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Help Broadband crap

  • 17-08-2017 6:29pm
    #1
    fennor72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭


    Hi we live in the country in Westmeath and are currently with 3. The broadband coverage is putting it politely crap, very slow and keeps dropping. We are currently out of contract so we were wondering if we have any alternatives. We were on the old national broadband scheme and I've tried meteor and Vodafone in the past but couldn't get a connection. The telephones line is also no good we are too far from the exchange.
    Has anybody any experience of satellite broadband? Is it any good? Or is it still expensive?
    Any suggestions please


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  • #2
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    fennor72 wrote: »
    Hi we live in the country in Westmeath and are currently with 3. The broadband coverage is putting it politely crap, very slow and keeps dropping. We are currently out of contract so we were wondering if we have any alternatives. We were on the old national broadband scheme and I've tried meteor and Vodafone in the past but couldn't get a connection. The telephones line is also no good we are too far from the exchange.
    Has anybody any experience of satellite broadband? Is it any good? Or is it still expensive?
    Any suggestions please

    Check for fixed wireless providers that cover your area.
    (I don't have a link at present)

    Satellite is not suitable IMO.


  • #3
    fennor72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭fennor72


    Johnboy1951 wrote:
    Check for fixed wireless providers that cover your area. (I don't have a link at present)


    I've checked with eir and our line isn't broadband enabled. So that option is out. Why is satellite not suitable


  • #4
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    fennor72 wrote: »
    I've checked with eir and our line isn't broadband enabled. So that option is out. Why is satellite not suitable

    Do a search for

    "fixed wireless broadband providers"

    and see if any of them service your area.

    Satellite is not suitable for many reasons ..... one of which is latency and another is data caps.


  • #5
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Check for fixed wireless providers that cover your area.
    (I don't have a link at present)

    OP here is the link he was looking for - drop the marker on your house and tick the Wireless ISPs option, it'll show you who might provide coverage to you.
    http://irelandoffline.org/map/
    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Satellite is not suitable IMO.

    +1 Satellite is the worst form of midband (it's not broadband) - I had it for a while and it was utter total and complete shyte. It's expensive, has stupid data caps, latency is a pain and it doesn't work when it rains ... and what do we get a lot of in Ireland?

    I'm on Fixed Wireless since at 3 down 1 up and it's pretty much bullet proof. YMMV.


  • #6
    ACLFC7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 290 ✭✭ACLFC7


    fennor72 wrote: »
    Hi we live in the country in Westmeath and are currently with 3. The broadband coverage is putting it politely crap, very slow and keeps dropping. We are currently out of contract so we were wondering if we have any alternatives. We were on the old national broadband scheme and I've tried meteor and Vodafone in the past but couldn't get a connection. The telephones line is also no good we are too far from the exchange.
    Has anybody any experience of satellite broadband? Is it any good? Or is it still expensive?
    Any suggestions please

    Try "Imagine". https://www.imagine.ie

    It's much better than mobile broadband or satellite.


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  • #7
    fennor72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭fennor72


    ItHurtsWhenIP wrote:
    OP here is the link he was looking for - drop the marker on your house and tick the Wireless ISPs option, it'll show you who might provide coverage to you.


    Thanks for that. Using the link I see
    we are in the coverage of ripplecom. I've never heard of them is anyone signed up with them?


  • #8
    fennor72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭fennor72


    ACLFC7 wrote:
    Try "Imagine".


    I've tried but not in their area


  • #9
    ItHurtsWhenIP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭ItHurtsWhenIP


    fennor72 wrote: »
    Thanks for that. Using the link I see
    we are in the coverage of ripplecom. I've never heard of them is anyone signed up with them?

    Ripplecom are the one of the biggest wireless operators in the country. There are poor reports on here about their customer service, but you're very unlikely to have people coming on just to praise them.

    I think they have data limits too, so be sure to check these out, but if they're the only one covering you, give them a call and find out if they can actually hit your house with a signal.


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