If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Meteor or Three coverage, Spiddal

Flynn · 2012-10-12 10:18:20

Hey. I'm currently living in Spiddal and looking to buy a smartphone. At the moment i'm with vodafone but they don't give much internet usage so i'm switching. I have an 02 internet dongle and in my flat the reception is terrible so i won't be going with them (also low internet cap) Which leaves Meteor or Three. Anyone…

Options

12-10-2012 11:18am

#1

Flynn

Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭

Join Date: August 2001

Posts: 386

Hey. I'm currently living in Spiddal and looking to buy a smartphone. At the moment i'm with vodafone but they don't give much internet usage so i'm switching. I have an 02 internet dongle and in my flat the reception is terrible so i won't be going with them (also low internet cap) Which leaves Meteor or Three. Anyone have any experience with them in Spiddal? Are internet speeds fast. Do they work off 3G speeds out here. Also I presume both would work fine in the city?

Cheers.

0

Comments

Options
#2 12-10-2012 8:42pm
nala2012

Registered Users Posts: 374 ✭✭

Join Date: January 2012

Posts: 349

I live in spiddal... I was with meteor and i'm with 3 now. I find 3 very good and cheap!

0
Options
#3 13-10-2012 10:52am
Flynn

Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭

Join Date: August 2001

Posts: 386

Do you use the internet on your phone. Have you got 3G Coverage?

Thanks for the reply

0
Options
#4 15-10-2012 12:49pm
Flynn

Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭

Join Date: August 2001

Posts: 386

Hey guys I posted this in the Galway County boards (sorry mod!) already but got no answers so said i'd try here as maybe someone works out in Spiddal or travels here frequently?

I'm looking sign up to a Three or Meteor contract and was just wondering if anyone has experience with either in Spiddal. How is the signal? Is 3G available. I presume in the city centre there are no problems with either?

Thanks

0
Options
#5 15-10-2012 12:54pm
01902

Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭

Join Date: December 2011

Posts: 258

No problem with 3 in city. It actually will roam onto Vodafone if the signal is stronger.

0
Options
#6 15-10-2012 1:20pm
antoobrien

Registered Users Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭

Join Date: May 2008

Posts: 6039

Flynn wrote: »

Hey guys I posted this in the Galway County boards (sorry mod!) already but got no answers so said i'd try here as maybe someone works out in Spiddal or travels here frequently?

I'm looking sign up to a Three or Meteor contract and was just wondering if anyone has experience with either in Spiddal. How is the signal? Is 3G available. I presume in the city centre there are no problems with either?

Thanks

Don't travel west much but I have found meteor coverage to be sporadic in Co Galway. I've had no problems as yet with 3 (using it for about 1 year). They also have the national broadband contract so (in theory) will have data coverage across most of the country.

0
Advertisement
Options
#7 15-10-2012 1:26pm
Sponge Bob

Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2005

Posts: 24047

Both are crap in Furbo and Spiddal but OK in Barna.

0
Options
#8 15-10-2012 1:39pm
muppetkiller

Registered Users Posts: 5,199 ✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2005

Posts: 4680

From a Post in the Meteor Forum

"Well its only bloody taken about 7 phone calls to them but finally I have some, if not pleasing, reliable information.

Meteor have finally acknowledged that there is a major hardware fault with a main transmitting mast affecting, I was told the Galway Offaly Clare and Tipperary region. RCM was mentioned; whatever that is?

This fault has existed for the past fortnight and they are waiting on a replacement part to be shipped on site!

You heard it here first folk!

Meteor please get your in-house lines of communication working, so that your paying customers don't have to do the network fault finding. "

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056772493

Meteor has been brutal in Galway for over two weeks.

0
Options
#9 15-10-2012 1:56pm
Flynn

Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭

Join Date: August 2001

Posts: 386

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Both are crap in Furbo and Spiddal but OK in Barna.

Really? That's unsettling

Thanks for the other replies too, seems Three is slightly ahead of meteor. Plus the tethering kind of sells it for me. Confirmed 3G in Spiddal would have me sold so if anyone else would care to add please do but seems Sponge Bob Has already answered that question

0
Options
#10 15-10-2012 2:08pm
biko

Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: July 2005

Posts: 75622

Moved to county from city as it pertains to county.
Get a sim from each in their shops then try them out yourself. Reception can vary greatly so what works for someone else might not be the best for you.

0
Options
#11 15-10-2012 2:57pm
Redhairedguy

Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2005

Posts: 3557

I work out in Spiddal and recently switched to 3. I find it to be great. The 3G signal is not fantastic compared to the city, but perfectly usable for my emails, browsing and the occasional video when things are quiet.

Spongebob wrote:

Both are crap in Furbo and Spiddal but OK in Barna.

Just in Furbo is where I find it drops

0
Advertisement
Options
#12 15-10-2012 3:06pm
Flynn

Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭

Join Date: August 2001

Posts: 386

biko wrote: »

Moved to county from city as it pertains to county.
Get a sim from each in their shops then try them out yourself. Reception can vary greatly so what works for someone else might not be the best for you.

Indeed it does pertain to the County but sometimes posting in less busy forums posts go unnoticed.. a couple days in county got me no answers while one morning in city got me quite a few helpful answers!

My phone isn't unlocked so can't try each network but thanks for the suggestion

I work out in Spiddal and recently switched to 3. I find it to be great. The 3G signal is not fantastic compared to the city, but perfectly usable for my emails, browsing and the occasional video when things are quiet.

Cheers Redhaired guy. Think i'll go with Three then. Do you tether with them?

0
Options
#13 15-10-2012 5:50pm
01902

Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭

Join Date: December 2011

Posts: 258

Cheers Redhaired guy. Think i'll go with Three then. Do you tether with them?[/Quote]

No tethering allowed anymore!

0
Options
#14 15-10-2012 6:14pm
biko

Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭

Join Date: July 2005

Posts: 75622

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056760693

Three: Sheena wrote: »

Sorry if there was any confusion Cathal Mc. Tethering isn't permitted on any contract signed after January 2012, but that isn't specific to the price plans which is why the agent you spoke to would not have thought to mention it. The full T&Cs of your contract are here if you'd like to review them.

Three: Sheena wrote: »

Sorry to clarify, I'm talking about normal billpay accounts and prepay. Business accounts are separate from this policy and your account manager will have the correct info.

0