Comments on: National Broadband Scheme Launch

By: Nigel Renshaw

Nigel Renshaw — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:38:01 +0000

Back again tried to use my Satellite Broadband again tonight after very little use over Christmas, started at 1.49 mbs when I started watching Sky player ended watching Sky player at 0.14 mbs, again does this constitute BROADBAND, have we got a body we can complain to?

By: Nigel Renshaw

Nigel Renshaw — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:32:38 +0000

Im back on again my Satellite broadband is pants at the moment. Havent used same much the last week or so but when switching on tonight the download speed is between .45 mbs and .68 mbs, this to me does not constitute BROADBAND and I feel that we in Ireland are once again being ripped off?

By: Joe Breen

Joe Breen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:17:35 +0000

Take Sweden – a not dissimilar terrain to Ireland – yet they are very soon going to be offering 80 MB as a matter of right to ALL their citizens. Finland has already offered 20 MB as a matter of right to every citizen.

Sweden are also rolling out a 4G network to cover the whole of the country.

This is thinking ahead whereas the dumbasses here are not.

See the link: http://www.telecoms.com/10423/tele2-telenor-to-build-swedish-lte-network

By: Nigel Renshaw

Nigel Renshaw — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:45:03 +0000

Fergal, yes 3 installed a ViaSat SurfBeam Satellite Modem and dish after the dongle failed to work for 6 weeks. It is great when it works and rubbish when it doesn’t but I suppose we have to accept this in rural Ireland? Hope this helps you. Took numerous phone calls to Mumbai before I got the Satellite.

By: National Broadband Disaster

National Broadband Disaster — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:01:08 +0000

Mike,

You are only on 3’s standard commercial service, as NBS has not officially launched yet. Not to say that your experience will be any better when they do launch though! – I still reckon that 3 will never complete this project.

By: Fergal

Fergal — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:06:45 +0000

@Nigel Renshaw, did three install a sattellite dish for you? what sattellite are you using? i was not aware that they now had their sattellite service operational.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:01:55 +0000

A picture is worth a thousand words…

http://www.youtube.com/user/FedUpWithThreeDialUp

… enough said.

By: National Broadband Disaster

National Broadband Disaster — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:57:36 +0000

So we are about 11 months away from the official launch date for the National Broadband Scheme. – Mark my words, 3 will never deliver on time.

3 meg will be the backhaul speed. We continue to watch and wait -

By: Nigel Renshaw

Nigel Renshaw — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:27:28 +0000

I bought a modem for 49 euro and for a month it never worked even with a booster. Waited in anticipation when Satellite dish installed. What a load of rubbish, it very rarely provides BROADBAND speeds. How can a company like 3 be employed by the Irish Government to provide broadband on a National Broadband Scheme when they do not have the now how to provide this service. Have waited over ten tears for Broadband in Ireland and will wait another ten years?

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:25:47 +0000

Just on the NBS, just thought you might be interested in my experience ordering from Three.

The telesales and support phone lines are outsourced to some country that does sound like it is within the EU, they are very hard to understand and just read from a script.

The colour modem I ordered was not in stock, I didn’t care what colour just picked the first one in the list, but they didn’t inform me I had to ring up about the order to see when it was going to be delivered. I am getting it for my in-laws and wanted them to have it for the weekend so i could set it up for them they won’t have it for the weekend.

They also debited my credit card 2 days before they have even dispatched anything.