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Broadband Advice?

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    #32
    Patchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Patchy


    Just a quick comment on this broadband issue..You people talk about 2mb from this provider and 5mb that from this provider,but dont mention there isn't a single person in the city getting internet speeds anywhere near 1mbps nevermind 2 or 5..I have been signed up with eircom homeplus package for the last 5 years and only in the last 2 have i managed to get a decent retention rate speed of 300kbps,which i consider to be the best available from any of the providers mentioned in this post

    Patchy

    EDIT : Sorry to bertisevil who actually did mention actual internet speed compared to 1mb this and 2mb that


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    #33
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Anyone know if smart will be providing service on the Caherdavin exchange anytime soon? I'd much rather use them over Eircom....speeds are often terrible on 2mb eircom


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    #34
    1huge1
    Registered Users Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭1huge1


    Patchy: From my experience what Digiweb metro offers digiweb metro gives.
    Very reliable service.


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    #35
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,239 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    You can actually test your bb speed here: http://www.irishisptest.com/runmyspeed.php


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    #36
    lebowsky
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭lebowsky


    Neon-Circles wrote: »
    Anyone know if smart will be providing service on the Caherdavin exchange anytime soon? I'd much rather use them over Eircom....speeds are often terrible on 2mb eircom



    It apparently costs 250,000 + for another provider to move into an exchange including equipment etc. Originaly I believe there was a problem getting Caherdavin hooked up to the fibre ring around Limerick.


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    #37
    jbkenn
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭jbkenn


    lebowsky wrote: »
    It apparently costs 250,000 + for another provider to move into an exchange including equipment etc. Originaly I believe there was a problem getting Caherdavin hooked up to the fibre ring around Limerick.

    Smart have no plans LLU any further exchanges in Ireland

    Eircom do not use any of the MAN's, believing them to be an unnecessary duplication of their infastructure

    jbkenn


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    #38
    bertisevil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭bertisevil


    Patchy wrote: »
    Just a quick comment on this broadband issue..You people talk about 2mb from this provider and 5mb that from this provider,but dont mention there isn't a single person in the city getting internet speeds anywhere near 1mbps nevermind 2 or 5..I have been signed up with eircom homeplus package for the last 5 years and only in the last 2 have i managed to get a decent retention rate speed of 300kbps,which i consider to be the best available from any of the providers mentioned in this post

    Patchy

    EDIT : Sorry to bertisevil who actually did mention actual internet speed compared to 1mb this and 2mb that

    Sorry Patchy should have been clearer I guess, I'm on the 4mbit package, but I get sustained speeds of 500KB/s download (Irish servers, dutch server, and Swedish servers tested) also about 32KB/s upload (equating to ~378kb/s)


    I'm near the dock road (Limerick) if that's any help


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    #39
    Wetbench4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Wetbench4


    Patchy wrote: »
    Just a quick comment on this broadband issue..You people talk about 2mb from this provider and 5mb that from this provider,but dont mention there isn't a single person in the city getting internet speeds anywhere near 1mbps nevermind 2 or 5..I have been signed up with eircom homeplus package for the last 5 years and only in the last 2 have i managed to get a decent retention rate speed of 300kbps,which i consider to be the best available from any of the providers mentioned in this post

    Patchy

    EDIT : Sorry to bertisevil who actually did mention actual internet speed compared to 1mb this and 2mb that

    I think you might be mixing up your megabits with your megabytes


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    #40
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    Patchy wrote: »
    Just a quick comment on this broadband issue..You people talk about 2mb from this provider and 5mb that from this provider,but dont mention there isn't a single person in the city getting internet speeds anywhere near 1mbps nevermind 2 or 5..I have been signed up with eircom homeplus package for the last 5 years and only in the last 2 have i managed to get a decent retention rate speed of 300kbps,which i consider to be the best available from any of the providers mentioned in this post

    Patchy

    EDIT : Sorry to bertisevil who actually did mention actual internet speed compared to 1mb this and 2mb that

    What are you on about?


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    #41
    bertisevil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭bertisevil


    Think he's on about people paying for 2MBit n 3 and only getting about 1, never had that issue myself but it I did i'd be switching providers real quick


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