Comments on: eircom wireless broadband – “Sssh it’s a secret” says ComReg

By: Audrey

Audrey — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:34:42 +0000

Hi, I spoke to Eircom broadband sales today and was told that the only wireless broadband they do is a dongle. They said they use wired broadband themselves. I mentioned the mast nearby but they just confirmed that they only do the dongle.

By: Jim Buckley Barrett

Jim Buckley Barrett — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:41:04 +0000

Eircom has wireless in Bweeng? That’s bull! I’ve been on to Eircom over the last 3 years since I’ve moved to Bweeng. So much so that Eircom Press office sent me a offical release to say that they wouldn’t be upgrading the Bweeng exchange as it wasn’t worth they while!

Three now covers 99% of Bweeng and the speed isn’t half bad anything from 0.2 to 4.4 depending on the time of day. (0.2 is better then dial up!)

I would advise that you get the Dovado router from http://www.commsoft.ie/ mainly because it has the ability to auto reconnect which a lot of the routers in the Three stores do not. Your connection will drop, it’s the nature of 3G so this is a very useful tool. Avoid the D100, I tried this out and it was trouble! You only need a router if;

1. You want to connect more then one computer or device to the internet e.g. computer and Xbox 360
2. If you find that you have to put the modem in the attic to get the best signal (this isn’t a bad idea anyways)

Amocom and East Community Broadband have some of Bweeng covered but when I last spoke with both of them they were having line of sight issues out there, too many mountains!

Jim

By: Mike Bardsley

Mike Bardsley — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:22:45 +0000

Eircom FW eh! I’ve been living in a new Estate in Cobh for the past five years and we can’t even get DSL. The estate was originally built quite some years ago and has no issues getting DSL, however, only a few houses in the new part of the estate can get it. I remember when the houses were being built I saw Eircom engineers doing a bit so stopped by and asked about Broadband. @No worries’ yer man said, ‘You’ll have that in a couple of months’. Off I went happy as Larry because after sometime on Dial-up you begin to lose sanity waiting for the pings to end before connection actually does take place.

Anyway, we moved in several months later and once the phone line was installed I was straight on Eircom. ‘Can’t have it’ I was told. ‘Can’t have it there because you’re too far away from the exchange’. I could feel the blood moving around in my head alomost making me dizzy. The hopes were high for some time but now all was again lost. What would I do? I seriously counldn’t consider continuing with DDDDDDDDDDisl-up could I? Yep. I had to. Several calls over the next few weeks restored my faith in Eircom again as I was assured I’d have it by March……………………………..2005. Needless to say I’m still waiting.

Enter NovaNetworks.ie – The saviours of our 700 house estate. Thank you guys. They gave us a great deal on the install and about 35 euro per month. Not a single moan about them since. I use it alot as I do design work so I’m very pleased with them. Who needs RipOff – Eircom anyway!

By: The Councillor

The Councillor — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:49:58 +0000

I live in Allenwood with a perfect view of the Eircom mast as Dunmurry. When I ordered my new phone line a year and a half ago I asked Eircom about broadband over copper pair, but they said no way, I was too rural. But the lady did say that they were conducting Wi-max tests from Dunmurry, would I like an engineer to ring and discuss connecting. I nearly jumped down the phone in delight. Unfortunately, an Eircom engineer never did contact me, but I have tried unsuccessfully to contact them. So I had to use Leinster Broadband, which was a total disaster. At the moment I’m using an O2 3G modem which is OK. I wonder what the current situation is on Wi-max, I think the market has opened up to other companies to a limited degree

By: WIDDY

WIDDY — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:50:33 +0000

had fwa for past three years and its ok in good weather but breaks down on a regular basis. bad news is that when i ring call centre and give them my information they tell me that i dont have FWA but i have had eircom engineers come out and look at the set up followed by a lot of head scratching and excuses! the good news is that in the past 3 years Eircom have not charged me a penny for FWA system, setup or equipment.
i love EIRCOM!

By: EJL

EJL — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:45:18 +0000

Living on hill outside tuam so can see the Eircom mast. Couldn’t get the wired broadband so got Eircom FWA installed a few years back on a pilot scheme so all installation equipment was free. However, it has been regularly breaking down in the last 18 months for up to a week at a time. I used to ring the helpdesk but have given up as they insist that I pull apart the modem etc which is a waste of time as the problem is always to do with an unstable network card at the exchange. If I was a cynic I’d say that Eircom can’t be bothered fixing this as they know that I’m stuck with them anyway due to my rural location.

By: Stephen Power

Stephen Power — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:37:55 +0000

I live in Coolnasmear, Dungarvan and my download speed is 28.8kbs. I have just had a long discussion with Eircom with regards to wireless broadband which they say they are not installing. I suggested that they should cancel their licence and allow some other company to operate. My nephew, who lives next door, had wireless broadband installed by Eircom after a battle lasting five or six months. When I mentioned this, Eircom were somewhat taken aback but insisted that it had been installed by a company with whom they no longer dealt with, i.e. a company they had sub-contracted to do the work. When I pointed out that there were three Eircom vehicles at the address to carry out the installation they appeared somewhat confused. I am still no further forward. Any assistance you could provide would be appreciated.

By: David

David — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:55:42 +0000

I actually have FWA but got it. Cost a packet to install and server was quite good up to a couple of months ago. The monthly price halved whoopie but then the service got halved, no quartered, no at times non existant. Engineers at Eircom have been great I think that they are working with a system creaking at the seams also the type of wireless implemented in FWA does not seem that good. However its been better than nothing in my location, but I recently got 3 to fill in an a backup when FWA is offline, problems there with the setup though as FTP and SMTP are diffficult through the Three system. I think I’ll keep both as FWA is networked nicely and works now again most of the time but the Three will be useful when on the move.

By: martin

martin — Tue, 15 May 2007 22:23:00 +0000

i have being trying to get broadband in rural longford for 15 months now. last mile said there was trees in the way. on the 14 of may i finally got in touch with a company called mediasat and they said i can get satelite broadband in 2 weeks at 39.99 per month with 180 equipment charge and 190 installation hope it works when they arrive . check thier web site http://www.mediasat .ie for cheaper or business pakeges . martin

By: Maurice Harvey

Maurice Harvey — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:40:55 +0000

I have ordered FW today,was told would take 28 days,thats fair enough,but I want to know if proximity to the mast is important,ie the closer you are,the faster the setup becomes????