Anyone use Ripwave from irishBroadband.com?

Im2Lazy · 2005-11-23 15:13:33

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone here uses "Ripwave" from Irishbroadband.com as I was considering getting it & wanted some positives or negatives from people who've used it. Have been using Eircom Broadband but want to get rid of the phone line. Thanks

23-11-2005 04:13PM

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Im2Lazy

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Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone here uses "Ripwave" from Irishbroadband.com as I was considering getting it & wanted some positives or negatives from people who've used it.

Have been using Eircom Broadband but want to get rid of the phone line.

Thanks

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#2 23-11-2005 04:18PM

Stephen

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I've heard a lot of horror stories about ripwave. Have a look on the broadband forum, there's usually an IBB thread going on it: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=259

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#3 23-11-2005 04:21PM

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This would be better in the broadband forum: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=259

The general consensus is to steer well clear of IBB at the moment. See the IBB complaint thread stickied at the top of the broadband forum.

Edit: Damn my slowness. I blame uh... Stephen!

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#4 23-11-2005 04:42PM

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i had ripwave and i'll tell you, dont bother with it. works about 20% of the time and when it does it is CRAP, not evwen good for browsing, just too unreliable. go with breeze, i have had it nearly a year and i love it, no problems, ive had about 5 hours downtime in 1 year, maybe even less then that

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#5 23-11-2005 04:50PM

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Moving to bb...

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#6 23-11-2005 05:04PM

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My brother got it and had difficulties with it's reliability so I borrowed it to see if it would work for me. It wouldn't even sync and I have LOS to the 3 rock mast from my bedroom window... go figure.

TC

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#7 23-11-2005 05:59PM

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get out while you still can

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#8 23-11-2005 06:00PM

Im2Lazy

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Hi Guys,

Thanks a lot for all the replys, it's given me some food for thought.

Sorry for posting this query in the wrong section.

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#9 23-11-2005 06:10PM

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stay away from that company at all.

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#10 23-11-2005 06:13PM

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I was very happy with Ripwave at the start. Impressed...

But now, even though I hate Eircom and hated paying line rental, I am getting annoyed with the speeds that IBB Ripwave offers.

The connection doesn't drop, it is it just getting slower and slower to a point below ISDN speed.

I have never had a little green light on the front of the ripwave modem and it has never fully gone up to a pure broadband speed..

Only thing I want to do is surf the net etc..and I make/receive all my calls on my mobile..

Ripwave suits at the moment and will keep it while my order for proper broadband processes.

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#11 24-11-2005 04:34AM

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Jesus i wish people would read all of the threads on IBB
before asking a stupid question like that.

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