GoMo Fibre Broadband €29.99pm for Life

Had my installation today and this is a WiFi speed test. Very happy with that. I don't think I'll need the booster.

Put the VF router back in, same results.

But its not the same as eir BB. Eir is a full reatil service, that also comes with things like human support and static IP if needed. Gomo is a fixed service offering, essentially a no frills version of eir including digital only support.

For the average user this will be more than adequate. But this is still a good thing and hopefully it spurs more competition.

@MrSing in the fast.com test image it can be seen that you have an IPv6 IP address. I'm not sure if GoMo does CGNAT for IPv4 but if it does, that might explain what you're experiencing.

When I was a VM customer, every year after getting a new contract I needed to ask support over their chat to get IPv4 instead of DS-LITE and also configured their modem in bridge modeand used my own router with OpenWRT.

They may do similar to the mobile offering, as in, increase the price slightly but still offer it for life, they may offer a VOIP call option as their routers support it (they still have the Eir SIP profile on the FXS ports) this is locked down and not editable, I will log a support call to see if they can be unlocked so I can use it instead of my current ATA (not at all hopeful though).

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Gaming is being done here without any complaints, believe me Kidults can whine for Ireland, if there was anything wrong I'd be hearing about it.

Registered last week for Gomo fibre and had the install today.

Had actually still been using FTTC (VDSL) with Vodafone for years, at 50 euro per month. Might have been the last one in the estate to move to full FTTH but the VDSL suited fine for years. The Openeir engineer did a very neat install

It's behaving pretty reliably at the moment - the ONT works fine with my Unifi UDR using DHCP and VLAN tag 10.

No issues with XBOX gaming, and performance is reliably around 450Mb down / 50Mb up. Might need a few weeks or months to make a final impression but for now this seems to be really good value.

Finally got around to installing a new network cable from beside the ONT in the hall to my desk at the location I originally hoped to have the router installed, using two Keystone jack faceplates and back boxes. I now have the option to place the router in either location. I can now have a wired Ethernet connection to my Desktop regardless of which location the router is placed.

Desktop wired speed test at my desk via new cable:

Maybe someone here can help with a few questions.

I upgraded with Eir last year, they installed a line, drilled hole and put in a little box. They supplied a modem but at the time it would not connect with either my Chromecast or other WiFi plugs so I ended up plugging back in my old modem. It's been relatively reliable for streaming, fire stick etc.

If I change you gomo will they need to drill another line in?

Will they supply a different modem/router?

If they do supply a modem/router can I presume they operate on a 2.5g WiFi? That's what I think the plugs etc used as they wouldn't connect to the"new" modem which only had 5g WiFi (hence I went back to old modem)

Anything else I should be aware of making the switch?

You may gather I'm not that techie

Any info appreciated

An easier way is to create a new 2.4ghz guest network if you have problems, I've used that method with an oil tank monitor and it works perfectly. Also to guarantee that my laptop gets a 5ghz connection particularly when downloading torrents etc I also created a second 5ghz guest network.

The 3500 works fine on 2.4 GHz, you can name the networks differently or the same, I have an assortment of plugs, bulbs etc. in use and all working fine with the GoMo router (you could also just plug your old router into a LAN port of the 3500 and have both in play).

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