Imagine LTE Rural Broadband

Ultimanemo wrote: »

Imagine never had 5G and most likely "never will".
They are lying
They have LTE "4g".

Apparently it's suppose to be a newer technology to 4g. They said they'll carry out a speed test prior to installation. I'll report back if or when it happens.

So, my router and receiver were replaced this morning, the engineers also connected me to a high site that's closer to me, and so far it's been a significant improvement. Have been testing throughout the day since 9am and getting consistently above 30Mb, highest being 70Mb.

Thought I'd share the experience. Pleasantly surprised by this, but will need to see if it keeps up, I remember when I first signed up in 2016, I had great speeds for about a week. No new contract signed either, which is a relief, I was a wee bit worried they'd make me sign one, NBI will be rolling around my area early next year, so I will want to ditch Imagine for that sweet sweet FTTH.

AH2016 wrote: »

It was county Longford. They kept fairly tight lipped on how long things take

I'd say once they've surveyed it, they'll be able to tell you how long it will take. Like they need to figure out how many poles will need to be installed, where your fibre cabinet will be etc.


Interesting that they knocked your house and told you they were surveying though. When they were surveying my place, they didn't come near my house!

Wing126 wrote: »

I'd say once they've surveyed it, they'll be able to tell you how long it will take. Like they need to figure out how many poles will need to be installed, where your fibre cabinet will be etc.


Interesting that they knocked your house and told you they were surveying though. When they were surveying my place, they didn't come near my house!

They had to come onto my property to survey the pole. The dogs were out at the side of the house so that is why they knocked.

LiquidZeb wrote: »

Hi lads, just wondering is the 1-7 am unlimited data still in effect? Thanks for any information.

Yes it is, I only got a reminder email about this last week

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Why is my multiplayer gaming giving me lag warnings? COD, battlefront etc etc. It’s everything, so it’s not just bad netcode for Modern Warfare (a game which is nigh on unplayable) This is a wired connection. Yet every speed test I run (wirelessly) gives me sub 20ms latency. Speeds up/down are also really good.

NAT type maybe?

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Nat is moderate, but I don’t know how to change that anywhere either system or game wise. I remember it was two button presses on the Xbox ... when I was with other providers. I’m just not seeing an option anywhere to switch to open. Is this an imagine thing Do I need to do open ports etc? I’m fairly clueless here.

Yeah, you'll likely need to call imagine because they keep the admin side of the router to themselves until ye contact them. The user side has limited options open to them.

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Why is my multiplayer gaming giving me lag warnings? COD, battlefront etc etc. It’s everything, so it’s not just bad netcode for Modern Warfare (a game which is nigh on unplayable) This is a wired connection. Yet every speed test I run (wirelessly) gives me sub 20ms latency. Speeds up/down are also really good.

NAT won't matter what is your ping to the host for the game? I'd try pinging the host if you can get it's ip for a good number of packets and not the standard three.

ARGINITE wrote: »

NAT won't matter what is your ping to the host for the game? I'd try pinging the host if you can get it's ip for a good number of packets and not the standard three.

You can see your ping in call of duty if you go in to options while playing a game this is on the xbox 1

You need to open up the ports as well makes a big difference

Jjjjjjjjbarry wrote: »

I have Vodafone 4G home broadband which is a life saver and was tempted by adverts of Imagine in my area to switch as they have unlimited downloads (great incentive) as well as boasting higher speeds, perfect for gaming etc.

I work from home and a bit nervous about switching after reading a few pages here. Better the devll you know and all that.....

Anyone else switch from Vodafone 4G and think it was worth it?

Hi, could I ask you the reverse question - i.e. I'm being pulled away from the city for family reasons and have a need for not-too-intense OneDrive / Dropbox use. Like, I'd regularly be working with 20mb files or more on and off in email attachments. Not huge, I know, but stilll....


The 4G was good for that kind of thing? I'm likely to have only Imagine or a 4G service as an option where I'm heading.

Living in Clare outside Ennis and I work from home, I have great speeds in the morning but can drop down to as low as 5-12 mb in the evenings. I now have a FTTH line passing the door and I wrote to customer care 7 days ago to find out about cancelling the service or if they can mach eir's 150mb at 30 euro/month or 1Gb@55 euro/month but have not had a reply since, imagine that!

joujoujou wrote: »

5G with Imagine? They do not provide 5G yet, just LTE.

The fine print says it's 5G ready 🀦*♂️