best wireless broadband in Dungarvan?

Steve30x · 08-04-2019 8:50pm

Nope. I still have the rubbish Cisco router they gave me a few years ago. Its a replacement for a replace ment for a replacement. The things just break for no good reason , then the engineer comes to my house and blames everything but the router when its always been teh router. I am no nebie with computers and Know what I am doing. Every time I told the engineer it was the router but I may as well have been telling a priest that god is not real.

eeloe · 08-04-2019 10:55pm

I got my letter, change over day is April 30th.

Price for internet only if I do nothing is €54 a month for 240mb.

There was a leaflet in there also, €49 a month, for 240mg, 50 channels, and home phone.

I’m going to have to ring them and haggle, don’t want a phone, and I want the bigger channel package.

I use Kodi a LOT, if they start blocking this i’ll freak.

Steve30x · 09-04-2019 7:38am

eeloe wrote: »

I got my letter, change over day is April 30th.

Price for internet only if I do nothing is €54 a month for 240mb.

There was a leaflet in there also, €49 a month, for 240mg, 50 channels, and home phone.

I’m going to have to ring them and haggle, don’t want a phone, and I want the bigger channel package.

I use Kodi a LOT, if they start blocking this i’ll freak.

You should be able to use a VPN for KODI. I did use KODI for a few years myself but I haven't used it with about eight months. I started buying films and TV series on disk. That €54 is €1.50 cheaper than what I have been paying with a few years.

Lemon_Drop · 09-04-2019 2:14pm

I got the letter also I just scanned through it, Its seems I will be paying the same as I was with Casey's and getting half the speed. Is Virgin the only show in town or is there better options?

Steve30x · 09-04-2019 4:44pm

Lemon_Drop wrote: »

I got the letter also I just scanned through it, Its seems I will be paying the same as I was with Casey's and getting half the speed. Is Virgin the only show in town or is there better options?

Caseys is the best for now. EIR is available in town too. They are laying down Fibre which will provide even faster internet speeds

Steve30x · 12-04-2019 1:55pm

Alright I recevied the letter about the equipment upgrade just now. They are halving my internet speed from 480Mb/s to 240Mb/s for €54 a month which is just €1.60 less than what I am paying now. When I called I enquired about it I was told that they could put me to 500Mb/s for €35 a month for six months then it would be €69 a month there after for 500Mb/s.

So in other words Caseys sold out and we got a worse deal at the end of the day.

Lemon_Drop · 12-04-2019 6:02pm

Steve30x wrote: »

Alright I recevied the letter about the equipment upgrade just now. They are halving my internet speed from 480Mb/s to 240Mb/s for €54 a month which is just €1.60 less than what I am paying now. When I called I enquired about it I was told that they could put me to 500Mb/s for €35 a month for six months then it would be €69 a month there after for 500Mb/s.

So in other words Caseys sold out and we got a worse deal at the end of the day.

Is that a 12 month contract Steve? Because we are paying for Casey's €648 for 12 months. With the deal from Virgin @ 500Mb/s its 6 months @ €35 and 6 months @ €69. which is €624 for 12 months which is cheaper than Casey's. Seems like it only good for 12 months as €69 for 500MB/s is a bit steep. Well to me anyway.

Steve30x · 12-04-2019 9:37pm

Lemon_Drop wrote: »

Is that a 12 month contract Steve? Because we are paying for Casey's €648 for 12 months. With the deal from Virgin @ 500Mb/s its 6 months @ €35 and 6 months @ €69. which is €624 for 12 months which is cheaper than Casey's. Seems like it only good for 12 months as €69 for 500MB/s is a bit steep. Well to me anyway.

I don't know how long the contract is for but I didn't take up the offer. He said he could give me the offer as a new customer and I would get 500Mb/s internet for €35 for 6 months then after six months its €69 which is a whole lot more expensive than what we are paying for almost the same speed internet. I knew we were getting a bad bad deal when I got the letter from caseys saying we were being switched to Virgin media. I will be investing on a VPN in a few weeks too.

lertsnim · 17-04-2019 12:21pm

Is Virgin Media up and running now? Can people order broadband, tv and phone from them now?

Steve30x · 17-04-2019 1:12pm

I think they will be up and running at the end of the month. They are changing my router next week

geoff2915 · 18-04-2019 10:03pm

Had the 49 Euro deal installed a month ago.
240mb/tv/phone.
All good so far - the Horizon box is a bit old fashioned compared to a sky box but it works fine.
Very happy with broadband speeds- no issues streaming Netflix, now tv stick etc and many devices at same time. Installation was fast, all organised online via web chat. Was paying Casey's 80 a month for broadband and phone only so happy with price. Watch tv via free sat usually but got the tv package anyway.

Steve30x · 19-04-2019 7:57am

geoff2915 wrote: »

Had the 49 Euro deal installed a month ago.
240mb/tv/phone.
All good so far - the Horizon box is a bit old fashioned compared to a sky box but it works fine.
Very happy with broadband speeds- no issues streaming Netflix, now tv stick etc and many devices at same time. Installation was fast, all organised online via web chat. Was paying Casey's 80 a month for broadband and phone only so happy with price. Watch tv via free sat usually but got the tv package anyway.

I'm not happy with the price. I am paying €55.60 a month with the past few years for 480Mb/s internet and they will be charging me €54 for half the internet speed 240Mb/s.

my3cents · 19-04-2019 9:23am

Steve30x wrote: »

I'm not happy with the price. I am paying €55.60 a month with the past few years for 480Mb/s internet and they will be charging me €54 for half the internet speed 240Mb/s.

And they will put you on a new contract so you are stuck with them for at least 12 months.

Steve30x · 25-04-2019 11:27pm

The engineer was here yesterday. He was soing work on the Caseys box down the road and doing a few things in the house here. I immediately see my internet is much slower now. But the modem switchover inst't until the 14th may

Lemon_Drop · 26-04-2019 6:19pm

Steve30x wrote: »

The engineer was here yesterday. He was soing work on the Caseys box down the road and doing a few things in the house here. I immediately see my internet is much slower now. But the modem switchover inst't until the 14th may

Same here. It seems like the speed has been cut to 250 mbps

Steve30x · 27-04-2019 1:10pm

Lemon_Drop wrote: »

Same here. It seems like the speed has been cut to 250 mbps

I done a speedtest. It was cut to 240Mb/s download but we still have the miserable 5Mb/s upload speed.

eeloe · 30-04-2019 5:15pm

Steve30x wrote: »

I done a speedtest. It was cut to 240Mb/s download but we still have the miserable 5Mb/s upload speed.

Is this on your old caseys router, or the new virgin media one?

Engineer was out with me this morning installed a new router and the TV box, switchover is actually today, so we'll see what it's like tonight!

Steve30x · 30-04-2019 9:31pm

eeloe wrote: »

Is this on your old caseys router, or the new virgin media one?

Engineer was out with me this morning installed a new router and the TV box, Its switchover is actually today, so we'll see what it's like tonight!

Its on the caseys router and the engineer told me to wait two weeks for the changeover. The letter I have says my switchover is on the 14th of may. My brother got the modem two weeks before me and his switchover was today though.

eeloe · 01-05-2019 11:28am

Well i'd like to report back with no issues.

Came home after work, everything was running away as it should.

We're paying for a 360meg line, and last night i was getting consistent 357 down and 35 up.

The new router seems to be much better, constant wifi signal all over the house.

eeloe · 01-05-2019 11:30am

Here we go

lertsnim · 01-05-2019 2:06pm

Is it the white routers that they are installing?

eeloe · 01-05-2019 3:05pm

lertsnim wrote: »

Is it the white routers that they are installing?

Yep, the virgin media hub.

Steve30x · 01-05-2019 4:46pm

eeloe wrote: »

Here we go

I'll be paying for a VPN myself mext week before they switch me over. I have the new router but I have to wait until the 14th to connect it

eeloe · 01-05-2019 5:18pm

Why are you paying for a VPN, just because virgin have taken over?

Steve30x · 02-05-2019 9:27am

eeloe wrote: »

Why are you paying for a VPN, just because virgin have taken over?

Casyes didn't give a crap what we were doing with our internet. Virgin and others care and watch what we do along with Virgin and others blocking websites I use a lot.

eeloe · 02-05-2019 11:31pm

They have zero blocked on me....

Steve30x · 03-05-2019 8:08am

I'll see if they have any of the sites I use on wednesday week. But its a good idea to have a VPN anyway. I have been meaning to get one with years I just haven't gotten around to it.

eeloe · 09-05-2019 10:51am

Well almost a week after the install...and i have to say the internet has been FLAWLESS *touch wood*

Tv service is okay, i hate the OS on the box tho, really slow....nothing at all compared to sky Q. but we'll live with it for the price.

Steve30x · 09-05-2019 4:05pm

I'm being switched over to the new modem next tuesday

Steve30x · 14-05-2019 8:03am

Whatever the engineer done two weeks ago it must have been done to suit the Virgin router because the slow internet I've been having with the POS caseys modem is gone with the Virgin modem. I did have some trouble connecting to wifi on my TV though but I adjust some settings in the modem and it seems to be good now after connecting through WPS

[EDIT] I've had to manually set the Wireless channels on the modem because the modem wouldn't play ball with my 2018 LG TV. When set to auto The wireless would either not connect or it would connect and intermitantly disconnect. I spent about two hours troubleshooting the wireless iwth my TV partially because the modem is slow to do things. But the new upload speed is really really nice. Its four times the speed what caseys was offering.

Now does anybody know what we do with the caseys modem?

XtraFalcon · 21-05-2019 10:08am

Steve30x wrote: »

Now does anybody know what we do with the caseys modem?

I've only just switched over this morning and my Samsung Smart TV won't accept the Ethernet cable but it takes the Wi-Fi without any issues, everything else seems to be good with a boost to the upload speeds.

I was told a while back even before we got the box fitted that someone would be around to pick up the Casey's Modems. Technically we don't own those modems so if they want to collect it they can as they're no good to anyone anymore.

Steve30x · 21-05-2019 11:50am

XtraFalcon wrote: »

I've only just switched over this morning and my Samsung Smart TV won't accept the Ethernet cable but it takes the Wi-Fi without any issues, everything else seems to be good with a boost to the upload speeds.

I was told a while back even before we got the box fitted that someone would be around to pick up the Casey's Modems. Technically we don't own those modems so if they want to collect it they can as they're no good to anyone anymore.

I literally spent days trying to get the wireless work with my 2018 LG 43UK6400PLF. I had to change various wifi settings in the modem itself before it would work because it randomly disconnects. I could go hours without any problems and all of a sudden I would have no wifi connected to the modem on my TV then when I tried to reconnect it would fail asking for the password every time and thats frustrating having to enter the password over and over again with the remote control. I've entered the password so many times now that I remember all of it. I never had such trouble with the caseys modem.After changing the settings in the modem I haven't had any problems with a few days now though.

Stopitwillya · 12-06-2019 6:29pm

In my house in kilgobnet, Vodafone is quite good for reception.

mac.in · 25-07-2019 1:11am

Anyone experiencing now and then outages of Virginmedia broadband, since the switchover? I experienced two times since the switchover. Both times it was for nearly 2-3 days till the technician had to come and fix it. First time it was some modem issue; second time it was some wire (hardware) connection issue.

Currently, 3rd time, yesterday, the connection went off for 15 min twice and got rectified itself.

Steve30x · 25-07-2019 9:59am

mac.in wrote: »

Anyone experiencing now and then outages of Virginmedia broadband, since the switchover? I experienced two times since the switchover. Both times it was for nearly 2-3 days till the technician had to come and fix it. First time it was some modem issue; second time it was some wire (hardware) connection issue.

Currently, 3rd time, yesterday, the connection went off for 15 min twice and got rectified itself.

I haven't had any blackouts yet and I have been switched over two and a half months ago.

Steve30x · 25-07-2019 10:05am

eeloe wrote: »

Here we go

This is what I am getting as of right now. The upload speed is much better but I had to connect my TV directly via ethernet because no matter what I do it keeps disconnecting from the router via wireless even though the router is literally just two foot away from my TV.

my3cents · 26-07-2019 11:27pm

Anyone still have a cablesurf email address as in yourname@cablesurf.com?

Just interested how long they will be keeping the server going or if its due to be switched off. Email support is currently useless for the old cablesurf addresses and I'm trying to get someone who uses one for their business to set up their own domain name and email because of problems this week with the cablesurf mail server. Seems the Gmail have the cablesurf mail servers IP address blocked so you can't send mail to Gmail users from a cablesurf email address? Also interested if anyone else has the issue (or not)?

Steve30x · 29-07-2019 8:04am

Maybe their address is no longer active and deleted. Is their office in the industrial estate still open?

my3cents · 29-07-2019 9:14am

Steve30x wrote: »

Maybe their address is no longer active and deleted. Is their office in the industrial estate still open?

They still have the mail server up and running for the old cablesurf.com domain email addresses and mail works fine for every other email domain we've tried but nothing arrives at Gmail addresses.

joebre · 31-07-2019 8:16pm

my3cents wrote: »

Anyone still have a cablesurf email address as in yourname@cablesurf.com?

Just interested how long they will be keeping the server going or if its due to be switched off. Email support is currently useless for the old cablesurf addresses and I'm trying to get someone who uses one for their business to set up their own domain name and email because of problems this week with the cablesurf mail server. Seems the Gmail have the cablesurf mail servers IP address blocked so you can't send mail to Gmail users from a cablesurf email address? Also interested if anyone else has the issue (or not)?

I have a Cablesurf address but am not a Cablesurf / Virgin Media customer.
My mail has stoped working since Monday and I cannot access mail.cablesurf.com server either.
Is anybody else having the same trouble ?

my3cents · 31-07-2019 9:41pm

Just checked now (telnet to the mail server mail1.net.cablesurf.com) and the server is still up and running.

Edit> As is the webmail page https://mail.cablesurf.com/

Lemon_Drop · 11-08-2020 8:37pm

Just to revive an old thread. Virgin Media have been in operation since Casey's shut down. Its been nearly a year and a half of more since then. Is there better options on the market now to consider moving, I know Vodafone were talking about Gigabit Broadband in Dungarvan, but I don't know if anyone ever had it. Or is there any other provider out there that give a better deal than Virgin? Not just speed wise but value wise also.

best wireless broadband in Dungarvan?

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