When will Ireland have 4G?

humbert · 17-07-2012 10:57PM

irish-stew wrote: »

From what I can see on that map, there is only bits that dont have 2G. Tiny patches around SW Donegal, Mayo, and Galway.

The white bits? Have you ever used 2g? It's only useful if you desperately desperately need to check your email. Web browsing (other than sites like boards which use very little bandwidth) is just not worth it.

For Forks Sake · 17-07-2012 11:00PM

delad wrote: »

Earlier today I spent 10 minutes waiting for a webpage to load up on my mobile on the train. Sick of it. :mad:

that is going direct to whitewhine.com

delad · 17-07-2012 11:14PM

I just read on rte that the government has announced a 2.5 billion bullsh1t stimulus package, and not one red cent is going towards upgrading our broadband and wireless internet infrastructure.

eth0 · 17-07-2012 11:19PM

Hopefully never. All the companies that would potentially be doing the roll out of 4G are scumbags of the highest order (mobile phone companies). I don't want to see those shaggers having the monopoly on internet in Ireland and being used as an excuse not to bring in proper fibre optic broadband everywhere. They'd have us all behind NAT with severely limited upload speeds, censorship and usage limits

America's 4G is our 3G

Capt'n Midnight · 17-07-2012 11:19PM

Have the telcos ripped off people enough to pay for the 3G licenses yet ?

4G is a marketing term

Expect more hype because the telcos will need to rip you off sell you more stuff to pay for the extra spectrum auctioned off because of the change to Digital Terrestrial TV

on a side note regarding marketing hype and mobile speeds

'ye canna change the laws of physics'

Seren_ · 17-07-2012 11:22PM

I can't get coverage in my bedroom at home to send a text, let alone go on the internet ;___;

peewee_44 · 18-07-2012 01:21AM

4G!!!! lets get 3G working right 1st

krudler · 18-07-2012 01:28AM

get job with google or microsoft, move to the states, enjoy ludicrous interweb speeds:

http://egglets.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Crazy-Fast-Internet-Speeds.jpg

LH Pathe · 18-07-2012 01:31AM

well I know I have four G.. count 'em!

Two, and three is four see? Now getdafugowt >

flyswatter · 18-07-2012 01:38AM

I heard recently we actually have some top notch network infrastructure available here but some bs I can't recall stops us from getting to make use of it.

Dravokivich · 18-07-2012 08:22AM

delad wrote: »

Earlier today I spent 10 minutes waiting for a webpage to load up on my mobile on the train. Sick of it. :mad:

Why aren't you using the WiFi?

suicide_circus · 18-07-2012 08:55AM

I don't see the problem, i can read boards.ie, email, FB , buy stuff and internet bank on my phone with zero hassle, streaming is a bit slow but not a big issue. Pretty happy with my service tbh and my broadband is grand too!

Banditoo MC · 18-07-2012 08:58AM

We are stuck in the dark ages i'm afraid when it comes to broadband. Actually come to think of it we are stuck in the dark ages for almost everything.

aidodo · 18-07-2012 09:08AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Have the telcos ripped off people enough to pay for the 3G licenses yet ?

4G is a marketing term

Expect more hype because the telcos will need to rip you off sell you more stuff to pay for the extra spectrum auctioned off because of the change to Digital Terrestrial TV

on a side note regarding marketing hype and mobile speeds

'ye canna change the laws of physics'

Pure nonsense, I've seen LTE in action. Speeds are fantastic. 80 Mbs on a crude network.

saiint · 18-07-2012 09:20AM

HELLLOOOOO
were in a RECESSION
do you understand that term?

Wetbench4 · 18-07-2012 09:24AM

forget 4g, im waiting for 5g:D

Mint Sauce · 18-07-2012 11:53AM

humbert wrote: »

The white bits? Have you ever used 2g? It's only useful if you desperately desperately need to check your email. Web browsing (other than sites like boards which use very little bandwidth) is just not worth it.

Yes I have used 2G. Only for talk and txt though, ie, what it was intended for for.

Although I'm thinking my point re some of the country not having 2G was totally missed. Meaning that some bits of the country cant even talk and txt (2G) (the white patches on the 2G map), let alone use web services (3G+).

garysully1986 · 18-07-2012 12:00PM

Just did a speedtest on my phone there.

galaxy s2 on o2.

2.5mb down and 1.1 up.

Thats not too shabby for 3g only.

ofcork · 18-07-2012 07:12PM

I got 7349kbps down and 1536kbps up on a htc one s on o2.

cocoshovel · 18-07-2012 07:57PM

I have Eircom NEXT GEN BROADBAND! They started rolling it out this time last year, and now instead of 2mb down, and 0.3kb up, I get 5mb down and 0.40kb up!

Pffft, UPC you say? Yeah well at least Eircom doesnt cut out and go down every few days.

bokkenspiel · 18-07-2012 08:53PM

are you mad? Theres still a load of rural ireland who cant even get mobile broadband let alone line broadband.

RUCKING FETARD · 25-07-2012 04:34AM

UK 4G auction to 'get under way' by end of 2012, but bidding won't start until 2013

Capt'n Midnight · 26-07-2012 09:20PM

RUCKING FETARD wrote: »

UK 4G auction to 'get under way' by end of 2012, but bidding won't start until 2013

4G? Pah! Boffins charge up the dial to 5G data EXTREME-band kit http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/24/80ghz/

starviewadams · 26-07-2012 09:32PM

cocoshovel wrote: »

I have Eircom NEXT GEN BROADBAND! They started rolling it out this time last year, and now instead of 2mb down, and 0.3kb up, I get 5mb down and 0.40kb up!

Pffft, UPC you say? Yeah well at least Eircom doesnt cut out and go down every few days.

Yeah,but they will still charge you €26 per month just for the privilege of having an Eircom phone line,even if you don't use the phone.

For €11 more you could have 25mb up and 2.5mb down with a 500gb usage limit with UPC,have it two years after switching from Eircom and have never had a single problem!

antodeco · 26-07-2012 09:35PM

cocoshovel wrote: »

I have Eircom NEXT GEN BROADBAND! They started rolling it out this time last year, and now instead of 2mb down, and 0.3kb up, I get 5mb down and 0.40kb up!

Pffft, UPC you say? Yeah well at least Eircom doesnt cut out and go down every few days.

I pay €80 per month for my landline, 200+ channels, 100mb broadband and no cap!

I then pay €35 per month on my phone for 45,000 any networks minutes, 10,000 any network texts 15gb with 14.4mbps downlink

batistuta9 · 26-07-2012 09:37PM

starviewadams wrote: »

Yeah,but they will still charge you €26 per month just for the privilege of having an Eircom phone line,even if you don't use the phone.

For €11 more you could have 25mb up and 2.5mb down with a 500gb usage limit with UPC,have it two years after switching from Eircom and have never had a single problem!

you would have a problem if you didn't live in dublin

lima · 27-07-2012 12:09AM

chiloutus wrote: »

Probably not for 10ish years, Ireland's phone network and broadband are some of the worst in the world!

That's not true, Irelands 2G/3G networks are amongst the most modern in the world. I know, trust me.

lima · 27-07-2012 12:17AM

4G is a marketing term, if by 4G you mean 42Mb/s then we already have it (albeit only in urban areas)

LTE is the next thing, which is defined as speeds over 100Mb/s. however as well as a new radio technology, it is a complete new core network too, and will only work with Data, not circuit switched (voice/SMS). Once the licences get bought then the networks will have to buy/upgrade their towers and some core equipment before we see LTE..

I'd say we are two years away at least..

antodeco · 27-07-2012 12:18AM

LTE+ is already in Ireland. However they have bandwidth restricted most of it, purely for contention/fragmentation reasons.

lima · 27-07-2012 02:17AM

antodeco wrote: »

LTE+ is already in Ireland. However they have bandwidth restricted most of it, purely for contention/fragmentation reasons.

It's not licensed so how could operators have it? Unless you mean by SDR

Please explain.. (I'm a telecoms guy so go into detail

)

When will Ireland have 4G?

Comments