087 coverage in Trabolgan

Susannahmia

Heading down to trabolgan (in cork) next week. Just wondering if anyone knows how the coverage is for vodafone? Someone told me it wasent good but I find that hard to believe. Dont want to be left out of touch for two weeks!

Ruu_Old

Vodafone Coverage Map and this should be in the Mobiles/PDAs forum.

weeder

in trabolgan no meteor converage at all
o2
and vodaphone is patchy but can be gotten in parts

Lump

imred wrote:

Heading down to trabolgan (in cork) next week. Just wondering if anyone knows how the coverage is for vodafone? Someone told me it wasent good but I find that hard to believe. Dont want to be left out of touch for two weeks!

.... use a landline!

weeder

the houses down there dont have one and the pay phones are a lot for long distance

meldrew

Why in Gods name would you want ot go to Trabolgan in the first place ? What a hole

Guy:Incognito

weeder wrote:

the houses down there dont have one and the pay phones are a lot for long distance

Cork to Wexford is hardly long distance. You could shout from there. A mobile call is going to be a lot more expensive than a national call from a pay phone.

weeder

meldrew wrote:

Why in Gods name would you want ot go to Trabolgan in the first place ? What a hole

cold hartedly agree

Monty - the one and only

this should be posted on the mobiles board....


Moved

jhegarty

imred wrote:

Heading down to trabolgan (in cork) next week. Just wondering if anyone knows how the coverage is for vodafone? Someone told me it wasent good but I find that hard to believe. Dont want to be left out of touch for two weeks!

it was bad a few years ago... should be grand now (or is a few miles away anyway).... forget 086 though...

bounty_hunter

Ruu wrote:

Vodafone Coverage Map and this should be in the Mobiles/PDAs forum.

These are never accurate. You might as well just make random guesses at where you may and may not have coverage

Sam Vimes

a national call from a landline to a landline is 8.17c a minute. A lot less than a mobile

skink

weeder wrote:

in trabolgan no meteor converage at all
o2
and vodaphone is patchy but can be gotten in parts

Meteor sims should switch to 02 if ther is 02 coverage and no meteor!

Random

@skink
I thought that was only on certain masts in places like the country? f.e. if you're in Dublin and you've got no reception in Dunnes Stores in the Ilac centre on Meteor, but your mate has it with O2... you're not gonna be able to use O2 in that area.

At least that's how I understood it.

ciaranfo

ciaranfo wrote:

@skink
I thought that was only on certain masts in places like the country? f.e. if you're in Dublin and you've got no reception in Dunnes Stores in the Ilac centre on Meteor, but your mate has it with O2... you're not gonna be able to use O2 in that area.

At least that's how I understood it.

That's correct, it is only certain cells. Kinda hard to tell which ones actually so I wouldn't depend on Meteor coverage if they haven't got their own equipment there. For example, O2 allow roaming in Tralee and Listowel but not in Newcastle West. Depends entirely on where you are.

Gillo

meldrew wrote:

Why in Gods name would you want to go to Trabolgan in the first place ? What a hole

I was there last year, and it was great, admittedly I went there because I was bringing my 3 year old daughter away for a week, but if you are bring kids it's one of the best places in the country to go. I even got a hug from Barney.

Back to the query, coverage there is not good at all, around the chalets you may be ok, but in the village or down on the beach, as far as I remember you won't get a thing. The area is effectively a valley going into the sea, so it's a natural blackspot.

What I'd recommend is changing the greeting on your voicemail to say that'll you'll be out of coverage and checking your voicemail regurlary, then jsut leave the phone off (if possible) afterall you are on holidays.

By the way, if you have kids, go the the evening activities early so you get a good seat.

Enjoy it

byrnefm

bounty_hunter wrote:

These are never accurate. You might as well just make random guesses at where you may and may not have coverage

Oh good, it's not just the O2 map, then? I've complained to them several times that they do not have coverage in Carrick, Co Donegal, yet their map indicates 'very high coverage'!

bounty_hunter

byrnefm wrote:

Oh good, it's not just the O2 map, then? I've complained to them several times that they do not have coverage in Carrick, Co Donegal, yet their map indicates 'very high coverage'!

Yep, unfortunately. I find the Meteor one to be particularly bad, it's completely off.

Susannahmia

Thanks evroyone for the replies!:) Heading down tomorrow, (its a family thing which I couldnt wiggle out of by the way). Will definatly change my voice mail, very good idea! Think ill just rely on the old pay phone it wont kill me to be without my phone for a week!