New 4Mbit Cable Modem Service Launched in Ireland

spongebob

€40 a month....but only in Dungarvan Co. Waterford and there are no plans to expand the service AFAIK. Details Here . Caseys have run a 256k service for years now.

M

Samba

that.......makes......me.......sick.

This is what should be largely available.

Placebo

oh crap, thats crap, there are people in dublin too !

Creamy Goodness

yeh this is great but it's a pity that other companies can get away with selling 512k service for more than the 4meg service :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

if this was widely available every1 would get it

Placebo

yo yo, how much Kb per sec would u say would we get ?

ando

at first I taught it was a mistake. 4mbps is the speed you get from the Usb modem, but no, they are actually offering a 4mbps connection :eek: :eek: amazing to think some of the Lan networks i goto are still only on 10mbps. Soon the internet connections are going to be faster

Creamy Goodness

Originally posted by Placebo
yo yo, how much Kb per sec would u say would we get ?

i'm no good at maths but i think 512k goes at 60kb a second and if that's right 4mb should go at 480kb a second

i'm probally wrong though

Placebo

i thought that, but id say its less, even so at 350 kb lets say, CS ping would be <10.
sweet.

Cal

Droolllllllll !!!!!!!!!!............................

bizmark

be great if they roled that service out wouldnt it

Creamy Goodness

is this wireless like irish broadband or is it actually run over the phone line or some other method.

ohh btw my mate is in sweden atm and he said that all houses have access to 10mbit lines for 30 euros and they in the process of upgrading in stockholm to 100mbit lines ! :O

Ripwave

Originally posted by Cr3m0
is this wireless like irish broadband or is it actually run over the phone line or some other method.

Most "Cable Modem" services are run over TV cables!

bizmark

ya the name's normaly a dead give away

Creamy Goodness

Originally posted by Ripwave
Most "Cable Modem" services are run over TC cables!

po0k

Fair play

I'd be interested to know about the contention ratio and whether the 4MBit is split between everyone on the loop or is dedicated to your connection (I assume the former )

po0k

Originally posted by Placebo
i thought that, but id say its less, even so at 350 kb lets say, CS ping would be <10.
sweet.

Increased bandwidth does not imply decrease in ping, EVER.
You can get <10ms pings on serial cable, or I2C buses, and they run at nowhere near 4Mbit

ando

so whats the average price for a house in waterford?

Placebo

Increased bandwidth does not imply decrease in ping, EVER

balls, so then what does ?>

spongebob

its 30 miles from Waterford, do ye Dubs never look at maps

M

Giblet

Routing determines ping, bandwidth only helps with stability.

I could get 5ms ping with my wireless connection, if it didn't go through about 20 hops before reaching the server.

MickFarr

Is there anyone out there who has this ?

NeVeR

I dont know how Big a company Casey Cablevision is, I have never heard of them

But c-mon,,, if they can get a service like this.

NTL or Eircom must be able to.

OfflerCrocGod

This is incredibly depressing:(. When are we in the sticks (Dublin) ever going to get such speeds?.

rymus

right... time to set about backhauling a few of these 4Mbit packages to Cork!

Samba

Ibb installed my service with a nice 4mb connection(until traffic was sorted, lasted 2 weeks). If you could find a server to support that connection you would get 460 .

CyberGhost

OH MAN! That is so depressing!

i've got to find a work and move there!

how is that town btw? never been there

and cany anyone clarify if the 4MB is shared between people?

and DAMN Cr3mo! 100MB lines in Sweden!!! have to learn Swedish

crawler

Placebo - 36 Degrees.

Lots of stuff redues pings

Apart from Hardware the most important stuff from your ISP is

Good network design
Good peering agreements and Transit providers ( Level3 , MCI, etc - tier 1 providers )
Good routing protocols

but at the end of the day if the server you are trying to connect to has a bad ISP , you may experience high latency and high ping times.....

The question is a bit of a "how long is a bit of string"

eth0_

Originally posted by Placebo
oh crap, thats crap, there are people in dublin too !

Oh please! Dublin is probably the best served county in Ireland for broadband!!

Bu11et_Proof

I am in Waterford City, sent an email last night to see if i have a chance. doubt it knowing my luck , but hey fingers crossed

Linoge

Originally posted by Cr3m0

ohh btw my mate is in sweden atm and he said that all houses have access to 10mbit lines for 30 euros and they in the process of upgrading in stockholm to 100mbit lines ! :O

If I had that connection I would download The Internet.

Its a joke the way the Swedes are so far ahead of us on broadband. Why? Why does the "Silicon Valley of Europe" not have a 100mb connection in every home???

Bu11et_Proof

well iam out of luck got email today saying no only ppl in Dungraven can get it, damn them!