broadband suggestions, BT getting the bullet.

Dirk Gently

Greetings,

Had enough of BT broadband at this stage, after never receiving one correct bill off them and constantly getting overcharged I've decided to move on. They're just impossible to deal with.

So question is, who is my best option for the change over. Who out there is reliable and capable of sending out bills and not over charging me every single time?

I was thinking about going for NTL's 6mb option. I'm in Finglas so just want to hear any suggestions for the best company to go with next. Also how long would it take for each company to set me up and get me running. I really want to bounce my modem off a BT billing managers head very soon.

Frolk

Dont go for NTL..... i`m living in finglas too and its laggin like **** lately...i`m going to change it myself very soon!Thinkin what to go for

Lafortezza

I'm in Finglas too, I have 2MB DSL from Digiweb, 29.95 euro per month with a free wireless router, with the invoice emailed to you every month.
I get good speeds, reliability is reasonable, it's never broken down totally but it does get the occasional slowdown and weak signal strength.
I find it pretty good for torrents, online FPS, general surfing. 20GB (upload+download) cap per month is the only big drawback.

Liam Byrne

Smart offer 3Mb (6Mb if your line supports it) including line rental at €35 per month, no caps or hidden ifs, ands or buts, apart from the fact that there was an extra up-front charge for the wireless router.

I have this for the last 6 months and I can't fault it; uploading, downloading, or working from home.

thebaz

Are BT really that bad ?
There is a BT package someone is looking at 35 euros a month , free national calls , and 1 MB broadband .
Price seams reasonable to me ,is there something i am missing about BT.
The alternative is Eircom, who charge 45 euos a month for same package ?

po0k

Liam, could you post some pings and/or traceroutes to a few Irish and UK sites?

philologos

Liam Byrne wrote:

Smart offer 3Mb (6Mb if your line supports it) including line rental at €35 per month, no caps or hidden ifs, ands or buts, apart from the fact that there was an extra up-front charge for the wireless router.

I have this for the last 6 months and I can't fault it; uploading, downloading, or working from home.

yes but you never know what will happen with Smart, considering the recent shenanigans that have happened with them.

Liam Byrne

SyxPak wrote:

Liam, could you post some pings and/or traceroutes to a few Irish and UK sites?

amazon.co.uk
2 15 ms 14 ms 13 ms 84-203-32-1.mysmart.ie [84.203.32.1]
3 14 ms 14 ms 15 ms ge0-0-0.core1.tcy.dub.stisp.net [84.203.130.125]
4 14 ms 15 ms 15 ms dln-b1-link.telia.net [213.248.104.13]
5 26 ms 24 ms 25 ms ldn-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.250.84]
6 25 ms 25 ms 24 ms ldn-b1-pos13-0.telia.net [213.248.64.98]
7 26 ms 27 ms 28 ms so-6-0-0-zcr2.lnt.cw.net [195.2.10.213]
8 29 ms 28 ms 30 ms so-1-2-0-dcr2.tsd.cw.net [195.2.10.130]
9 25 ms 25 ms 27 ms so-4-0-0-dcr1.lnd.cw.net [195.2.9.14]
10 27 ms 25 ms 34 ms ge-5-0-0-dcr2.lnd.cw.net [195.2.9.90]
11 39 ms 39 ms 40 ms so-0-0-0-ycr1.dub.cw.net [166.63.163.142]
12 146 ms 58 ms 39 ms amazon-gw.dub.cw.net [208.175.245.58]
13 38 ms 38 ms 38 ms 87.238.85.12
14 41 ms 38 ms 39 ms www.amazon.co.uk [87.238.85.129]

rte.ie
2 14 ms 14 ms 13 ms 84-203-32-1.mysmart.ie [84.203.32.1]
3 * 15 ms 15 ms ge0-0-0.core1.tcy.dub.stisp.net [84.203.130.125]
4 15 ms 16 ms 15 ms ge1-3-0-100.core1.hba.dub.stisp.net [84.203.130.1]
5 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms deg-gw-1.rte.ie [193.242.111.42]
6 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms www.rte.ie [89.207.56.92]

boards.ie
2 15 ms 13 ms 14 ms 84-203-32-1.mysmart.ie [84.203.32.1]
3 15 ms 14 ms 16 ms ge0-0-0.core1.tcy.dub.stisp.net [84.203.130.125]
4 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms ge1-3-0-100.edge1.tcy.dub.stisp.net [84.203.130.90]
5 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms 84.203.138.118
6 * 16 ms 16 ms 82.195.143.132
7 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms boards.ie [82.195.136.250]