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Vodafone advanced network?

  • 23-07-2011 2:45pm
    #1
    sflandango
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭


    Does anybody know if Vodafone are using Eircoms network for their Vodafone at home services. Is Vodafone Advanced Broadband the same as Eircom Next Generation Broadband?


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  • #2
    bealtine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    sflandango wrote: »
    Does anybody know if Vodafone are using Eircoms network for their Vodafone at home services. Is Vodafone Advanced Broadband the same as Eircom Next Generation Broadband?

    yes mostly, except where Voda use BT services, it is just resold eircom


  • #3
    sflandango
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭sflandango


    Lovely thanks mate. Im with Eircom now but Vodafone are offering the very same package for significantly cheaper. I have up to 8 meg Next Gen right now but my line can only manage 4.4 meg but I have that constantly with no drops in speed ever. So hopefully when I change to Vodafone on the same package the service will be exactly the same. Or at least thats a theory. Any advice on this?


  • #4
    bealtine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    sflandango wrote: »
    Lovely thanks mate. Im with Eircom now but Vodafone are offering the very same package for significantly cheaper. I have up to 8 meg Next Gen right now but my line can only manage 4.4 meg but I have that constantly with no drops in speed ever. So hopefully when I change to Vodafone on the same package the service will be exactly the same. Or at least thats a theory. Any advice on this?

    I've never had voda broadband but in theory it should be very similar to eircom as it uses the same lines. However I've heard bad luck stories about Voda but I'd leave Voda customers to comment on that.


  • #5
    bridster007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 417 ✭✭bridster007


    Changed a month ago and no problems at all, was worried as had seen a lot of bad threads about vodafone.
    Be aware that in the month you change, unless you change on exactly the billing date, Eircom will charge you all your calls at normal rates, i.e. won't give you the bundle package.
    So if your bill date is 9th, then arrange for change to happen on 9th or as soon as poss after it. Ours changed on 7th and we lost the bundle pricing for the ful month.


  • #6
    kaahooters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 675 ✭✭✭kaahooters


    im in a eircom ngb area, and just moved from vodafone to eircom.

    vodafone are usless, the connection droped everyday connection speed varied, 48:1 contention, abysmal "tec support, was told the max my line cound take was 2 mb while on a 5 mb line and getting 4.5mb.

    eircom, tec support, inital setup was actually a great experiance after dealing with vf, speeds now 4.5 mb constantly, no random line drops, no 48:1 conection, and 250 gb dl insted of vf 40g permonth, or 70g for 4€ as n addon.


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