 08-10-2018 12:05pm

Ardrageen wrote: »

Looks like Imagine will not allow you to log on to their router to change channels.

I can log in to what I thought was my neighbours internet connection using my password. So its probably not my neighbours connection at all. I must have two. This sounds unusual but maybe it is normal.

Ehh I think the router broadcasts on two bands.. 2.4 and 5Ghz.
You can choose which one to use for various reasons...

https://www.howtogeek.com/222249/whats-the-difference-between-2.4-ghz-and-5-ghz-wi-fi-and-which-should-you-use/

Hope that helps
vida

amadablam · 08-10-2018 3:18pm

vidapura wrote: »

Ehh I think the router broadcasts on two bands.. 2.4 and 5Ghz.
You can choose which one to use for various reasons...

https://www.howtogeek.com/222249/whats-the-difference-between-2.4-ghz-and-5-ghz-wi-fi-and-which-should-you-use/

Hope that helps
vida

Depends on the router but a lot of the Huawei LTE routers (especially the older ones) supplied by Imagine are only on 2.4mhz band.

Ardrageen · 09-10-2018 8:22am

Thank you for the ideas and suggestions. As you can tell from my questions I am clearly not an expert but I have learned a few things over the last couple of days.

So I have 2 WiFi networks, a 5G WiFi network which has higher max attainable speeds, but the range will be more limited, and a 2G network with less speed but greater range. So I can choose between the 2 networks depending on the needs and positions of my different devices. Sorry if this is obvious to most of ye but it was news to me.

I contacted Imagine and they have updated my WiFi settings on my router. It seems to be dropping less now and I had consistent speeds of 10Mbps last night during peak times instead of my normal 2Mbps so there was definitely an improvement.

Fatal Except1on · 12-10-2018 4:11pm

I'm just sick of this shower. 3-4mbps during peak times. Any kind of saturation and latency goes into the 1000s. Battling with them but they say there isn't a problem.

SkepticQuark · 12-10-2018 4:37pm

Fatal Except1on wrote: »

I'm just sick of this shower. 3-4mbps during peak times. Any kind of saturation and latency goes into the 1000s. Battling with them but they say there isn't a problem.

You'd have a better time at this stage lobbying government to ensure a National Broadband Plan takes place.

Ultimanemo · 12-10-2018 5:55pm

Fatal Except1on wrote: »

I'm just sick of this shower. 3-4mbps during peak times. Any kind of saturation and latency goes into the 1000s. Battling with them but they say there isn't a problem.

Which mast is that ?.

vidapura · 13-10-2018 12:23pm

Ultimanemo wrote: »

Which mast is that ?.

All of them I'd say...

Crap here in Oranmore last night during the european rugby matches.. barely 3mbps... practically useless...

40Mbps right now but I'll bet by the time the Munster match starts it'll be pathetic again.

But who am I complaining to ? Its not like Imagine are listening or give a damn.

vidapura · 13-10-2018 12:27pm

Ultimanemo wrote: »

Which mast is that ?.

All of them I'd say...

Crap here in Oranmore last night during the european rugby matches.. barely 3mbps... practically useless...

40Mbps right now but I'll bet by the time the Munster match starts it'll be pathetic again.

But who am I complaining to ? Its not like Imagine are listening or give a damn.

They've the ultimate scam set up really.. use 1890 numbers for tech support.. be sh*t*...and watch the money roll in...

Pelvis · 13-10-2018 12:49pm

vidapura wrote: »

They've the ultimate scam set up really.. use 1890 numbers for tech support.. be sh*t*...and watch the money roll in...

1890 numbers don't generate revenue, they actually cost money to have.

alec76 · 13-10-2018 1:32pm

Pelvis wrote: »

1890 numbers don't generate revenue, they actually cost money to have.

What’s the purpose to have it ? Surely every customer would prefer regular landline number ?

Marlow · 13-10-2018 1:42pm

alec76 wrote: »

What’s the purpose to have it ? Surely every customer would prefer regular landline number ?

http://www.saynoto1890.com/faq/

https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/comreg-calls-time-on-1850-and-1890-number-36039552.html

/M

irishfeen · 18-10-2018 10:37pm

Service getting steadily worse from Bweeng mast, restarting the modem used work most of the time to bring back up the speed a few Mb but not that doesn’t make a difference. If wireless forms part of the NBP then I’m going to explode..

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/2898826244

9726_9726 · 19-10-2018 12:08am

irishfeen wrote: »

Service getting steadily worse from Bweeng mast, restarting the modem used work most of the time to bring back up the speed a few Mb but not that doesn’t make a difference. If wireless forms part of the NBP then I’m going to explode..

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/2898826244

Man, that is a lot of money for that. What are your options?

Gonzo · 19-10-2018 1:59pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Service getting steadily worse from Bweeng mast, restarting the modem used work most of the time to bring back up the speed a few Mb but not that doesn’t make a difference. If wireless forms part of the NBP then I’m going to explode..

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/2898826244

Peter Casey thinks that the NBP should be entirely made up of wireless 4g. I think he needs to sit down and look at the last 10 pages of this thread to see why wireless should not be let near any broadband plan.

Wireless is mostly rubbish, because companies like Imagine know that most of there customers have no other choice and oversubscribe it for maximum profit.

Marlow · 19-10-2018 2:37pm

Gonzo wrote: »

Peter Casey thinks that the NBP should be entirely made up of wireless 4g. I think he needs to sit down and look at the last 10 pages of this thread to see why wireless should not be let near any broadband plan.

He also needs to sit down and analyze the last NBS and what the result of that was. And then look at all the Three NBS posts in the Midband section.

Why on earth does he want to repeat the last failure, that fixed nothing.

/M

tsue921i8wljb3 · 19-10-2018 2:39pm

Marlow wrote: »

He also needs to sit down and analyze the last NBS and what the result of that was. And then look at all the Three NBS posts in the Midband section.

Why on earth does he want to repeat the last failure, that fixed nothing.

/M

He's a complete irrelevance. I only referenced him to laugh at his opinion.

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