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Galway city, Imagine Wimax or Digiweb Metro?

  • 09-09-2012 02:02PM
    #1
    aidan_r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 126 ✭✭


    Hi all, I'm living in Galway city and I'm in a granny flat sharing the UPC wifi of the attached house. The speed and reliability are really inconsistent, so I'm looking at getting either the Imagine 7mb wimax offering or Digiweb's 30mb metro express.

    I'm looking for something around €30 or less, doesn't need a landline, has a decent download limit, doesn't throttle torrents and isn't horrible for gaming.

    Any suggestions on which one of these fits the bill better or any alternative suggestions? Thanks.


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  • #2
    Dazza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Dazza


    aidan_r wrote: »
    Hi all, I'm living in Galway city and I'm in a granny flat sharing the UPC wifi of the attached house. The speed and reliability are really inconsistent, so I'm looking at getting either the Imagine 7mb wimax offering or Digiweb's 30mb metro express.

    I'm looking for something around €30 or less, doesn't need a landline, has a decent download limit, doesn't throttle torrents and isn't horrible for gaming.

    Any suggestions on which one of these fits the bill better or any alternative suggestions? Thanks.

    I would go with digiweb metro . Much more consistent and reliable speed and especially ping wise. Check ratemyisp.ie to see how much people dislike imagine wimax :P


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    If the UPC is working ok within the main house and your granny flat doesn't have it's own esb meter, maybe some homeplugs would be a better option


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePlug


  • #4
    aidan_r
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 126 ✭✭aidan_r


    No, signal strenght isn't the problem. Thanks for the advice regarding imagine, I'll steer clear of them.


  • #5
    bealtine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    aidan_r wrote: »
    Hi all, I'm living in Galway city and I'm in a granny flat sharing the UPC wifi of the attached house. The speed and reliability are really inconsistent, so I'm looking at getting either the Imagine 7mb wimax offering or Digiweb's 30mb metro express.

    I'm looking for something around €30 or less, doesn't need a landline, has a decent download limit, doesn't throttle torrents and isn't horrible for gaming.

    Any suggestions on which one of these fits the bill better or any alternative suggestions? Thanks.

    get UPC, call your flat "house address" A and see if they'll go for that?


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