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myrzopyrzo

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I cannot get fixed line broadband because of our house layout so I'm hoping to get 4G/Sg 'mobile' broadband .
Can I do this and keep a landline for emergencies ?
 
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Why would the house layout prevent you from getting fixed line broadband?

There is absolutely nothing preventing you from getting a mobile broadband modem, most of the providers will provide them, here's Vodafone's offering. I presume you are getting good mobile data speeds in the house?
 
We need to dig up path for fibre cable as copper cable has a fault . Not going there and we have no ESB poles.
 
myrzopyrzo said:
We need to dig up path for fibre cable as copper cable has a fault . Not going there and we have no ESB poles.
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Ah, OK, external factors rather than the layout of the house itself, thanks.

It's possible to mole cables underneath driveways to reduce disruption, but that is a more specialised job and might cost a little more.
 
Certainly possible.

At least Vodafone, Eir and Three offer 5g "mobile" broadband via a fixed mains powered Huawei modem box.
There's some talk of "Expert Engineer" installs. Not sure what they do, maybe recommend it be positioned near a window facing their 5g mast (as 5g is easily blocked by walls). Don't think there's any external antennas or extra fuss along those lines.
I don't think they over landline phone over this service - but I think the 5g Modem box they all use technically could do this.

If you are not in an area with strong 5g signal currently, they won't offer you this and will only offer you 4g.
I thin even more providers have 4g "mobile" broadband options - with cheaper modem boxes and/or lower costs but also potentially much slower speeds.

You can still keep the old copper based landline no matter what, with the drawback of high fixed line rental costs.

Do know that Fibre versus at least 4g is a big gap in experience. Fiber providers would offer you home phone without line rental, and/or higher speeds and/or no data caps. Mobile Broadband tends to be very variable in speed based on location and time of day, and strict on data caps.
 
Yes agree with all that . Digiweb giving us 6-10mbps at the mo and are blaming the copper wires for the slow speed. Strangely 3 years ago the same wires were getting us 50 mbps. Our area has no 5-G as we are on the coast of Dublin city north. I would like to try the 4g box this time but i like to have a home phone in case kids are in trouble somewhere. Is coaxial cable an option any more?
 
Coax, if you mean via Virgin Media (formerly UPC) could be an option.

I know some places got left behind when they upgraded their backend networks to Fibre, and for one reason or another they don't offer any Broadband in these places. Of course, these tend to be places without Fibre from Eir as well - probably due to lack of conduits for cable routing.
Where they do offer broadband though, it's miles better than old copper phone lines and reliable - worth looking into.

Their website has a Eircode checker that i think is accurate, as is Bonkers in my experience (if you haven't checked already)

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It will show the 4 main wired broadand networks availability.

Virgin Media - Generally good with some variance
SIRO - Fibre only, so great
openeir fibre - Fibre only, so great
openeir legacy - Varies massively - totally dependent on phone copper wiring, exchange, distance etc.

Dublin City North to me seems like a good spot to try out 5g. I'd imagine you have multiple providers to pick from if you can position the modem in a good window high up.
You can see some crowd sourced data that seems accurate here (for signal at road level most likely)

3G / 4G / 5G coverage in Ireland - nPerf.com

Compare the network coverage of mobile operators and check their performance at home !
www.nperf.com
 
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