Anyone got the 1meg Lite connection with Irish Broadband????

neokenzo

Steffano2002 wrote:

Well I got a call from IBB today (1 week after sending my order form). They wanted to know about the building I lived in. I told them it was 3 storeys high and that the roof was not accessible from inside the house. As a result, they'll have to come out with some kind of small crane as ladders are only used for buildings up to 2 storeys high. This is definitely going to lengthen the whole process... I'm still hoping I get an IBB connection before Christmas though! Fingers crossed

Thats usually a good sign. When they called me to asked me all those questions, they came out the next day.

gline

neokenzo wrote:

Thats usually a good sign. When they called me to asked me all those questions, they came out the next day.

Exactly the same happened to me, it is a good sign

Steffano2002

gline - neokenzo: Thank you for helping me get €50 EUR off Drapper!

I hope I get a call from them soon saying "we're coming tomorrow with a crane Stéphane!". Jesus, I can't wait!

gline

good luck with that man, i hope it works out for yah, u will be gr8ly pleased if it does

Drapper

gline wrote:

good luck with that man, i hope it works out for yah, u will be gr8ly pleased if it does

What package are you on ?


Steph :- had a discussion with IBB tecnical support about changing my contentiona dn they confirmed that contention should not have any impact on pings !! The downloads will be more reliable than 20:1 but the relay of signal is same !!! I cancelled the upgrade as it not going to amke any differnce to my pings. Dont think it is worth the costs !!

gline

Im on the breeze 1 meg lite connection and im havinng NO problems so far. its lightening quick for me, lol

Tony

Drapper wrote:

Are you standing beside the mast???? ;-)

no but its only up the road

Steffano2002

Drapper wrote:

Steph :- had a discussion with IBB tecnical support about changing my contentiona dn they confirmed that contention should not have any impact on pings !! The downloads will be more reliable than 20:1 but the relay of signal is same !!! I cancelled the upgrade as it not going to amke any differnce to my pings. Dont think it is worth the costs !!

Yeah a mate of mine in France told me that also... Pity 8:1 doesn't improve ping. But mainly I went with the "business 8:1 contention ratio connection" because I can easily upgrade to the 2 or 3MB connection if I need to in future! And I have that Service Level Agreement...

Drapper

Steffano2002 wrote:

Yeah a mate of mine in France told me that also... Pity 8:1 doesn't improve ping. But mainly I went with the "business 8:1 contention ratio connection" because I can easily upgrade to the 2 or 3MB connection if I need to in future! And I have that Service Level Agreement...

The broadband war has just begun next year 2 meg will be the same price as 1 meg !!! MArch probably. :-)

BTW they are taking fibre to the home in norht Dublin 100meg connection. Trying to get more info. Around Baldoyle !!

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Blaster99

Is this a good time to point out that the 20:1 is equally upgradable? They need to change settings in either case so IBB Sales told you porkies.

gline

yeh the IBB installer told me the equipment is capable of up to 6 meg connection and only a changfe on IBB's side is needed to upgrade,

Drapper

gline wrote:

yeh the IBB installer told me the equipment is capable of up to 6 meg connection and only a changfe on IBB's side is needed to upgrade,

I wonder when we will be able to get 6 meg !!! 0 ping !!!!!

neokenzo

I dont think increasing the speed has anything to do with pings. My mate in France has a 6MB line and he's ping is still the same. Only difference is that you *can* download faster.

Drapper

neokenzo wrote:

I dont think increasing the speed has anything to do with pings. My mate in France has a 6MB line and he's ping is still the same. Only difference is that you *can* download faster.

I agree, ping is realy of data from the point to point !!!

neokenzo

Yup, but I'll take any free upgrades I can get my hands on, even if its 1.5MB or 2MB

billy3sheets

See my post re pings on:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2155699&posted=1#post2155699

Steffano2002

neokenzo wrote:

I dont think increasing the speed has anything to do with pings. My mate in France has a 6MB line and he's ping is still the same. Only difference is that you *can* download faster.

I also have a mate in France who's got a 6MB connection! He's in my Call of Duty team and his ping on French servers is around 15-25ms. When we play on UK servers he's at 30-35ms. Slightly jealous...

Drapper

Anyone got any issues with Video streaming with IBB ?? I can get webstream very good from close Europe/US servers but a big lagg from other locations ............. I know distance is an issue but I've a friend on Eircom and his streaming is btter on a 512 line for foreign sites such as Korea (who put all thier TV programmes on the NET in 300kps quality everyday).............. ??? Anyone experionce this???
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BTW my other half is foreign so no smart ass comments ;-)