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Best solution for six months of broadband in Portabello?

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  • 12-04-2007 6:46pm
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    Sparks
    Registered Users Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭


    Straightforward question here folks, I need a temporary solution to provide broadband to a flat in portabello for about six months. Any recommendations? Wired, wireless, RFC1149, makes no odds.


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    zAbbo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Digiweb Metro should be available, you can get a 6month contract on the 3mb service and upwards.

    Saves you having to get a phoneline and paying line rental.


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    Sparks
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    Okay, but is that a free line installation? The flat has no phone line run to it at the moment.


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    zAbbo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    It's wireless, so you don't have to get in a physical line.

    A small antenna is attached to your flat, and a line run inside, from there you have a small box which has 2 phone ports and a computer port (for broadband)


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    Pyjamarama
    Registered Users Posts: 5,308 ✭✭✭Pyjamarama


    There's an €89 installation fee for Metro unless you pay for a year :( You also can't get Metro Lite without signing up for a 12 month contract which isn't as expensive. Metro still seems to be a good deal though.

    Having the exact same problem as you trying to decide what's the best option for 6 months

    Clearwire is a minimum 12 month contract and are meant to be rubbish!

    That is about as much as I've learned trying to research it!!


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    Pyjamarama
    Registered Users Posts: 5,308 ✭✭✭Pyjamarama


    Also I'm in a basement flat (would the antenne work?) and live on a street of preserved houses so not sure if an antenna stuck to the wall would be a-ok with the landlord!!! Damnit I think I'm gona be forced to get Clearwire!!!!


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    matt-dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    vodafone 3g broadband modem

    irish broadband broadband in a card if its a laptop.

    Both can be pruchased on the high street.

    Other solutions may take a month to be installed.

    And these two solutions give you mobile broadband which you can use anywhere almost.


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    Pyjamarama
    Registered Users Posts: 5,308 ✭✭✭Pyjamarama


    With 3G you pay depending on your usage, if you're on the net say a few hours a day would you be going over 15mb? Wouldn't want to buy it to then find out I'd be paying for more than that every month.

    I tried Wireless Irish Broadband before and couldn't get a signal. Does the Vodafone modem thing generally have good coverage or is it a case of hanging it halfway out the window at an angle? This may be a very stupid question but I am very stupid when it comes to these things!!! ;)


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