Broadband in Straffan ?

Browning

Can anyone tell me if there is any broadband in Straffan and surrounding areas i.e. Kill Side. Who are the providers and what is the service like ??

Zcott

My wife's family are about a mile past the K Club near the road to Sallins and they're with Eircom. Speeds not great but it's reliable enough.

Irish_wolf

Straffan has pretty bad infrastructure for broadband. Eircom is the only one I think and it's grand even if it might not be the best. Might be better off on one of the mobile ones if you cant get anything better. Depends what you need it for really.

Check out the e-fibre map. Tells you when each place is gonna get hooked up.

http://www.eircom.net/efibreinfo/map/

Celbo's getting it, Naas, Newcastle, even Prosperous, but there's just a big hole where Straffan is, don't know how near you are to kill you might just be in range if you're lucky.

prospect

I'm on the road between Sallins and Straffan, (close to Zcott's in laws by all accounts) and use Imagine WiMax.

Its grand, not too expensive, quick enough (I am remotely connected to the office today without any issue), and I can recall it ever going offline and we have it about 3 or 4 years now.

bridestream

Hi Prospect - what download/upload speeds are you getting with Imagine Wimax broadband? Eircom is only giving me 2.5 mbps download and 0.25 mbps upload.

I see from the Eircom efibre map every location around Straffan is getting efibre and Straffan is not down for efibre in the immediate future!!!

bridestream

Hi Prospect - what download/upload speeds are you getting with Imagine Wimax broadband? Eircom is only giving me 2.5 mbps download and 0.25 mbps upload.

I see from the Eircom efibre map every location around Straffan is getting efibre and Straffan is not down for efibre in the immediate future!!!

prospect

bridestream wrote: »

Hi Prospect - what download/upload speeds are you getting with Imagine Wimax broadband? Eircom is only giving me 2.5 mbps download and 0.25 mbps upload.

I see from the Eircom efibre map every location around Straffan is getting efibre and Straffan is not down for efibre in the immediate future!!!

Hi,

I think it is 3Mbps but available up to 10Mbps.

Not sure on upload.

bridestream

My house is near the back entrance to the K club and I can't even get 3 mbps! Very frustrating for the business I'm in.
And, the Eircom 'fibre' map excludes Straffan from getting this service. All surrounding areas are getting fibre this year!!!!!
One would think considering the number of houses within the K club, fibre would be made available this year?

stonecipher

According to the eircom wholesale pages, Straffan exchange is awaiting cabinet design study. Probably will take another year or two before we get anything.

bridestream

Thanks for that info stonecipher.

prospect

Don't mind eircom.

Previously they told me my line wouldn't be broadband enabled for months, the funny thing was that I was already a UTV broadband customer on an eircom line. Check with the other providers.