Vodafone 3G to close

ED E

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S25423/02Proposed 23m Alpha 4.0 Streetpole Solution with antennas and ground equipment caPublic grass verge at Junction of R136 and, Katherine Tynan Road, Fettercairn, Dublin 24.21 Feb 202320 Jun 2023S25422/0718m Alpha 3.0 Streetpole Solution with antennas and ground equipment cabinet onFonthill Road South, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.06 Dec 202231 Mar 2023S25422/0618m Alpha 3.0 Streetpole Solution with antennas and ground equipment cabinet.Ballyroan Road, Butterfield, Dublin 1607 Nov 202210 Jan 2023S25422/24Proposed 18m Multi-operator Streetpole Solution and ground equipment cabinet onPublic footpath along Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.06 Oct 202219 Apr 2023S25421/1018m lollipop street pole with a 2.5m quadband antenna at azimuths 355°, 100°, 25Site located on the southside of the L1019, Red Cow, Dublin 2214 Jul 202214 Nov 2022S25422/08Proposed 18m Multi-operator Streetpole Solution and ground equipment cabinetPublic footpath at the junction of Sylvan Drive & Katherine Tynan Road (R838) Kilnamanagh Dublin 24, adjacent to Kingswood LUAS stop27 Jun 202224 Oct 2022S25422/0418m Alpha 3.0 Streetpole Solution with Antennas and ground equipment cabinet.Greentrees Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 1206 Apr 202205 Aug 2022S25422/0515m Alpha 3.0 Streetpole Solution with antennas and ground equipment cabinet.Firhouse Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24.06 Apr 202205 Aug 2022S25422/00118m Alpha Lollipop Streetpole Solution with 2m Hexaband antenna and ground equipRoundabout Junction, Robinhood Industrial Estate, Walkinstown, Dublin 2202 Feb 202201 Jun 2022S25421/0615m Alpha 2.0 Streetpole Solution with 3.7m Alpha 2.0 Antenna and ground equipmeSt. Maelruan's Park, Oldbawn Road, Tallaght, Dublin 2401 Oct 202101 Feb 2022

S25421/1618m lollipop streetpole solution with quadband antennas and group equipment cabiLower Ballymount, Greenhills, Dublin 1203 Sep 202111 Jan 2022S25421/1318m Alpha 2.0 streetpole solution with antennas and ground equipment cabinet.Firhouse Road, Tallaght, Dublin 2430 Aug 202107 Jan 2022S25421/0118m free-standing streetpole with 1 alpha 2.0 shrouded antenna at azimuths 330°,Firhouse Road, Ballyroan, Dublin 1628 Jun 202118 Oct 2021S25421/0315m free-standing street pole with 1 alpha 3.0 shrouded antenna at azimuths tbc°Woodstown Shopping Centre, Ballycullen, Dublin 1607 Apr 202106 Aug 2021S25421/04Minor changes to the proposed solution of previosuly granted licence (S25420/03)Ballyowen Road, Co. Dublin07 Apr 202106 Aug 2021S25421/0215m free-standing streetpole with 1 alpha 2.0 shrouded antenna at azimuths 330°,Junction of Grange Park & Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 1624 Feb 202123 Jun 2021S25420/06Erect a 15 metre high slim Alpha 2 pole as part of street works along with assocBallycullen Avenue, Firhouse, Dublin 2423 Nov 202006 Apr 2021S25420/05Erect a 15 metre high slim Alpha 2 pole as part of street works along with assocWestbourne Lodge, Ballyboden, Rathfarnham, Dublin 1611 Aug 202004 Jan 2021S25420/04Telecommunications Streetworks SolutionSpiddal Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 1003 Jul 202005 Aug 2020S25420/01Installation of communications infrastructure under licence.Neilstown Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 2230 Jun 202019 Oct 2020

S25419/09Telecommunications street works solution.Junction of Templeogue Road & Cypress Grove Road, Templeogue, Dublin 6W20 May 202024 Sep 2020S25419/10Telecommunications street works solution.Deansrath, Clondalkin, Dublin 2211 May 202024 Sep 2020S25419/08Telecommunications street works solution.Tymon North, Dublin 2430 Apr 202024 Sep 2020S25419/04Telecommunications Streetworks SolutionKnocklyon Road, Co. Dublin24 Apr 202024 Sep 2020S25419/07Installation of communications infrastructure under licenseBawnogue Shopping Centre, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.24 Apr 202024 Sep 2020S25420/03Telecommunications Streetworks SolutionBallyowen Road, Co. Dublin08 Apr 202023 Sep 2020S25420/02Telecommunications Streetworks SolutionCheeverstown, Fettercairn, Dublin 2401 Apr 202023 Sep 2020S25419/06Telecommunications Streetworks SolutionSylvan Drive, Kingswood, Co. Dublin25 Mar 202024 Sep 2020S25419/03Telecommunications Streetworks SolutionOrwell Road, Templeogue, Co. Dublin10 Mar 202024 Sep 2020S25419/05Telecommunications Streetworks SolutionGrifeen Avenue, R136 Junction, Lucan, Co. Dublin06 Aug 201914 Sep 2020

S25419/02Installation of communications infrastructure under licence.St Peters Road, Greenhills, Dublin 1221 May 201920 Sep 2019S25419/01Installation of communications infrastructure under licence.Oldcourt Road, Ballycullen, Dublin 2414 Mar 201915 Jul 2019SD17A/0031Construction of telecommunications infrastructure comprising of a 15 metre multiGreen Acres House, Stocking Lane, Dublin 16.05 May 201731 May 2017

Thats just SDCC. Another 10 under Cellnex instead of Cignal.

GIMP

So the 3g close down seems to have ground to a halt! Uk is progressing as planned maybe a few delays, and news or updates regarding Vodafone Ireland?

Sunny!!

sky mobile launch delayed because of this I'd say maybe until the end of the year. In reality I would say Vodafone are planning of leaving Ireland.

RetroEncabulator

They're spending a LOT of money on their fibre broadband product offerings, including a major launch of a new TV service, complete with a ton of advertising. So, I doubt they're in any rush to leave.

Micky 32

I noticed Vodafone have being adding 4G to some of their old 3G poles. I didn’t think that was possible. The one I encountered is transmitting on Band 8 (5mhz).

Glaceon

Looks like they might have done an upgrade in south Drogheda recently. The 4G signal strength seems better and I'm now getting 102 down and 10 up, whereas I was getting about 10 down previously. Not sure about 5G as my plan doesn't support it. I was considering leaving Vodafone and was even trialling GoMo (who couldn't even get me 1 meg down on 4G or 5G at home sometimes!) but this has encouraged me to stay with Vodafone for the time being.

Cork981

Vodafone 5G really ramping up around Cork City. Travelled around the City today and had 5G pretty much everywhere.

Previously in Ballincollig I got around 30mb download on 4G. Today I got 1300mb download and almost 200mb up. That’s faster than my FTTH connection.

3G was still broadcasting everywhere I checked.

KildareP

They seem to be doing work in Kildare over the last few weeks.

3G has largely disappeared and the phone now moves around 2G, 4G and 5G.

Now though, where the phone might have previously moved to 3G in areas, it moves to Edge.

Phone calls aren't moving nicely from 4G/5G to 2G, dropping more often than not.

Made worse by the fact that journeys I would have easily had a 4G call the entire length now keeps trying to move down to 2G.

Steaming is difficult to impossible - music apps buffer a lot more while live radio times out every time the network dips to 2G Edge.

Was looking on UK forums where Vodafone UK have just completed 3G switchoff and there's a lot of complaints of similar issues with large pockets of reasonable 4G backed by excellent 3G now relegated to unusable 2G Edge only with no sign of 4G/5G equivalent coverage coming along to replace it.

GIMP

Good to hear your experience in Kildare, in my own area North Dublin 5g has popped up for the first time today but the signal is low 1bar and speeds are slow. We live very close to a 4g enabled mast so interesting to see if they upgraded the mast or not!

Quackster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121878135#Comment_121878135

I've actually noticed this on the train recently in that neck of the woods, more interruptions/buffering when listening to streaming radio due to gaps in the 4G/5G coverage that had previously been covered by 3G.

smilgy

Perhaps the wrong place to post this, but ill try anyway. Is there still any incompatibility of 5G phones with Vodafone? For example, I'm looking to buy an OPPO Find X3 Pro 5G, would this work with Vodafone on the 5G network? Currently have a OnePlus 7T, which is 4G only, and even VoLTE does not work on this phone with Vodafone, making phonecalls a bit of a pain.

KildareP

Travelling a bit through rural Ireland over Easter - all I can say is Vodafone have really let their network crumble in recent years now that 3G seems to be deprioritised or taken off air. Feck all 5G, very little 4G+ (mostly heavily congested single carrier 4G) and I've never seen as much Edge (or outright No Signal) since the early days of 3 and Meteor.

Meanwhile those two networks are absolutely wiping the floor with Vodafone.

Micky 32

They are taking the piss. They have been adding 4G to those old 3G monopoles. They are transmitting on band 8 from them. The ones i tested for speed are horrendous. 1-2mbs download.

dollylama

I believe Vodafone used ISDN circuits as backhaul for some of these 3G poles. Sounds like they replaced the radios but the pole is still on a limited backhaul

GIMP

I travelled Dublin to near Fermoy recently, streaming two kids tables was flawless tbf on motorway anyways. Once off motor way it was poor coverage mainly 3g in North Cork county rural area. So 4g isn't deployed in that area!

GIMP

Vodafone falling behind the other networks

https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/vodafone-rebuked-by-regulator-for-lack-of-5g-mobile-connectivity-in-southeast/a2109706962.html

KildareP

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121990555#Comment_121990555

Yes lots of E1 or ADSL2+ circuits feeding the very rural sites from the Eircell days - great in the days of 2G and 3G and often meant Vodafone reached many areas others couldn't (or wouldn't).

The problem for Vodafone now is Cignal have been closely following the OpenEir and NBI fibre to the premises rollout nationally and once full fibre rolls into a given area, one or more of their monopoles appear soon after, and you'll see an Eir or Three (often both) cell site spring up on it soon again after that. Whereas Vodafone appear to avoid using Cignal, probably seeing them as a competitor to their own sister tower company, Vantage.

I'm surprised they're putting 4G onto such sites though without upgrading the backhaul first - traditionally as I understand it they kept sites tied to 3G only because people naturally expected 3G to be slow anyway, and bandwidth starved 4G/5G cells would skew their respective rankings on Ookla and nPerf and the likes (which is how they've managed to stay ranking so highly despite 3 and Eir long outpacing them in coverage terms).

ED E

If glass isnt available I really doubt they're re-building a site. Be far better off finding the local ESB site to rig up. None of the new monopoles Ive spotted have point to point (some old ones do).