GoMo Fibre Broadband €29.99pm for Life

Hi all.

Have a question.

I'm currently with Digiweb with fibre broadband which comes through eir open fibre network to our house.

Just signed up to new contact with Digiweb few months ago but after signing up ,got email from gomo offering gomo fibre broadband and did a check and can get there gomo broadband.

Have 9 months left on current contract with Digiweb. Has anyone left Digiweb lately to see how much they charge to terminate contract early. Ai Google says have to pay remaining amount left which is 9 months. Some where else days 55 euros and 100 euros so Abit confused. Thanks

yes that’s on the order page.

But it’s the wording that’s misleading. It states 49.99 a month, and also Once Off Charge €49.99. No need for “per month” here. Or otherwise it should state the actual €29.99 a month.

Misleading and confusing to some I would think.

Yes I’m more astute than that myself. Just pointing it out in case anyone else is confused and panics.

I don't think anything happens until the 14 day cooling off period has elapsed.

I used my Pure UAN when signing up and I haven't heard anything from them yet, my 14 day period ends this Friday 29th I'll probably hear from them after that.

I was on Gomo chat this morning, and they confirmed they sent the cancellation request to Virgin. They are 100% happy that it will be cancelled, but it will be down to Virgin when they actually do it and contact me to return the equipment.

I'm an old guy now and not really used to this chat lark! I found it a tad frustrating, to be honest. I eventually got my answer and will just have to get used to it 😉

Do any of you know what the procedure is for returning equipment to Virgin?

Had an eir contractor/ engineer do a pre install ffb survey on behalf of Vodafone on my home last year while I was a customer of theirs with Vodafone fibre to the kerb.

The install wasn’t feasible as at the point where copper cable/duct enters my home inside front door there was no wall space to fit fibre termination boxes and more importantly no electrical outlets to power fibre units.

Having had time to look for alternatives I think the only feasible solution is to intercept duct on my lawn and divert it to side of my house this would involve approximately digging 4m of lawn plus 1m of footpath.

Question is has anyone had a ffb install where this type of work was carried out by eir/GoMo contractor to complete installation. I would definitely go for the GoMo ffb offer if they were willing to do the work required.

Thx

I'm delighted this swapping malarkey is behind me, too. Hopefully, we can sit back and forget it for life, provided one is in their forever home, of course.

I know all the financial people recommend switching all types of providers to save a few bucks, but I don't care what anyone else thinks; it is just a pain in the ass.

Me since 1986 😊

How do you manage to get it for less than a week.

I'm waiting to get a cable installed at my desk to make my PC wired

I took this speed test on wireless after the install.

Wireless Speeds on a fibre (FTTH) 500Mbps Line.

On wireless, expect 300 to 450 Mbps for downloads and 30 to 50 Mbps for uploads. Wireless speeds are nearly always slower than wired connections due to physical barriers, device limitations, and network congestion.

Your exact wireless speeds will depend on several variables:

· Download/Upload Speeds: While your 500 Mbps connection is capable of speeds up to 500 Mbps, your upload speed is entirely determined by your ISP's package. In Ireland, 500 Mbps fiber packages typically feature upload speeds of 30 Mbps to 50 Mbps.

· Wi-Fi Hardware: If you have newer wireless standards (like Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7) on both your router and your device, you are more likely to achieve 450+ Mbps. Older devices will cap out at much lower speeds.

· Distance & Walls: The closer you are to the router in an open, line-of-sight space, the faster your speeds will be. Speeds drop significantly when passing through walls, floors, or heavy furniture.

· Frequency Band: Using the 5 GHz band will give you maximum speeds, whereas connecting to a 2.4 GHz band usually tops out around 70 Mbps due to network congestion.

To verify your maximum line capability and ensure you are getting what you are paying for, plug a laptop directly into your router via a Cat 5e/6 Ethernet cable and run a Speed Test.

I ordered it online on a Tuesday evening the modem arrived on the Thursday and I connected it up, all was good until Saturday evening when it slowed to a crawl becoming unusable, rebooted the modem and it was fine until the following Tuesday when it did the same thing. Feck that for a caper, I took the modem off, reconnected the Pure router to the OpenEir ont and all was perfect. Later that day I rang cancelling the service, job done 👍

Mixed results there. I'm still on an old expensive VM plan but Need it to be reliable for WFH. This gomo looks a bit too good to be true.

Just curious, does your ISP show up as GoMo or eir?

eir

Like many here, I swap providers yearly.

Otherwise you pay through the nose.

I'll be well happy to see the end of those shenanigans.