Home Broadband / Wifi

Just wondering what home internet is available without using a phone line , since the storm last year we are plaged with bad broadband and phone line break down. We don't even use the home phone anymore, so is it possible to get rid of it and get a reliable service without it?

Our home connection is with a company that has a mast on top of one of the hills, line of sight is required but no phone line,

At the minute in in work and I have 5 sometimes 6mbps through the phone on 02 network, but I have no phone internet at home,

Ahh forgot about line of sight connection, don't know anyone in the North with one.

The old saying of Location Location Location used to apply to a number of things - retailing for example, or how much your house was worth.

Nowadays it applies to internet service. Although I live close to a biggish rural town (they used call them market towns) I cannot get any service from the telephone line. That is despite the fact the area has been "fibre enabled" . We are still too far from the "fibre enabled cabinet" to get any service. My daughter lives about 600 meters away from me and gets speeds of 70 to 100mb over the land line.

If you don't fall within the location that gets this you have to use

a) 3G
b) Wireless or line of sight signal from a mast
c) satellite

The only one of those that is not location dependent is satellite.

In our location we have a choice of Digiweb or North West Electronics

I use North West Electronics and have a service that gives "up to" 50mb download, and 10mb upload
It gives about 5mb down and 1.75up

3G might work depending on your location but has limitations as to caps on your downloads volume and also the devices used to limit the number of WiFi connections to 5 devices.

From what I know about satellite I would advise you to forget it unless you have absolutely nothing else.

It is one of the most frustrating services I know.

You get a fraction of the speed you were lead to believe you might get
My service continues to slow down because I assume the are still selling it to new customers without upgrading the capacity
The service level is virtually nil ( they never answer the phone)
Talking to the regulator is a waste of time

If I lived near work (15 miles from home) I would just use the phone as it's quicker than my paid BB service,

You could check the different phone coverage of 3G, it may be an answer to your trouble,

Pat l use digiweb for internet and phone, have done for a number of year's, the few time's I had to call them with a problem it was sorted on the day, as regards speeds I don't know I get, but it's enough for me.
This has just brought back the terrible memories and problems I had for year's with eircom