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How do you know if your phone line is a pargain/splitter/carrier

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  • 28-03-2008 12:04am
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    irishboyuk
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭


    hi

    does anyone know how you can find out if your telephone line is on a pargain/splitter. i phoned eircom and i was told that there is no way of finding out and even if i was on a pargain then there is no chance of being removed from it.. is this information correct??
    i currently get 24-30kpbs on dial up. i was told by an eircom engineer that my line is perfect for Broadband but im too far from exchange. but i understand that if im on a pargain, then i will have no chance of getting broadband!


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


    It can't be perfect AND too far from exchange.

    A pair gain is usually lower speed, but that is a low dialup speed, which does sound bad for BB.
    If you are too far, then pair gain or not is irrelvent.

    eircom will definately know if it is a pairgain.


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    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Precisely how far are you, by road seeing as the lines follow roads ??


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    irishboyuk
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭irishboyuk


    i am roughly 5.5 miles from the exchange


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    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    irishboyuk wrote: »
    i am roughly 5.5 miles from the exchange

    Too far.


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    SeanW
    Registered Users Posts: 8,825 ✭✭✭SeanW


    +1. Pairgain is the least of your worries.


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