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Broadband (DSL)

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  • 09-11-2007 11:24pm
    #1
    sk1
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭


    Hi...
    i read in the papers that several providers will increase downloadspeeds next year because ireland is below the average in europe in this field.

    The question is now, where do i need to live to enjoy the full speed of any DSL line?

    I tried magnet.ie last year, liviing in Firhouse, had in the winter time 1mbit upload and downlod around 1m or less which really sucked so that i had to cancel the service and continued to use NTL 6m line.

    i was wondering if magnet has fibre access, where the hell are these estates where the fibre to the home is available, i never heard these names listed on this page for dublin.

    http://www.magnet.ie/services/fibre-to-the-home.shtml

    does anyboday know?

    other question: in which parts of dublin could i get the full speed which iam paying for (over copper lines)?

    thanks...


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    #2
    Sqaull20
    Registered Users Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    Always wondered this?

    I would actually move to Dublin as long as the accomadation prices werent too insane to get a proper FTTH (Fiber-to-the-home) connection....

    I have heard that some home users in Dublin have 20mb download 8mb upload..

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    fatboymsport
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭fatboymsport


    so you would move house on the strength of a broadband connection.

    what do you use the net for that you could possibly need 20megs

    sorry but thats very sad


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Always wondered this?

    I would actually move to Dublin as long as the accomadation prices werent too insane to get a proper FTTH (Fiber-to-the-home) connection....

    I have heard that some home users in Dublin have 20mb download 8mb upload..
    Probably people that live in the data centre they work for. I think home users with that are as common as Unicorns on the Curragh.


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    #5
    sk1
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭sk1


    i use it for downloading stuff (what else would i need a fast line for). and for online gaming (css, nfs, tdu etc). a stable connection (constant ping) is a bit more important than speed alone but 6m is fine atm.


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    #6
    Usernamelast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Usernamelast


    Sqaull20: Whoa thats quite a download speed, any idea what plan/isp that would be with?


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    Sqaull20
    Registered Users Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    Usernamelast wrote: »
    Sqaull20: Whoa thats quite a download speed, any idea what plan/isp that would be with?

    A poster called Cros13 posted that pick..

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=120317

    I asked him about it and he said
    
Re: Your Broadband 

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sqaull20 
Hi man,is that your home broadband connection or work?

20mb download 8mb upload is insane...

A bit of info please? 

Home connection mate.... It rocks!

I have a proper FTTH (Fiber-to-the-home) link.

I bought my place specifically 'cause this was available. 
Its very rare in ireland. 
I just moved back from the states where i had verizon FiOS which is 50 MBit and widely available. 
Its in the building regulations for new houses in the UK that a duct be fitted for ftth. 
No one gives a damn here

    Not sure if I believe him,lucky man if true


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    #8
    cros13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭cros13


    Yep, It's accurate.

    I just bought another property in the area.

    The new place is on the same magnet ftth but hits a solid wall at 8192kb/s up/down. I think they forgot to specify the bandwidth in my own house when they set it up, so i've been getting higher speeds then I "should".


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    #9
    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,712 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    FTTH, every geeks wet dream:pac:


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    #10
    zonEEE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭zonEEE


    11-11-2007

    eh bump more :D


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    #11
    cros13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭cros13


    strongr wrote: »
    11-11-2007

    eh bump more :D

    erk.. sry :)


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    #12
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    Clearly my connection owns Cros13's...

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    That result is a lie ^^ :eek:

    --

    Steer clear of Ripwave. Complain all ya want about DSL, but paying €26.95 a month (Ripwave Plus 1024/256 Kb/s) for that actual speed is a joke. I await reconnection with UTV...


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    #13
    Conar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭Conar


    Not sure if people still care but the (relatively) new apartments in Donabate , The Gallery, have FTTH with Magnet.


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    #14
    rogue-entity
    Registered Users Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    fatboymsport wrote: »
    so you would move house on the strength of a broadband connection.

    what do you use the net for that you could possibly need 20megs

    sorry but thats very sad
    Actually, if I have the choice, of moving into a home of my own, with a rubbish internet connection, or staying where I am, where I can get DSL on what I would argue is one of the best phone lines in the country.
    Well.. Im staying put right now.


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