Dingle - Post Report Question and Answers
Do you have any recommendations regarding mobile phones? Did you keep your home-country plan or use a local provider?
I use O2 and there are also Vodaphone and a few other providers. The service is top up style or monthly bill pay and making calls costs quite a bit, so most people text each other or call from home. The start up is on par with the States and some of the unlimited call packages are starting to become available. My landline is with BT and I pay 70 Euro per month for unlimited calls to anywhere in Ireland, the UK and 10 free anytime hours to the States. That also includes unlimited broadband. The service is quick and we have 2 computers going most of the day. Cell phone service can be spotty along the coast in some areas and broadband is not available in a lot of the outlying areas. There is a top up satellite card for broadband you can use, but I've heard mixed reviews about it dropping the net and going down fairly regularly. If you need internet for your work from home, that is a consideration in where you live. Don't assume the house you are in will get net. Check it out first. - Feb 2009