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Internet options - Allenwood

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    #2
    L1011
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    Smart are LLU; I wouldn't have thought they were in Allenwood but if they are there is no Eircom payment of any description.


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    kildarechoral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭kildarechoral


    jman0war wrote: »
    Considering living in Allenwood.
    I don't know what broadband is or isn't available.
    Found this website:
    http://www.bonkers.ie/compare-broadband/kildare/broadband-in-allenwood/

    Anyone know if that is accurate?

    Also, with SmartTelecom does it mean i also have to rent a lan line from Eircom?


    I live near Allenwood and to the best of my knowledge the exchange there is not broadband enabled nor is it likely to be.


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    JonathanAnon
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    Have you looked at mobile options.. ?

    http://www.askcomreg.ie/mobile/siteviewer.273.LE.asp

    From the siteviewer map above, there appears to be three options of 3G coverage, with Meteor, 3 and O2.... It's pretty close to you so the coverage should be good.


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    djimi
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    Kilmeague has virtually non-existant mobile internet signal and from what I can tell of Allenwood its not much better. Id say 3G is pretty much a non-runner.


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    kildarechoral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭kildarechoral


    djimi wrote: »
    Kilmeague has virtually non-existant mobile internet signal and from what I can tell of Allenwood its not much better. Id say 3G is pretty much a non-runner.

    I'm a couple of Km from Allenwood. Signal on Voda and O2 pretty poor.


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    beertons
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    You'll be better off with digi web, satelite broadband.


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    baaba maal
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭baaba maal


    I'm just outside Prosperous- fairly similar set up- the land all around is pretty much flat (it is the Bog of Allen after all), interspersed by woodlands so there is no line of sight at all. We ended up getting a landline and currently with Eircom


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    jman0war
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭jman0war


    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    Have you looked at mobile options.. ?

    http://www.askcomreg.ie/mobile/siteviewer.273.LE.asp

    From the siteviewer map above, there appears to be three options of 3G coverage, with Meteor, 3 and O2.... It's pretty close to you so the coverage should be good.

    Sorry haven't been watching this thread.
    Mobile broadband is not suitable for my business needs.


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    jman0war
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭jman0war


    baaba maal wrote: »
    I'm just outside Prosperous- fairly similar set up- the land all around is pretty much flat (it is the Bog of Allen after all), interspersed by woodlands so there is no line of sight at all. We ended up getting a landline and currently with Eircom
    So landline for DSL?
    Or are you talking "dial-up" connection like they did 15 years ago?


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    jman0war
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭jman0war


    kildarechoral wrote: »
    I live near Allenwood and to the best of my knowledge the exchange there is not broadband enabled nor is it likely to be.

    If that's the case then that rules out DSL etc?
    Is there some way to find out if the exchange is broadband enabled?


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    baaba maal
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭baaba maal


    Sorry- I'm not teccie at all- but it is quite fast (video a bit sluggish sometimes, but ok), and we don't have to the "bing-bong-buzz-buzz-crackle" connection thing of old- I presume that means it's DSL:D


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    jman0war
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭jman0war


    baaba maal wrote: »
    and we don't have to the "bing-bong-buzz-buzz-crackle" connection thing of old- I presume that means it's DSL:D
    The sound of connecting would refer to "dial up", not DSL.

    So you have broadband via your phone line.
    I guess that must mean your nearest telephone exchange has been broadband enabled.


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    jman0war
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭jman0war


    Maybe i could get a smartphone until digiweb sort out a satellite.
    What's the coverage like?

    Sounds like 3g is a non-runner.
    I presume I could still get email on the phone via GPRS?


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    nilhg
    Registered Users Posts: 5,142 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Ripplecom might be worth a try,

    http://www.ripplecom.net/

    They have a few masts round about


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    E39MSport
    Registered Users Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Try all of the over the air providers but if the technology is similar to 3G then be prepared for rubbish signal in heavy weather.

    I am also near prosperous and the only solution for me is eircom.

    1.3Mb down at best and has suffered lately with a near by new build.

    Looks like there's a Meteor mast near Allenwood.
    http://www.askcomreg.ie/mobile/siteviewer.273.LE.asp


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