IBB A Waste Of Bandwidth

[giggsirish]

Hi Guys,

Many thanks to anyone who manages read this through to the end. First a little on my background and cray situation. I am living in the Drumcondra area. Beside Quinns Pub (A reference point im sure you will all know) so far I have done the following to get broadband.

1) IBB Line of Sight for Breeze :FAILED
2) Digiweb Line of Sight : FAILED
3) Got a phone line installed : FAILED my exchange not compatible yet
4) NTL : Unable to offer in my area yet
5) IBB Ripwave : My current situation

To roll it all into one.

.Took 6 weeks to get the Ripwave unit.
.Dispatched me 3 Ripwave units when they finally managed to send one?????
.IBB have double charged me on 4 occasions.
.Up to 26 30-45minute phone calls to helpline.
.12 HelpDesk calls logged.
.Never managed a connection over 36Kbs.
.Closed my account but 2 months later got a notice for not making a payement????
. Never bothered pick up the 3 modems
.Currently connecting to the BTS29 for free with 45Kbs connection.




Guys!!! What on earth is going on here...Its 2006 not 1066. I just cant figure out how to get Broadband....I may be able get free WiFi from Jurys beside Crokar but would need a nice Antenna. Any idea? Other than that its a Vodafone 3G/GPRS card and PCI adapter with unlimited usage package...All seems a bit crazy. Even Dial-up would be great only Eircom say they need a hoist to fix my connection...Waiting 7 weeks on that!!!!!!

[Bigpaddy_irl]

It's ok, your just having one of those days How far are you actually from the hotel, in km's?

[giggsirish]

Hey mate,

Not KM's at all. about 700 metres id sayat a roughy guess. Scanned for it with a sniffer and its open access. Thought about the Cantenna but dont mind forking out if it actually works.

Al.

[Bigpaddy_irl]

Originally Posted by giggsirish

Hey mate,

Not KM's at all. about 700 metres id sayat a roughy guess. Scanned for it with a sniffer and its open access. Thought about the Cantenna but dont mind forking out if it actually works.

Al.

Well if they are giving free access it should be ok to use it so. If you like I can set you up with an external antenna & router to connect to it. pm me if your interested. Podge