Leap Broadband (exists and works, wow!)

El_MUERkO · 01-08-2002 2:23am

I emailed them enquiring about the Phibsboro, Dublin 9 area, so far they havent got back to me.

Gaz · 01-08-2002 11:10am

As far as i know the new technology they are testing is so that they dont require direct line of sight , with this new tech they can bounce the wireless signal.

Means more people will be able to use it.

thegills · 01-08-2002 12:09pm

Lads. Perhaps Leap can add to this.
Leap acquired Formus's assets which included 4 base stations. I think Park House, RTE Donnybrook, Alexander Quay are three of them so Phibsboro should be covered by Park House. I presume they are busy acquiring more sites.

STaN · 01-08-2002 12:22pm

doesnt look like dublin 15 is in luck here

i live right beside the entrance to the pheonix park in castleknock, would it reach 10miles?

Saruman · 02-08-2002 11:55am

Im a little further still Palmerstown (dub 20) It would be great if i could get it!!

LoBo · 02-08-2002 1:33pm

still waiting to hear back from them about an enquiry I made yesterday about availability in Dun Laoghaire area. Anyone asked them about this and heard yes/no ? Apart from LoT who's in the Killiney area

El_MUERkO · 02-08-2002 1:41pm

I sent a mail on Tuesday and got put on a helpdesk thing with no reply yet. I'm going to try ring them a an hour.

LoBo · 02-08-2002 2:54pm

just got my response from Leap about availability of their service in Dun Laoghaire:

At the moment the Leap Broadband serivce is limited to D2, 4, 6 and the surrounding areas in the city. It will be some months before we are servicing your area, however the roll out may be accelerated. We will be making announcements as and when there are significant developments in this regard.

Hope its 'accelerated' alright - i'm very interested in this service based on what people who use it have said in this thread. 24/7 unmetered broadband that works that well... I will pay €100 per month for it. Hell it costs us more per month with our 56k dialup

and we're not always on we're clockwatching....

Even if the UK get it for less than half that price... it would still be a huge step in the right direction. Go on Leap - roll out your service!

Colm

Kenshin · 02-08-2002 5:07pm

Originally posted by LoBo
just got my response from Leap about availability of their service in Dun Laoghaire:

Hope its 'accelerated' alright - i'm very interested in this service based on what people who use it have said in this thread. 24/7 unmetered broadband that works that well... I will pay €100 per month for it. Hell it costs us more per month with our 56k dialup and we're not always on we're clockwatching....

Even if the UK get it for less than half that price... it would still be a huge step in the right direction. Go on Leap - roll out your service!

Colm

Yeah 512 / 512 Kb/s with no cap is awesome, but I don't know if it's worth paying €100 a month for. I guess it's ok for you, as all your family uses the net... But I live on my own atm, and I'm still on the IOL No Limits flatrate for £20/month...

The response you got seems a bit more pessimistic than the one I got

I encourage everyone that lives near Dun Laoghaire, Dalkey, etc to send them an email, so they see that there are alot of potential customers in the area

The address is sales@leap.ie

mdf · 02-08-2002 5:08pm

B]Kiliney.[/B]

Would you trust anyone for DSL who couldn't spell where you live????

phoenix2181 · 02-08-2002 5:26pm

I've just signed up, rang the guy who was very helpful & knew his stuff & they will installing @ the end of the month...... so I'l be the first person in the cabinteely area

spongebob · 02-08-2002 5:29pm

Simple.

no silly promises made that I know of and no promises broken..........

Leap have so far seemed to do, properly, what they said they were going to and around the time when they said they would do it, not years later. This is why I started the thread.

In the vapourware heaven that is Irish Broadband this should be acknowledged as more or less a first.

They are the only game in Dublin bar €ircon and a little patch of south Dublin that has NTL Cable.

M

DeVore · 02-08-2002 6:21pm

They are excellent imho.

In fact, SO nice and friendly and helpful that I actually DONT want you all to get it so they they can remain my little private ISP.

They tend to do what they say they will and they are even concerned about latency issues and routing (in fact I was gobsmacked then the person I was talking to KNEW that the routing should have gone through the Inex and that its was an incorrect routing table. This was the person who answered the phone! ! ! )

Anyway, I think they are just brill because they gave me affordable broadband. God bless Leap.
(a 50 ping in q3 to Barrysworld doesnt hurt much either

)

DeV.

Felix Randel · 02-08-2002 6:50pm

I'd Just like to say i was in contact with leap yesterday, they are extremely nice people, they do have a certain amounth of coverage on the nort of the city, in the area just accross the water. I know this because upon questioning them about the areas they were in i found out that i could in fact get the service. Not expecting this I handn't the money together to get the service at this point in time but i do hope to do so within a few months.

STaN · 03-08-2002 1:51pm

When asked when leap will be servicing dublin west (blanchardstown, castleknock, cabra, dublin 15, 7) they replied:

Charlie.

Right now the service is available in D2, 4, and 6. It will be some time possibly the end of the year before we are servicing your area. This roll out may be accelerated however and we will be making announcements on our web site and in the media regarding the same.

regards,

Charlie.

At least is better than never :rolleyes:

/me gets isdn till then

corkey · 03-08-2002 1:56pm

Clondalkin D.22??

Leap Broadband (exists and works, wow!)

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