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Vodafone Data Donabate

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  • 25-06-2017 9:11pm
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    jeffk
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    At The Flavors of Fingal in Newbridge House today and went from E to no data,pages wouldn't load etc

    Is this normal??

    I went to Vodafone thinking their the best network, wont get black spots(especially not in Dublin)


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    GIMP
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    Coincidentally I was there today too, I am with Meteor and their network was lousy too, nearly impossible to make calls, multiple attempts and data was very slow too.


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    jeffk
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    GIMP wrote:
    Coincidentally I was there today too, I am with Meteor and their network was lousy too, nearly impossible to make calls, multiple attempts and data was very slow too.


    Funny herself not being tech minded said maybe it's because of all the people here trying to use it. Maybe she was right

    Great time for Virgin etc to blitz the event with free Wi-Fi, vans ,advertising etc. Works out, people think about using them going forward


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    ED E
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    Sectors facing west from the center of Donabate, normal load maybe 100 UEs, load today? Im guessing several hundred?


    Try visiting Bray next weekend, then during the airshow. Totally normal.


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    jeffk
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    ED E wrote:
    Try visiting Bray next weekend, then during the airshow. Totally normal.


    I did last year and don't remember these issues,not sure on network,maybe virgin media


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    Paulw
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    Newbridge house is in a bit of a blackspot for phone coverage. It is just at the edge of range for the cells in Donabate itself, for data. Call and SMS service should have been alright though.

    Fingal Co Co did request signal boosters for the event, to deal with volume, but the operators said that because there was almost no data coverage there already, a booster wouldn't be of much use, without further infrastructure.

    So, combine that with the volume of people, it meant that there was almost no data service in the park. :eek:


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    ED E
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    jeffk wrote: »
    I did last year and don't remember these issues,not sure on network,maybe virgin media

    Last year on Three it was impossible to make calls. At least at the centre of the seafront.


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    jeffk
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    ED E wrote: »
    Last year on Three it was impossible to make calls. At least at the centre of the seafront.

    Some people dont use a phone as a phone anymore ;)


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