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Broadband availblility. what and where.

Coyote · 2003-05-10 19:59:05

The idea for and part of the info comes from the IrelandOFFLine sticky With thanks for Muck,(for original ISP info) Dustaz and the other mods and committee members of IOFFL ISP = Via netsource Name = SOHO Cost per month = €45 per month (plus €10 for Domain Name) + 21% vat Type = RADSL Speed = 512k/128k Download cap = No…

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#812 02-09-2009 9:58pm
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I taught eircom delayed most exchange upgrades last summer?? so i should be able to get 7mb speeds no problem? I'm on a 3mb tarrif at the moment but only can avail of 2mb

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#813 02-09-2009 11:38pm
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jessconr wrote: »

I taught eircom delayed most exchange upgrades last summer?? so i should be able to get 7mb speeds no problem? I'm on a 3mb tarrif at the moment but only can avail of 2mb

It might be all your line can handle.

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#814 03-09-2009 3:31pm
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I'm a student about to move in to a house on Upper Leeson St.

Does anyone have any recommendations for what broadband I should get and who I should call about it?

There will be 8 of us in the house, two of us are pretty heavy internet user...

Thanks

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#815 03-09-2009 3:35pm
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Dorce9 wrote: »

I'm a student about to move in to a house on Upper Leeson St.

Does anyone have any recommendations for what broadband I should get and who I should call about it?

There will be 8 of us in the house, two of us are pretty heavy internet user...

Thanks

Magnet all the way, you may be able to get FTTH.

http://www.magnetentertainment.ie/products/ftth.htm

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#816 03-09-2009 3:37pm
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cpu-dude wrote: »

Magnet all the way, you may be able to get FTTH.

http://www.magnetentertainment.ie/products/ftth.htm

Thanks cpu-dude, i'll check that out now...

What is FTTH?

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#817 03-09-2009 4:38pm
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Dorce9 wrote: »

Thanks cpu-dude, i'll check that out now...

What is FTTH?

Fibre To The Home - means Magnet will run fibre optic cabling to your house to provide your Broadband, you'll make people very jealous if you can get it because it's very limited.

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#818 03-09-2009 4:43pm
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cpu-dude wrote: »

Fibre To The Home - means Magnet will run fibre optic cabling to your house to provide your Broadband, you'll make people very jealous if you can get it because it's very limited.

How expensive is it though?

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#819 04-10-2009 12:34pm
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Dorce9 wrote: »

I'm a student about to move in to a house on Upper Leeson St.

Does anyone have any recommendations for what broadband I should get and who I should call about it?

There will be 8 of us in the house, two of us are pretty heavy internet user...

Thanks

hey Dorce9, just wondering if you got sorted with your bb or know whats available in the area... i've also moved into a place on upper lesson st and am trying to find out whats available in the area...

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#820 06-10-2009 10:35pm
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A mate has asked me to check a location, its Ballykenna, Tullougher, Co. Kilkenny.

Any WISP's in the area? Options?

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#821 06-10-2009 10:43pm
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PogMoThoin wrote: »

A mate has asked me to check a location, its Ballykenna, Tullougher, Co. Kilkenny.

Any WISP's in the area? Options?

Kilkenny, I'd say try Reach, Premier, Aptus ? Not sure who else might cover the area.

/M

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#822 06-10-2009 11:07pm
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Marlow wrote: »

Kilkenny, I'd say try Reach, Premier, Aptus ? Not sure who else might cover the area.

/M

None of their coverage maps cover the area

Edit, found Permanet, they cover the general area.

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#823 06-10-2009 11:50pm
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There is also Premier Community Broadband Services whom service large parts of Kilkenny.

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#824 07-10-2009 9:36pm
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Hi Peeps, Current on 1Mbps and getting 790kbps download, would like to improve this speed as the kids are playing online games and slowing everything else down... Is there any better option living in East Limerick of the Inch St Lawrence exchange..

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#825 09-10-2009 7:11pm
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Have a question. How do you find out what exchange you are on?

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#826 12-10-2009 10:00am
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bush wrote: »

Have a question. How do you find out what exchange you are on?

Its not too difficult, just use your phone number and pop it into a line checker. If you don’t have a phone number just use a pub/restaurant nearby (although this is not 100% accurate).

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#827 17-10-2009 5:51am
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Airwire has provisioned a new basestation for fixed wireless broadband in Clonbur, Co. Galway

Covered are areas in Clonbur that can see Lough Corrib, the Glan area, Oughterard, etc.

Our coverage map can be found here: http://www.airwire.ie/index.php/coverage

/Martin

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#828 22-10-2009 11:58am
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I've been told that I can't get broadband from UPC in cabra even though it states on the website that the service is provided there. Is it that they only cover certain parts of Cabra?

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#829 25-10-2009 1:53pm
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somedood wrote: »

I've been told that I can't get broadband from UPC in cabra even though it states on the website that the service is provided there. Is it that they only cover certain parts of Cabra?

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62690504&postcount=8

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#830 27-10-2009 5:01pm
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Calverstown is officially to come on line BEFORE end of 2009,I am unable to find out from Eircom whether this is on schedule or not, its very important to me that this happens but Eircom stays 'mum' on the subject

Has anyone out there any 'insider' info?

You could get info on how to make an atomic bomb a hell of a lot easier than get information from Eircom!!

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#831 28-10-2009 4:09pm
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Users in the north - the site www.broadbandfinderni.com allows searching by post code area. Handy to be able to do this.

Now if only we could get a postcode type arrangement going on in the south life would be a bit easier when searching for located realted services!

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#832 02-11-2009 3:54pm
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What is the fastest available and from whom ? I would even consider Business options ?

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#833 02-11-2009 4:24pm
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ROS123 wrote: »

What is the fastest available and from whom ? I would even consider Business options ?

Apparently eircom is there, which is not something I'd recommend. Other than that, i don't know.

Ireland clearly lacks of a site which lists broadband availability.

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#834 03-11-2009 10:53pm
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Some questions..

St.Margarets (Dublin)-New house not connected to phone line so i suppose i'll be getting wireles rather than paying for line connection

Can anyone recommend a wireless broadband provider that has a decent speed and not too expensive?

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#835 03-11-2009 11:03pm
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forkassed wrote: »

Some questions..

St.Margarets (Dublin)-New house not connected to phone line so i suppose i'll be getting wireles rather than paying for line connection

Can anyone recommend a wireless broadband provider that has a decent speed and not too expensive?

Imagine is supposedly going to be available in that area. I am not sure what to think of them as the product is new and not yet there: http://www.imagine.ie/wimax-splash/index.html

Otherwise, irish broadband depending on the contention you are ready to live with: http://www.irishbroadband.ie/products.php

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#836 03-11-2009 11:35pm
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Cheers

Ive just emailed digiweb & irishbroadband to see what they have to offer.

Will also have a look in to this

http://www.three.ie/broadband/3pay.htm

unless anyone has any bad feedback

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#837 04-11-2009 12:48am
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forkassed wrote: »

http://www.three.ie/broadband/3pay.htm

unless anyone has any bad feedback

Well I do. Tried three for a few days and their speed was about twice 56k... like 8/10kb which is not nice.

Also like most 3G solutions, you are capped to 10GB which is not a lot (and is added upload+download which in case of peer to peer would make a lot).

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#838 04-11-2009 2:17am
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frlinux wrote: »

Well I do. Tried three for a few days and their speed was about twice 56k... like 8/10kb which is not nice.

Also like most 3G solutions, you are capped to 10GB which is not a lot (and is added upload+download which in case of peer to peer would make a lot).

fair play,

thats that off the cards then

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#839 04-11-2009 2:31pm
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frlinux wrote: »

Well I do. Tried three for a few days and their speed was about twice 56k... like 8/10kb which is not nice.

Also like most 3G solutions, you are capped to 10GB which is not a lot (and is added upload+download which in case of peer to peer would make a lot).

Agreed! My sister tried this for a week or two and had to cancel the service due to the frequent, unpredictable connection drops (which often confused or hung the connection management program supplied by three, requiring it to be killed and restarted each time), badly fluctuating speeds (often down to lower than 56k) and generally poor operation. I think she tried Meteor as well and gave up quickly.

At least most of the operators seem to have upgraded their T&Cs on excess usage though: Three charge 5c per MB (for their 15gb plan - they claim a shocking 49c per MB for handset plans, that's about €500 per GB) and O2 and Meteor charge 2c per MB once you go over the limit; until recently Meteor charged 2c per KB (and confirmed on the phone even when I explained clearly the ridiculous costs this could incur) which equates to over €20 per MB, which is insane given that you can transfer a megabyte in a couple of seconds on a decent 3g connection, combining upload and download).

In any case, for broadband at home, the 3g offerings currently available are all very much inferior to DSL, cable and fixed wireless schemes (even the omnidirectional wireless packages from Imagine etc are better, provided they serve your area).

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#840 05-11-2009 9:51pm
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Looking for bb in maynooth, Kingsbury without phone line if possible.

Have Digiweb but caps are too low for the price and can't stay within them.

Tried UPC but told can't get them which I'm not sure is right, hopefully an idiotic sales person as there is already an NTL line in the house.

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#841 05-11-2009 10:10pm
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hey guys, Im on 3mb eircom, just lookin for fastest broadband in enniscorthy town, co.wexford, anyoen know what it is at the mo

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