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Best broadband service?

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  • 02-03-2008 9:25pm
    #1
    eejit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭


    Hi there


    my 1mb eircom broadband is too slow. I get the feeling that it gets shared throughout my neighbourhood :mad:, it never reaches 1mb. I want a faster connection!


    So which broadband providers would you recomend??, I would rather not pay huge amounts, but I will upgrade to a pricey eircom business broadband connection which would be 3 or 4mb if I have no other choice. :(


    What do you guys recomend? I want speed for accessing my website, playing counterstrike, downloading, the usual.

    Is it just me or is Ireland waay behind the rest of EU with broadband speeds. I hear of 50Mb and 100Mb connections in UK, and we stuck with crappy 1Mb lines. come on government stop spending money on our internet monitoring (http://siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single10383)and get us some internet!!!


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    #2
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    If you can get it, smart. Cheap, fast, reliable and no limits.


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    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,196 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Kensington wrote: »
    If you can get it, smart. Cheap, fast, reliable and no limits.
    +1
    No question about it.
    The problem is, not everyone can get it.


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    #4
    eejit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭eejit


    OK I'll check em out...

    **edit.. no :( smart arent available in cavan right now. sucks to be in midle of nowhere!

    I see digiweb are available Im gonna get onto them tomorrow. :) i can get

    3Mbps €42.34 per month
    6Mbps €181.49 per month :O,
    2Mbps €29.95 per month


    Edit2... **** it also says 48 people could be sharing that connection!!!!! thats not good


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    #5
    sailorfoley
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭sailorfoley


    Some people have a had issues with them but in my experience i've had no issues with NTL / UPC in the almost 12 months i've had the package. I have 2 meg from them and on a speed test my line reported my speed as 1.93 meg and the upload was exactly 200 Kbps.

    if you're looking to get broadband over your phone line i recommend Smart also. They seem to have very good service but like all phone broadband services you'll have to go through the song and dance that is leaving Eircom.


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    #6
    FuzzyWuzzyWazza
    Registered Users Posts: 906 ✭✭✭FuzzyWuzzyWazza


    eejit wrote: »


    Edit2... **** it also says 48 people could be sharing that connection!!!!! thats not good

    Thats pretty normal, NTL/UPC have the lowest contention ratio that I know of 17/1, though I have heard SMART's one is supposed to be good, but I don't know what it is.


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    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    I'm with UTV - I find them very good. €32 per month, plus 5.99 to get unlimited download. Cheaper again according to their website at the moment.


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    smcelhinney
    Registered Users Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭smcelhinney


    Im on Magnet FTTH.. 'nuff said. Zero contention, 16 Mb down, 8 Mb up..

    Anyone who says that its my fault when a game lags is lying through their teeth :D


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