[Eircom & Resellers..BT, UTV etc] ADSL Speed upgrade to 8MB discussion...ongoing

kudzRS

here are my stats , crappy ping time :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Downstream Rate: 7616 K bps Upstream Rate: 672 K bps ...Downstream Margin: 10 db ...Upstream Margin: 13 db ...Downstream Line Attenuation: 34 ...Upstream Line Attenuation: 18

Gerard_Smith

My ping was around 18 so worse but not completely terrible.

johnnyboy4711

just joined utv 3mb bb with a view to getting(with the upgrade) 5mb or fingers crossed 7.5mb(topped out).
anyone got the upgrade yet?
thanks
john

Sar!

As another update ESAT have just told me that the problems we are seeing with our line being slow/having very high pings (700+) etc... are to do with the flooding and the flooding only. Apparently they have nothing to do with the line upgrades but its just a coincidence the two events happened at the same time. They say around 1800 people have been affected so its a pretty big area really. Eircom dont have an estimated time for fixing it yet still but hope it will be tonight/early tomorrow....Im guessing after that we will see just how good this upgrade has been...we have definitely gotten the line increase though as the modem/router has registered it but just cant do anything with it!

cian1500ww

Eircom have the new BB packages on their site now. I did a line test and it would let me order the 7mb package but my exchange hasn't been upgraded yet.

Helix

just noticed there i was downloading 6 things at over 100kb/sec each at the same time, so i checked the speed of my line and ive gone from a 3 meg connection to 7616 Kbps down 672 Kbps up

*edit*

im in balbriggan btw

redshoulder

Yes, The caps have increased, was on the 3mb 40gb business package, now 7.6mb 50gb business package. Also the usage stats show your new cap.

Adamcp898

jimmeh wrote: »

Letterkenny - post september?????

transmission upgrade required? surely this is a matter of reconfiguring backhaul for additional bandwidth, a job that should take about 5 minutes max, some of these exchanges are directly linked to letterkenny namely manorcunningham ramelton and kilmacrennan, surely this excuse isnt valid?
especially for donegals biggest exchange...

I know exactly what you mean, I still can't see why the LK exchange isn't upgraded, especially when you look down the list at some of the places in Donegal that are being upgraded.

Gerard_Smith

Ah my download limit has gone up to 30gb.

exiztone

New caps from Esat BT

In my stats page it still says I'm going to go over the limit in X days. Should I be worried?

PogMoThoin

Just checked their site, cap has changed..........up to 7.6Mb broadband eircom home professional

Your monthly download allowance is 50GB
This is the maximum amount of data you can download from the Internet each month. If you go over 50GB, each extra 1Mb will cost 1c. Think of it this way: there are 1,024Mb in 1GB. Your 50GB are 51,200Mb. A song is about 5Mb of data. So you could download over 6,000 songs every month with your 50GB. If you go over 50GB, one extra song would cost you 5c

Here

redshoulder

So It seems they are going to enforce they caps this time.

tinner777

still no upgrade in ballymakerra despite it being on the list :mad:

PogMoThoin

redshoulder wrote: »

So It seems they are going to enforce they caps this time.

I'm at 43Gb now so I'll let ya kno next bill

Also if they charge me i'll be lookin for another provider

Bubonic

tinner777 wrote: »

still no upgrade in ballymakerra despite it being on the list :mad:

Same here in Clontarf, phone is bad too, they are blaming the floods.

tinner777

Bubonic wrote: »

Same here in Clontarf, phone is bad too, they are blaming the floods.

how do we find out officially when we'll be sorted?

tinner777

just spoke to a young girl in broadband support who told me i hadn't been upgraded but i was due to be upgraded however she couldn't tell me when

boomslang

Stats page show 50GB on the allowance yet I also have this....

Note: next month you will have the lower download allowance of 40960 MB

.::Edit::.
The package details on the Eircom Business BB still state 40GB cap. So looks like it's here to stay!

Daemonic

exiztone wrote: »

New caps from Esat BT

In my stats page it still says I'm going to go over the limit in X days. Should I be worried?

Could just be my reading of it, but that reads like the cap has increased if you're on an unbundled exchange using BT's own hardware, but if you're on an exchange where they're just renting Eircom bandwidth then nothing is mentioned about a cap.

Bubonic

tinner777 wrote: »

just spoke to a young girl in broadband support who told me i hadn't been upgraded but i was due to be upgraded however she couldn't tell me when

I got told 24 to 48 hours.

johnnyboy4711

where lies the problem?
j

Phlann

johnnyboy4711 wrote: »

where lies the problem?
j

If I had to guess I'd say it's because Loughrea is a town of about 4000 people and you're not a high priority, unfortunately. You're probably in the post-september time-frame.

The line checker on BT's site will give you an estimate:

http://www.btireland.ie/cgi-bin/upgrade_time

rc28

:mad:
Just back home and have found my package hasn't been upgraded yet. I'm on the 2mb package still and Dunshaughlin was supposed to be upgraded over the weekend, anyone else on this exchange?

johnnyboy4711

this has been going on for 2 weeks now!
I ordered 3mb as to be in line for the max speed increase(5mb-7.5mb line dependant)
had 3mb for a day now back to 2mb.
UTV customer service are good but come on man!!!
not impressed!
j:mad:

Rebel021

Whats going on with eircom and download caps
Whats the point of upgrading to 7.6 when you still have the same download cap.

I just checked and this month I have a 50gb limit but next month I'm being downgraded to
30gb again.
What a usless shower
Faster speeds and no increase on downloads

blubloblu

Stats after upgrade from 3mb. Eircom Dun Laoghaire exchange

Sync speed: 7616kbps down / 672kbps up
Line Attenuation: 33 db down / 9 db up
Noise margin: 11db down / 12 db up
Average ping to boards.ie: 567ms

Hank Scorpio

Average ping to boards.ie: 567ms

Thats incredibly bad:)
You werent downloading while you did the ping test were you?
Tho, iv seen alot of results like this, people who are half way to 7.6, like those on 4 and 5, pretty nasty

alastair

Anyone know what the status of the Summerhill exchange is?
No sign of an upgrade here, despite the scheduled weekend switchover.

rc28

alastair wrote: »

Anyone know what the status of the Summerhill exchange is?
No sign of an upgrade here, despite the scheduled weekend switchover.

Same here on the Dunshaughlin exchange. I was supposed to go to 3mb from 2mb. However, my pings have gone sh*te over the weekend too (boards.ie used to be 10ms and now is 40ms). Why would they turn up interleaving without giving the upgrade. Also, on my download stats page it says my download allowance is the new 30gB cap as if I have gotten the upgrade.

Hank Scorpio

happy days rc28