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esatbt upgrade?

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  • 11-05-2008 11:36am
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    expatoz
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭


    i have read that eircom will be upgrading their existing 3mb to 6mb in june, does anyone know if esatbt have similar plans
    i am in limerick city and ntl/chorus have just entered the market and are offering 6mb 60gb d/l a month for the same price as esatbt who i am currently with with no great complaints but the extra bandwidth and usage has me thinking pretty seriously about making the jump


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    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    The upgrade is supposed to be to 7.6 m/bit. Most of the DSL providers just resell Eircom products so they will all offer the upgrades at the exact same time as Eircom. NTL / Chorus 6m/bit would be just as fast as Eircom 7.6m/bit DSL because of ATM DSL overheads. If you can get rid of your phone line and it's cheaper over all it would probably be worth your while!


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    expatoz
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭expatoz


    thanks for the reply praetorian
    the caller said that ntl/chorus would offer phone calls as well, the contention rate with ntl will be 17:1 as opposed to 30:1 with esat and double the speed and double the d/l allowance. it has to include the telly as well but it looks the same as sky and i don't watch it anyway, so i just have to sell the idea to the kids


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    Praetorian
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    No problem. Contention ratio isn't a real issue in Ireland on DSL so don't mind that. The extra download allowance could come in handy. It would be great to get rid of the line rental! Seriously what do we get for line rental? Some of us don't even get our very own dedicated line thats what!


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    admol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 171 ✭✭admol


    expatoz wrote: »
    i have read that eircom will be upgrading their existing 3mb to 6mb in june, does anyone know if esatbt have similar plans
    i am in limerick city and ntl/chorus have just entered the market and are offering 6mb 60gb d/l a month for the same price as esatbt who i am currently with with no great complaints but the extra bandwidth and usage has me thinking pretty seriously about making the jump

    Personally if i was you i'd wait till the upgrade to 7.6mb until you should consider changing. If its not broken don't fix it. NTL have a very bad reputation and you could regret it big time if your stuck in a 12 month contract.


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