Broadband Coolaney

need assistance

Hi,
A member of my family has just moved to Coolaney and is having difficulty accessing broadband, does anyone hear know who provides it out there?

Thanks

muffler

I have no idea myself but this may help

Gillie

need assistance wrote: »

Hi,
A member of my family has just moved to Coolaney and is having difficulty accessing broadband, does anyone hear know who provides it out there?

Thanks

Does he live in a Development out there? Might be worth asking a neighbour or two if they have it?!

magnumlady

We live there and the only one we could get was Fastcom.

dingding

I don't think 3G will work there either?

magnumlady

I don't think any of the mobile ones will work here.
We've been told Vodafone doesn't work here.

il gatto

Broadband in Coolaney? That's a bit optimistic, considering dinosaurs still roam there:D

magnumlady

We have broadband and dinosaurs:D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnumlady/1468538881/

brianthebard

There's a fastcom mast on the mountains outside coolaney, if you can see that from your house then you can get broadband. Also, hi magnumlady, welcome to coolaney.

magnumlady

Thanks Brian.....I've only been here 17 years!:D

brianthebard

Pfft, still not a local!

bennyc

I am living close to Ballymote but apparently served by the coolaney exchange and I have broadband. What are Eircom saying about it

magnumlady

brianthebard wrote: »

Pfft, still not a local!

In this area I'll never be a local:D

I was in touch with Eircom a couple of weeks ago and they said their broadband wasn't available here.

brianthebard

Eircom hate their customers. My aunt has a house phone and got "broadband" that was barely faster than dial up. She lives beside us, two miles out from coolaney, but you must be a different side of the village ml.

LaughingMatter

Eircom has said (more than once) "you can't get broadband there yet", when it'd be a bit more honest to say "Our competitors got it up and running. We didn't."

The Fastcom installer guy told me what brianthebard said above - If you can see the mast, you're in.
No obstructions tolerated, though - not one leaf.

You can see Fastcom's coverage at
http://www.fastcom.ie/coverage.php

AlmightyCushion

LaughingMatter wrote: »

Eircom has said (more than once) "you can't get broadband there yet", when it'd be a bit more honest to say "Our competitors got it up and running. We didn't."

Well in fairness, do you honestly expect them to tell you about one of their competitors offering something they don't. It helps out the competition and it also loses them a potential customer in the future. Hell, if you can run skype on fastcoms service then it could lose them a current customer.

kkontour

Im in Coolaney and run blueface on my connection, works great. also the 2MB UP/Down works great for VPN connections.

genie

Just been reading the news section on Ocean FM website and this caught my eye:

Approximately 80 percent of people in County Sligo have access to broadband.

I find this very hard to believe. Can anyone verify this?

AlmightyCushion

genie wrote: »

Just been reading the news section on Ocean FM website and this caught my eye:



I find this very hard to believe. Can anyone verify this?

There is much discussion on this over on the broadband forum. Apparently that figure may include mobile broadband which isn't really broadband.

genie

Thanks, I thought it didn't sound quite right.

genie

http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story/?trs=mheysnsnsn&cat=news

Esp. the Editor's note at the bottom of the article.

Gillie

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

There is much discussion on this over on the broadband forum. Apparently that figure may include mobile broadband which isn't really broadband.

Huh?
What does that mean exactly?

brianthebard

Is anyone on Perlico? I rang them the other day for the lolz, the woman I was talking to said they had 97% coverage of Sligo, you didn't need to see the mast and Coolaney was covered. However I noticed they are part of the vodafone group so I was wondering if what she was offering was only available with those new 3g modems. Anyone know?

starbelgrade

I got broadband in from Fastcom 2 weeks back & it's pretty decent in terms of speed etc - took about a week for them to instal & though they'd a few problems with the wiring on the first day, they came back out & sorted it the day after.

Not sure about the technical data on uploads etc, but it's as fast & more reliable than most connections I've used in Sligo (work, internet cafes, friends houses) - but the mast isn't too far from the house, so that may have a bearing on it.

JB1

Same here..broadband from Fastcom (allthough I have home professional) it is extremly quick..(am lucky there, virtually living beside the mast in D-west).Can't complain about their service, they were a bit slow in installing it (had to wait 4 weeks for an installation date and than the installer guy broke his toe and couldn't get up on a ladder..:rolleyes:)..but once set up, perfect!
Subsequently, kicked my home phone line out,only using cell and got a lot of hassle from Eircom..trying to sell me a new account...pffffffffff..loosers.

Sligome

i live in coolaney but if you have a tree in front of your house fast com wont work, well it will in winter but not in summer. you literally have to see mast from your house, no obsticles.

taheen

yes you will have to cut the tree. Few people had to cut few trees (i'd say Greenpeace hates wireless providers).

Sligome

i dont think i could cut this tree, it is about 30 ft tall and very old and in someones garden

starbelgrade

Dynamite is fast & effective!

Or you could always fix the fastcom reciver ON the tree. Problem solved!