Which Provider? What Type Of Broadband? Broadband In My Area? !!POST HERE ONLY!!

their customer service is absolutely shocking.,

i renewed in january

feb got disconnected/cutoff bills paid- glitch in system

sorted it out eventually after hours on phone with india

got cutoff again in march

enough was enough.

i decided to cut them off besides hearing more guff from them.

moved to 4G LTE with gomo sim.

now looking for another provider as 120gb per month just aint enough nowadays!

It depends on who owns the fibre, and whether the provider has an agreement in place with them.

The fibre networks are run by:

OpenEir, Siro and NBI

Then individual ISPs sign agreements with one or more of the above to offer their services on those networks.

So the service provider does matter! But the reality is the big providers have agreements in place with all of the Fibre networks (You can use Vodafone on OpenEir/Sire and NBI for example)

I don't know about changing over, or double-paying TBH, but each provider usually has their own customer premise equipment, so I'd imaging there will have to be some downtime.

Can anybody tell me if Eir need to drill the wall if signing up to their broadband. Their €35 a month for 500mb looks enticing. Currently with Virgin.

I could not change to Eir as it would be old telephone line and 100mbps only.

I was leaving Virgin with 240mbps as bill was going to be just under E70.

Getting new contract as they mentioned 500mbps , lose house phone , and add mobile sim for E5 for 5 months all for E60.

Been with Vm for many years and Vodafone paying E36 a month and its a nice saving.

Check your location on eir to see if you can get fibre in your area and dont assume you can.

Check your area can get 500mb as our area cannot use their faster stuff as not upgraded even though i am on 260 with VM.

My bill was going up to under 70 with the increase and got them to drop price for losing home phone and getting a mobile sim card also.

Should you not do both, in two successive years? That's the situation I'm considering. I've seen OK reports of both Vodafone and Pure, you can be unlucky and have setup problems with either. In my case Vfone screwed up my initial installation, and by way of apology they gave me 1000Mb FTTH for €35 for the first 12 months. Due to go up to €75 next month. No way, I'm paying that. Fortunately I don't need 1000Mb, nor do I need their land line offer, so I can get them down to €60. But why pay even that if Pure will do their €35 introductory offer for switching? And since Pure's renewal price after year one is €55, why would I ever go back to Vfone. On the other hand, could I save myself the hassle by telling Vodafone I'll stay with them for another 12 months of €35 and €60 thereafter -- anyone know if they'll entertain haggling like this? If they don't they risk losing a customer forever.

Has anyone got the three 5g broadband at home? As in the aerial installed and a router inside?

Has your house got an eircode? If it has then you can check availability on the various providers websites yourself.

Similar to this recent thread - no eircode on google amps — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin', specifically this post no eircode on google amps — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin'

Looks like a new ARD ID (address reference database ID) has to be generated and matched to your eircode, see page 28 here.

Our broadband has gone really slow lately but I think it's time to change anyway. We're with Virgin for years now. The router is a Technicolor one.

We actually have a bit of choice now as Eir recently dropped in a leaflet for 'Gigabit Fibre'. The other companies, like Vodafone, who use the same connection are also available now, obviously.

I was thinking of cancelling VM and signing up again in my wife's name. We're paying €71 a month now for 240Mb and home phone but we rarely use the home phone so don't mind if the next package does not have one.

Signing up with VM in my wife's name we can get 500Mb for €45 a month (€70 after 12 months). I think that would just involve a new router and no new wiring?

bonkers.ie recommend Eir at €35 a month for 12 months. Then it goes to €75.99 a month. Would Eir have to drill into the house? We have internal insulation so not sure how messy that installation will be?

Onebigswitch have Sky with 500Mb for €30 a month and 1Gb for €40 a month. They go to €60 and €70 after 12 months.

Do any of the companies have decent customer service too? They all seem shocking from reading online. Suppose people with a good experience don't tend to talk about it as much.

I have Vodafone 500mb FTTH since April. It's costing me €30 pm for first 12 months & installation was free. It's rock steady & I haven't had any reason to engage with their customer support since installation.

They run the fibre cable from the DP on the pole or in the duct to the ONT inside your house. In my case it was a distance of about 100 metres, 75 of which was on my property. I'm with Vodafone.

Open-eir own and manage the fibre network, they are a wholesale provider and don't sell direct to the public.

eir, Vodafone, Sky etc. are retail providers selling off the open-eir fibre network .

Check the retailers websites for best offers, free install, etc.

The retailers use contractors to do the install.

The DP is the black box on the pole or in the duct & the ONT is the termination point inside your house. The fibre cable runs between the DP & ONT. If the DP is located in a duct it would be existing network ducting or chamber. The routing of the cable from the DP can be overhead or in ducting. In my case the installed new ducting from the pole to my house because my existing ducting was blocked.

If you can stretch the finances a bit, you should consider Starlink. The limitations on that Rural Wifi package look fairly tight. There's no limits with Starlink and typical speeds of 200-250+, with much lower latency than the Rural Wifi satellite. Also the signal from the high-orbiting satellites will be affected by heavyish rain. The only thing I've seen mess with my Starlink connection is very heavy hail.

But it's friggin expensive. 🤑

You can test to see if you would be able to get Starlink by downloading the app, going to the place you might install the dish and doing a visibility check.