Data junkies, get your meteor upgrade now!

theteal · 15-04-2008 7:31pm #1

Meteor started phase 2 of testing it's 3G network today. Basically, meteor are looking for 400 customers to avail of their upgrade (if eligible) and choose one of their 3G handsets e.g. E65, W910i etc. Nothing greatly exciting there i hear you think. . . so here's the good bit, this should interest data users. . . for your trouble, meteor will add the unlimited data add on to your account for FREE until August 31st. They're also planning to credit your first and last bill of the trial period by €50 (isn't that nice). All you have to do is answer 4 calls from some market research type company during the trial period. This is only available in 6 Dublin stores, i'll let you do your own homework to find out which ones. . .

long_b · 15-04-2008 10:41pm

Intriguing ... Is this only open to existing bill pay customers ? I'd love to try it but am payg

towel401 · 15-04-2008 11:16pm

you have to buy the phone from them?

Random · 16-04-2008 12:21am

This sounds pretty good! Give us the stores

theteal · 16-04-2008 7:50am

it's a bill pay upgrade trial, so you have to be on the network a year already.

yup, you have to buy the phone but i dont think €29 euro will but people on the breadline.

i'm not sure of all the stores but i do know it's in the big city center stores and Dun Laoghaire (for some strange reason???)

long_b · 16-04-2008 8:17am

Ah poo. Thanks for the info anyways. Hopefully any lucky boards people will post about the trial coverage.

long_b · 16-04-2008 1:27pm

Henry St. yes, Talbot St. hadn't heard of it.

kellsred · 16-04-2008 1:37pm

Does this mean the w910i been released on meteor?

theteal · 16-04-2008 3:21pm

kellsred wrote: »

Does this mean the w910i been released on meteor?

yup, the trial shops should have gotten it in today

kellsred · 17-04-2008 1:40pm

theteal wrote: »

yup, the trial shops should have gotten it in today

Thanks a million, got it yesterday and signed up for the trial. Data add-on should be active tomorrow, what a great deal!!!

kelzer · 17-04-2008 3:25pm

Is this phone up on meteor.ie yet?

ollyk1 · 17-04-2008 4:08pm

What if you aren't due an upgrade but have bought an unbranded smartphone in the mean time yourself?? Any chance I could get in on the deal???

Fair play to the OP for posting its things like this make this forum so worth while!!

kellsred · 17-04-2008 4:15pm

kelzer wrote: »

Is this phone up on meteor.ie yet?

No, I just went into the shop on Grafton St. and asked if they had the w910i, she told me they just got it in this morning (wednesday), didn't even have a demo model out.
I got it there and then, been waiting ages for it to come out, only cost me 29 euro to upgrade on talk 300.

kellsred · 17-04-2008 4:38pm

ollyk1 wrote: »

What if you aren't due an upgrade but have bought an unbranded smartphone in the mean time yourself?? Any chance I could get in on the deal???

Mate in the same boat as you just called into the same store and was told offer only valid with an upgrade

Silver-Tiger · 17-04-2008 4:41pm

I upgraded to n95 last night
and signed on with the offer

Dundrum Town Centre FTW

,8,1 · 18-04-2008 11:11am

How extensive is Meteor's 3G network?

theteal · 18-04-2008 1:05pm

majority of dublin is covered at the moment, cork is due to roll next month i think and then next up is the principality of dundalk. . . ????

long_b · 23-04-2008 7:35am

Has anyone got any comments on the coverage / speeds then ?

Does anyone know if it's going to support HSDPA ?

Will all of the Meteor network be udated ? What I mean is, if you can currently get a Meteor GPRS signal, does that mean you will automatically get a 3G signal ?

snaps · 23-04-2008 8:37am

Is Galway in the test area?

Sam Vimes · 23-04-2008 9:17am

long_b wrote: »

Has anyone got any comments on the coverage / speeds then ?

Does anyone know if it's going to support HSDPA ?

Will all of the Meteor network be udated ? What I mean is, if you can currently get a Meteor GPRS signal, does that mean you will automatically get a 3G signal ?

no i don't think so. vodafone has had 3g for years and there are still large parts of the country where you can't get a 3g signal

long_b · 01-05-2008 1:13pm

Anyone got anything to relate on this ?

theteal · 01-05-2008 5:41pm

theteal wrote: »

majority of dublin is covered at the moment, cork is due to roll next month i think and then next up is the principality of dundalk. . . ????

lads this vaguely specified region and timeline is pretty much what the coverage area will be for the next few months. 3g will only ever be made available in high population areas. . .i.e. what vodafones coverage is limited to

Data junkies, get your meteor upgrade now!

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