National Broadband Ireland : implementation and progress

On ethernet?

The evasion about the previous mention of wifi makes me quite certain it is both wifi and either badly configured, 2.4ghz, or both. Or an ancient -g or -n card in an ancient laptop.

This is a "500mbit" NBI connection on wifi; but set up properly with a high quality router. I'm on an island, we're not allowed order >500mbit.

I should complain, I'm meant to get 50mbit upload :p

I bet you this is a WiFi/device issue. Connect via ethernet and your problems will go away. The only way to test the line is by cable.

That’s on WiFi

I could go to the far end of my house and have no WiFi at all,should I call my provider and complain the internet is down ?

No because I’m not that silly

You aren’t aware that 2.4G WiFi is not half as fast as 5G WiFi and that neither are making the most of your connection in the way an Ethernet cable connection directly to the modem

Now you know

You could maybe try contacting the NBP customer service -

Email - broadband@ccs.gov.ie

Or your local broadband officer -

https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-rural-and-community-development-and-the-gaeltacht/publications/broadband-officers-contact-list/

Eir do not offer that Gomo package on NBI

Lads were down the road yesterday clearing out the last bit of duct between me and the end of the old Eir rollout, said they had an 800m run to do. 200m of overhead work still to do to bring it from the end of that run to my house, they reckoned the other lads that do the fiber runs should be out today to send it up the bit they cleared out. There's some new poles up but none from the end of the run to my house yet, obviously no DPs in sight yet.

Yer man was sound and showed me the map of it on his phone, shows 2 different routes coming to my house from the end of the run for some reason, one that follows the old copper lines and another one that would be new. They reckoned it could be Christmas before its done, feckin figures I'd be right at the end of the rollout.

The dp’s are up on my poles but very few of the linked providers are allowing online pre order

Some of them are priced ridiculously

Sky are doing 500 mb for €27.99 now but will that be like sub 400 in the real world?

It's still €30pm through NBI afaik. It should be 500Mb most of the time on a wired connection.

Pure Telecom 500Mb through One Big Switch is €30pm for 12m.

Virgin Media 500Mb is €35pm for 12m with €105 bill credit on Switcher.ie.

You'd have a few options instead -

Virgin Media 1Gb + Home Phone with free calls to landlines & mobiles at €43pm for 12m.

Digiweb 1Gb + Home Phone with free calls to landlines & mobiles at €44.95pm for 12m. €54.95pm out of contract price.

Move the home phone number to a standalone VoIP service, they could provide an ATA to connect to the router.

Use WiFi Calling on your mobile instead on Three, eir, Vodafone, GoMo, Clear Mobile or Sky Mobile. WiFi SMS should work on eir, GoMo and Sky Mobile.

Sky cold called me today and offered me just the €30 500mb product

The rep hadn’t heard of the €27.99 offer 🫪

He also wanted to sell me standard TV for €25 pm

My brother got it for €18 last week

I said I’d think about it but wasn’t impressed so I rang virgin

They’ve a bundle offer,so I ordered 2gb fibre,loaded tv,Sky cinema,Netflix,multi room and 2 repeater modems for €70 for 12 months,which I think is a very good deal?

I was able to order over the phone but not on the web,how long now @The Cush do you think it might be before NBI will be out?

Virgin are sending their gear out via DPS straight away,will the crew acting for NBI connect the Virgin modem,will it be WiFi 7 ?