Irish Broadband Bray Tower

Creamy Goodness

just wondering does any1 know when this tower will live?

just thought i'd ask here before i email them

Mr_Man

Didn't know they were planning a tower in Bray, hopefully they'll put it high on the Sugarloaf to get broad coverage.

If you do get an answer from them on the placement please post it here as I'm sure a lot of people would be interested,

Thanks

M.

Creamy Goodness

i mailed them and i will reply with the answer when i get it.

sugar loaf will probaly be where it's located cos bray head is occupied by something else :rolleyes:

Calibos

Is IBB line of sight?? cause if it is and they put it on the sugarloaf or even the little sugarloaf, anywhere east of the Vevay road is ****ed! :D

Mr_Man

AFAIK IBB have both LOS and non-LOS gear. There are a number of threads about their Navini (non-LOS) equipment which so far appears to have only been rolled out on 3-Rock.

M.

Creamy Goodness

they havn't got back to me in this yet.

but do u think that tower will support their ripwave product since not all the towers do?

i will ring them tomorrow to see what the story is.... i'm going crazy i need broadband now

Creamy Goodness

Beeze Home is a wireless Internet access system, which requires a small antenna to be placed on the customer's roof

just wondering how small is this small antenna?

any have like a measurement would be great

Ripwave

Originally posted by Cr3m0
they havn't got back to me in this yet.

but do u think that tower will support their ripwave product since not all the towers do?

i will ring them tomorrow to see what the story is.... i'm going crazy i need broadband now

IBB were granted 3.5GHz licenses in November. It has been hinted that they plan to use the non-Line-of-Sight RipWave gear in their 3.5GHz roll-out, but there hasn't been anything definitive from them. They'll have to upgrade the gear on their towers when they switch to 3.5GHz whichever technology they use.

(I'm currently using the RipWave 2.4GHz kit from 3Rock, and IBB haven't been in touch with me about any upgrading).

Creamy Goodness

ok i get you (i think).

is their service any good for online gaming (mainly counter-strike) or it is like satilite (spelling.)?

Ripwave

Originally posted by Cr3m0
just wondering how small is this small antenna?

any have like a measurement would be great

It's about one foot square (wire mesh - very unobtrusive), usually attached to a pole on your chimney.

amby666

I got a reply last week to a phone call re coverage in Loughlinstown/Shankill.
No coverage yet, but Bray is coming up. When I asked?? A few months?
The reply was that it could be 5 or 6 weeks. Ring back then...

Originally posted by Cr3m0

is their service any good for online gaming (mainly counter-strike)

no.

Mutant_Fruit

Well, wait a bit before you buy... in case you hadn;t noticed, they have removed "online gaming" from the list of uses for their service, as their current equipment just ain't good enough for low pings constantly.

However when the move over completely to 3.5ghz, this problem might be solved. If you don't mind waiting, i'll be getting this new equipment "in the near future". Which means that after having 2 months of extremely slow internet (this is due to interference on the current frequencies they use. At times the speed is similar to a 14.4k modem), and several converstaions about it, they'll fix me up soon with equipment that works properly. I'll let ya know about the pings if/wjem i get the stuff.

EDIT: However when it works (which is rarely) it is possible to get pings as low as 50ms in game (and a few times i got less in irish servers) BUT, i repeat BUT, i havn;t gotten anything under 800ms during the last 2 months, this is probably due to interference. Before this started happening, the ping was a bit bouncy (the say it was interference again), making for a very unenjoyable game of CS.