Imagine LTE Rural Broadband

_Brian

I’ve been using Rural WiFi now for two years, with the modem forced to 3G it was fine, 6-12mb.

Last week it dropped to sub 1mb and I can’t see why, nonsupport as I’m out of contract. And they have no support anyway, it either works or it doesnt.

Am on waiting list for Imagine as local mast is full, neighbors getting 45-50mb down all the time.

Rural Wi Fi use the three network, 4g here is completely congested, up to now the 3G was grand.

Gonzo

Persiancowboy wrote: »

Seanie has a fleet of vans driving in convoy around central Dublin this morning advertising his 5G product. A fleet of vans driving around in circles for hours is a very apt metaphor for this shower of chancers.

Imagine are really proud of those vans alright. Forget about internet speeds, contention issues, stability, customer service and support when shooting videos of a fleet of vans leaving some car park really warms peoples hearts to an expensive wireless product!

Mortelaro

That all being said
Here's my speed from imagine now on 5g wifi
It was good last night too but terrible for a few nights last week
Will test tonight and post

Scruff

What mast are you connected to out of curiosity?

Mortelaro

Scruff wrote: »

What mast are you connected to out of curiosity?

Barrackcroghan in north wexford

d31b0y

Mortelaro wrote: »

That all being said
Here's my speed from imagine now on 5g wifi
It was good last night too but terrible for a few nights last week
Will test tonight and post

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My speeds were crap the last few nights too. Same mast as you. I emailed them about it and asked me to ring in and troubleshoot but I just couldn't be bothered. I've already done everything they'd ask me.

I only got 20mb last night which is workable but nowhere near as good as it used to be.

Mortelaro

27.5 down
7.5 up
At the moment

Ultimanemo

Imagine with direct cable connection and no Internet activity

rodge123

Ultimanemo wrote: »

Imagine with direct cable connection and no Internet activity

Not to worry, super duper no contention warp speed 5G is on the way!

Ultimanemo

rodge123 wrote: »

Not to worry, super duper no contention warp speed 5G is on the way!

What they are saying is absolute rubbish, my speed today at 6 am was 98 mbps. the problem is not in up to, the problem is in down to

tsue921i8wljb3

It's the same product they "launched" today. They just received investment so that they can expand.

rodge123

Better?

tsue921i8wljb3

Very satirical rodge!

The Cush

https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/1095620595335741441
https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/1095628507999363072

and this sums it up

https://twitter.com/linef4ult/status/1095747970996334592

cenahs

Mortelaro wrote: »

27.5 down
7.5 up
At the moment

Is this the new 5G offering?

rodge123

The Cush wrote: »

https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/1095620595335741441
https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/1095628507999363072

and this sums it up

https://twitter.com/linef4ult/status/1095747970996334592

Jesus that's a punchable face!

Grab All Association

Nobody has asked the most important question. Is J.J Thompson coming back?

Huntline

Any idea if all new masts are going to be this 5G? Signed up a few weeks ago and our new mast went live today and I'm just waiting on being connected

Ultimanemo

rodge123 wrote: »

Jesus that's a punchable face!

For email €20 Three PAYG, is more than enough

Psygnosis

So it says my eircode can get the 5g. I'm currently in contract with them. For next 6 months. I'm in Knockraha near glanmire. Wonder is it worth the upgrade. I could certainly use a speed bump. It's rubbish currently in the evening. If I could get a stable 20mbps between 5pm and 9pm I would consider it. Fibre should be available soon. Next 6 months maybe.

smokingman

I wonder if this is like AT&Ts 5g?
4.1g

Ultimanemo

In the morning




In the evening :mad:

Villain

Has anyone got their 5G yet?

bennyineire

Can we start a campaign of basically posted our screenshot speeds on their Facebook page ?

user1842

Will this mean new CPE for existing customers?

Scruff

oohhh it says i'm in a priority area for an upgrade...
Looking forward at least to unlimited** broadband

bennyineire wrote: »

Can we start a campaign of basically posted our screenshot speeds on their Facebook page ?

only if there is a way to post without having to actually join Facecrook!




** unless its unlimited with a 20GB/day fair use policy.....

rodge123

Scruff wrote: »

oohhh it says i'm in a priority area for an upgrade...
Looking forward at least to unlimited** broadband


only if there is a way to post without having to actually join Facecrook!




** unless its unlimited with a 20GB/day fair use policy.....

Fair usage is 1TB per month so about 33GB per month.

Poulgorm

A technical question for the experts here. Clearly, 4G broadband is limited, once the number of active users being served by a given mast reaches a certain level. So, Imagine are going with 5G. Which everybody here says will have the same limitation as the 4G masts (might be an improvement, but will still reach saturation and slow to a crawl at peak usage times).

What is the cause of this limitation? Is it something inherent in the capacity of 4G/5G, or is it caused by limitations of the fibre supplying the masts?

For example, say a 5G mast has a catchment of 400 houses, within range and line of sight. If the fibre back haul serving that mast has the capacity to supply 150 Mbits second to all 400 houses simultaneously, could a 5G mast be designed to cope with that demand?

If not, then Imagine are bluffing.

Scruff

Also increased to a 24 month contract

deadl0ck

Scruff wrote: »

oohhh it says i'm in a priority area for an upgrade...
Looking forward at least to unlimited** broadband


only if there is a way to post without having to actually join Facecrook!




** unless its unlimited with a 20GB/day fair use policy.....

How do you know what the upgrade areas are ?

BYW - I don't think they are really enforcing the limit any more. My XBox One decided to do a load of upgrades recently and the usage for the day for my house was 46GB and there was no email / throttling......