15 days in Ireland + 5 days in London

[DRNewcomb]

I was last in Ireland some years ago and had a Meteor SIM because of their better tariffs. It turned out to be a bit of a mistake because we spent a lot of our time on the west coast, where Meteor's coverage was fairly thin. Since then a lot of things may have changed. They now claim 99% coverage.

[drama queen]

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

I was last in Ireland some years ago and had a Meteor SIM because of their better tariffs. It turned out to be a bit of a mistake because we spent a lot of our time on the west coast, where Meteor's coverage was fairly thin. Since then a lot of things may have changed. They now claim 99% coverage.

Yes - Meteor has built out coverage over the last few years, and now there is very little difference between it and market-leading Vodafone. They also have a mast sharing agreement with O2 and a national roaming agreement with Vodafone which you can switch over to in a small number of regions of the West of Ireland. However, note that those 99% 2G coverage figures quoted by all the networks are for population, not geographic area. All the networks still have blackspots in very rural areas of the West of Ireland. Also 3G & HSPA coverage still tends to be limited in very rural areas, so don't expect high data speeds in all areas of the West coast.