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Meteor - Data
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07-12-2009 12:34pm#1
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I switch from meteor to 3 and find it a hell of alot better and much faster, as you've had 3 for a while and done a switch I'd like to know these locations where you could not get a signal with 3? I drive around Dublin with google maps in satellite view with no problems at all, I couldn't do that on meteor. I was staying in the Westwood hotel in Galway over the weekend and was getting close to 3Mbps over there.
I'd like to do a test in dublin to see which is really better. I also found that when I could only get EDGE it was extremely slow and GPRS was just usless. It's easy for eveyone to come on and say A is better than B etc.. but untill we have side by side comparisons no ones going to know.
Nobody is arguing that Meteor's 3G service is better than 3's. But 3G in general has lower penetration because of the higher frequency (2100 MHz) as compared to GSM/EDGE (900 MHz and 1800 MHz).
In areas with perfect coverage for both, you will see a difference inside of buildings: with 3 you might not get a 3G signal, but will get the Vodafone GSM/GPRS signal, so you will not be able to use data. EDGE sure is slower than HSDPA, but then I prefer a slow transfer to no transfer
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Nobody is arguing that Meteor's 3G service is better than 3's. But 3G in general has lower penetration because of the higher frequency (2100 MHz) as compared to GSM/EDGE (900 MHz and 1800 MHz).
In areas with perfect coverage for both, you will see a difference inside of buildings: with 3 you might not get a 3G signal, but will get the Vodafone GSM/GPRS signal, so you will not be able to use data. EDGE sure is slower than HSDPA, but then I prefer a slow transfer to no transfer
Even when I was on Meteors EDGE, it was very slow, in fact not much faster than GPRS. Anyway from my experience I'll list a few places where I was mostly using Meteor and could not get a good signal for data.
Here in my office in Reiverview business park the best I could get is a slow EDGE. My sisters house in Lucan (Moy glass) very slow EDGE. My house in Lucan (Hayden Park) I could get a good 3G signal up in my PC room. In Donny & Nesbitts on Baggot street, GPRS. My parents house out in Portmarnock slow EDGE again. The only place I could view Youtube videos on my phone was in my house. Outside I could pick up a good 3G signal.
With 3 Ireland in all of these places I can get HSUP signal, the worst it drops to is 3G, so where in Dublin will I not get a good 3 Ireland signal but a good Meteor signal? I'd like to do a test.0 -
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With 3 Ireland in all of these places I can get HSUP signal, the worst it drops to is 3G, so where in Dublin will I not get a good 3 Ireland signal but a good Meteor signal? I'd like to do a test.
Come over to my place then, Dublin 3, East Wall You could say almost city centre but the signal was so bad and it was constantly switching between 3 and vodafone, you can imagine what was happenning to the phones battery. That was the reason I switched to Meteor (other one was HTC Hero;)). Also, from time to time I'm travelling outside Dublin, and I could have 5 minutes conversation with anyone - signal was dropping all the time and switching to Vodafone wasn't quick enough. 0 -
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thanks for the feedback lads.
Wont be using any mad data consuming programes like youtube.
I just want to be able to access my emails, use opera and gps data. I think I use on average between 50-100mb per month so as you can see small enough usage
I'd use that in a day!
Anyway it looks like most people who have Meteor seem to be happy with it (I wasn't) but I still think if you are switching you should sign up for the 1 month contract and see how it works out for you, otherwise it could be a long year for you.
How do you find 3 Ireland at the moment?0 -
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Come over to my place then, Dublin 3, East Wall You could say almost city centre but the signal was so bad and it was constantly switching between 3 and vodafone, you can imagine what was happenning to the phones battery. That was the reason I switched to Meteor (other one was HTC Hero;)). Also, from time to time I'm travelling outside Dublin, and I could have 5 minutes conversation with anyone - signal was dropping all the time and switching to Vodafone wasn't quick enough.
I doubt that this is 3 as I've found solid 3 coverage in Dublin everywhere. Could it be your phone that was the problem?
I'vbe also noticed recently that I can get data ok when it switches over to Vodafone (outside Dublin).0 -
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