BT Ireland rolls out 8Mb broadband

rc28

vibe666 wrote: »

i honestly couldn't give a fig who's baking it as long as it tastes good!

I know but I was just clearing up any confusion people might have about BT's own 8mb and the separate 7.6mb upgrade.

vibe666

ah, what's 400kbps between friends anyway?

hshortt

In Bray, my number also reports 9th August. hmmm....

Kenmare

mine reports that its being upgraded on the weekend of the 26th july.....


wait :eek:

Should I upgrade from 1mb to 3mb quickly? XD hahal ol

Ludo

I started on the 2 meg package with bt last year but could only get 1 meg so I downgraded. When I got their mail yesterday I saw that my line is due to be upgraded this weekend. Rang them immediately and got them to test my line. They said it is now capable of 3 meg. Upgraded to 2 meg there and then and it was up to full 2meg speed by last evening. Just waiting to see now if it automatically upgrades to 3 meg over the weekend which they say the 2 meg package will. That would be sweet if it does but doubt it somehow. Anyone on 1meg will not be affect by this...they will stay as 1 meg forever apparently.

Kenmare

Ludo wrote: »

I started on the 2 meg package with bt last year but could only get 1 meg so I downgraded. When I got their mail yesterday I saw that my line is due to be upgraded this weekend. Rang them immediately and got them to test my line. They said it is now capable of 3 meg. Upgraded to 2 meg there and then and it was up to full 2meg speed by last evening. Just waiting to see now if it automatically upgrades to 3 meg over the weekend which they say the 2 meg package will. That would be sweet if it does but doubt it somehow. Anyone on 1meg will not be affect by this...they will stay as 1 meg forever apparently.

hmm, might be worth a ring then. I cant stand 1mb. I used to be on 16mb internet when I didnt live here. Its just sooooooo slow. 100kbps and 15kbps upload.

Where did the infrastructure development go? If they had upgraded everywhere to fibre optic..... *dreams*

abakan

Kenmare wrote: »

Where did the infrastructure development go? If they had upgraded everywhere to fibre optic..... *dreams*

This might answer your question

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/836435m-broadband-network-sitting-idle-in-five-towns-1431705.html

vibe666

i've been repeatedly asking about the MAN that was laid around Navan 2 years ago but keep getting bounced from pillar to post and told that it's still 'in testing'.

i keep meaning to write to the local paper but never get round to doing anything about it (which is something that me and them have in common) to complain that we're sitting here waiting for someone to upgrade the old copper network when there's a fibre network that runs past the end of my road less than 500m from my house. :mad:

polarfire

Line Mode ADSL2+ Line State Show Time Line Power State L0 Line Up Time 06:11:18:43 Line Coding Trellis On Line Up Count 5

Statistics Downstream Upstream Line Rate 18431 Kbps 1019 Kbps Noise Margin 9.9 dB 11.0 dB Line Attenuation 23.0 dB 9.3 dB Output Power 11.9 dBm 0.0 dBm