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Mobile Phone Repeaters to be Legalised
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/broadband-and-mobile-phone-coverage-set-to-improve-in-rural-areas-under-new-plans-905803.htmlThe new national mobile phone coverage map is set to go live in the coming weeks, and ComReg have designed an interactive map where users will be able to punch in their eircode to learn which network has the best signal in their area.Mobile Phone & Broadband Taskforce 2018
Action 31
ComReg to publish on its consumer website a composite national coverage map, outlining telecoms operator coverage information.
Progress Made in 2018
The availability of a composite national mobile coverage map is a significant milestone for the Taskforce. For the first time, mobile users can access coverage data from all operators in a single place. This will allow consumers to make more informed purchasing decisions and further supports the handset testing work completed by ComReg in 2018.
ComReg appointed an IT consultancy company following a tender process to deliver the mobile coverage map. Updated data was provided by Mobile Network Operators in late October and early November 2018. A test version of the Map was released to mobile operators with 4G data in December 2018.
In Q4 2018, ComReg released a coverage map with all 2G, 3G and 4G data to mobile operators and comments were provided in January 2019. ComReg is now working to go live with the map before the end of February 2019.
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The new national mobile phone coverage map is set to go live in the coming weeks, and ComReg have designed an interactive map where users will be able to punch in their eircode to learn which network has the best signal in their area.
That should give me interesting results, as none work inside to date here.
In some spots outside I can get a bar or two, but no doubt with an aerial up on the roof all would be good.
Not worth the effort so far
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Johnboy1951 wrote: »In some spots outside I can get a bar or two, but no doubt with an aerial up on the roof all would be good.
Not worth the effort so far
Definitely worth the effort, my brother did this a few years ago and indoor reception has been excellent so far.0 -
This was a desktop study and not a real mapping exercise so its practically useless unfortunately.0 -
Indeed, that map failed a quick test of a known Eir/Three signal blackspot - I checked Carrick (Co. Donegal), a nearby village for Eir 2G coverage:
It gives fair for Eir 3G. For the Three network, it gives fair for both 2G and 3G in that spot.
Not only do I not get a signal, here's a network search standing outside roughly at that red marker:
Vodafone is the only network with a cell in or near that village.
As for the repeater, I have the StellaDoradus 900MHz model and it's well worth it, especially for services that rely on SMS for 2-factor authentication. The ComReg coverage map shows my house as having "Good" coverage on the Three 2G and 3G network, but in reality I had to drive about 1km for a Three signal to pick up SMS messages, by which time the session would timeout.0 -
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