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Moycullen Broadband

Ruffty^ · 2005-11-29 11:04:04

This went live about 2weeks ago. It is provided through this company Cellcom (http://www.cellcom.ie/broadband/default.asp). Cellcom bought 3meg off IBB. They put a mast on top of the Forge bar and restaurant that gets the signal from IBB on the Tonabrocky (sp) mast. I haven`t signed up for it myself but my neighbour has…

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29-11-2005 12:04pm

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Ruffty^

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This went live about 2weeks ago. It is provided through this company Cellcom (http://www.cellcom.ie/broadband/default.asp).
Cellcom bought 3meg off IBB.
They put a mast on top of the Forge bar and restaurant that gets the signal from IBB on the Tonabrocky (sp) mast.
I haven`t signed up for it myself but my neighbour has the 512k connection. He gets poor + eratic speeds. On http://www.onspeed.com/en/speed_test.php and on http://www.irishisptest.com he was getting slightly better than ISDN, then it would get towards proper speeds and then back down again, more here:
(http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054855894)
I`m actively questioning cellcom about the quality of the service, and should know more by the end of the week.

If anyone is interested to know.

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#2 29-11-2005 1:08pm
po0k

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Irish Broadband are absolutely terrible in Galway.
It's over-subscribed/under-provisioned, and similar to certain parts of Dublin.
They've gone downhill as they gained more customers, like any ISP that advertises no caps.
3meg is about enough for one household, not a town the size of Moycullen. I didn't know Cellcom were buying 'bandwidth' (I use the term loosely) off IBB. I shall be advising my family to avoid.

-> Just after seeing the price. It's fúcking ludicrous, especially considering they're probably getting a fair wedge of capital off the county as part of the community broadband scheme. Cowboys looking to cash-in and make a quick buck. Similar things have happened in Roscommon too.
There are enough houses in Moycullen to justify a full-on DSL/cable/wireless player.

Anyone know what tech Cellcom are using? Reselling IBB stuff or something different?

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#3 29-11-2005 3:00pm
Ruffty^

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Well my neighbour`s aerial is a mitsubishi thing, I`dont know the model. Its signal is at 5ghz. I got a reply from an email I sent to them (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054855894)

Rip off, piss poor service atm. 1st part won`t change till there is competition, 2nd with some luck might improve. I read broadband forum when ever I can and the latest work IBB have been doing is having an effect. I may change my tune come 9th december though

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#4 07-12-2005 12:55pm
Ruffty^

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Updates on the situation:
Here
And here

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