Magnet to launch 50Mbps

paulm17781 · 03-07-2008 9:27am #1

Just spotted this on enn.ie

enn.ie wrote:

Magnet Entertainment is launching an ultra-fast 50Mbps broadband service for residential customers in Ireland. "[...] With this kind of speed, a standard high-definition movie can now be downloaded in 4 seconds," said Mark Kellett, CEO of Magnet Networks. The new service will be available from mid-July as an upgrade to Magnet's current platinum 'triple play' offering for an additional EUR20 per month. A 24Mbps deal will also be available for an extra EUR12 per month. Kellett made the announcement at a conference in Dublin on Wednesday entitled 'The Real Broadband Alternatives', where the CEOs of Magnet, Digiweb and UPC concluded that real broadband competition was critical in order to give more choice, access and value to consumers in Ireland.

abraxas01 · 03-07-2008 9:28am

From what I hear, the 50Mb service is only available to about 5 people!

Cabaal · 03-07-2008 9:40am

This is yet another hole in Eircom's coffin in Dublin and other large towns and citys were cable or LLU companys operate.

Sure very few will get 50Mbps but they'll get perhaps 15, 20, 30 or something else which will still likely be faster then anything eircom will offer.

Hank Scorpio · 03-07-2008 9:44am

lol 50 megs
any idea on pricing , i no i prolly cant get it anyways but it would be insane!:p

rc28 · 03-07-2008 9:45am

No I think he meant only 5 people will get it because there are only a small number of housing estates and new apartments that have magnet's fibre to the home. I think they stopped their residential LLU and FTTH rollout last year and focused on the business market instead

Hank Scorpio · 03-07-2008 9:47am

s1ck :mad::mad:

looks like im stuck with eircom for eternity!

paulm17781 · 03-07-2008 9:47am

rc28 wrote: »

No I think he meant only 5 people will get it because there are only a small number of housing estates and new apartments that have magnet's fibre to the home. I think they stopped their residential LLU and FTTH rollout last year and focused on the business market instead

I thought they were still doing FTTH but had stopped rolling out LLU (until the market clears up).

bigpaddy2004 · 03-07-2008 10:14am

Cabaal wrote: »

Sure very few will get 50Mbps but they'll get perhaps 15, 20, 30 or something else which will still likely be faster then anything eircom will offer.

Why not? Its fibre they are talking about im sure?

NullZer0 · 03-07-2008 10:25am

nuxxx wrote: »

lol 50 megs
any idea on pricing , i no i prolly cant get it anyways but it would be insane!:p

Irish Pricing -

Bronze package - 20 hours at 50MG (Not guaranteed) only 199Euro
Silver package - 35 hours at 50MG (Not Guaranteed) only 289Euro
Gold Package - Unlimited Access (*subject to downtime) only 450Euro Per month**

** subject to 350euro installation fee.

whosedaddy? · 03-07-2008 10:25am

With this kind of speed, a standard high-definition movie can now be downloaded in 4 seconds

I wonder how his marketing team defines "standard" and "high-definition" and "movie"....

paulm17781 · 03-07-2008 10:37am

iRock wrote: »

Irish Pricing -

Bronze package - 20 hours at 50MG (Not guaranteed) only 199Euro
Silver package - 35 hours at 50MG (Not Guaranteed) only 289Euro
Gold Package - Unlimited Access (*subject to downtime) only 450Euro Per month**

** subject to 350euro installation fee.

Hmmm, even if available, I don't think I'd go for that.

zAbbo · 03-07-2008 10:44am

The max I can get with a FTTH enabled apartment is 8Mb @ 58pm. Compared to UPC with 10Mb for 36pm...

pizzahead77 · 03-07-2008 10:51am

iRock wrote: »

Irish Pricing -

Bronze package - 20 hours at 50MG (Not guaranteed) only 199Euro
Silver package - 35 hours at 50MG (Not Guaranteed) only 289Euro
Gold Package - Unlimited Access (*subject to downtime) only 450Euro Per month**

** subject to 350euro installation fee.

I think these are Business Broadband prices.

From Magnet Entertainment's website (www.magnetentertainment.ie)

MAGNET ENTERTAINMENT PLATINUM
56 Digital TV and Radio Channels
8 meg Unlimited Broadband*
Free landline connection
€73 per month

I would therefore say that for the 50Mbps you would pay €93 pm

NullZer0 · 03-07-2008 10:53am

pizzahead77 wrote: »

I think these are Business Broadband prices.

From Magnet Entertainment's website (www.magnetentertainment.ie)

MAGNET ENTERTAINMENT PLATINUM
56 Digital TV and Radio Channels
8 meg Unlimited Broadband*
Free landline connection
€73 per month

I would therefore say that for the 50Mbps you would pay €93 pm

Sorry guys... I should have been more specific... that was my shot at being sarcastic ... i.e. "Typical Irish Pricing"

I suppose I've just been proven right!

bored888 · 03-07-2008 11:05am

Would be handy but let's be honest, for multiple downloads yeah.. sure would be beneficial for say bit torrent.

Apart from that? most servers couldn't upload as fast as you want to download.

paulm17781 · 03-07-2008 11:10am

iRock wrote: »

Sorry guys... I should have been more specific... that was my shot at being sarcastic ... i.e. "Typical Irish Pricing"

I suppose I've just been proven right!

The sad thing is, you have "Unlimited (Subject to downtime)" which wreaks of sarcasm but the way things are priced here, you can never tell.

Steffano2002 · 03-07-2008 12:01pm

whosedaddy? wrote: »

I wonder how his marketing team defines "standard" and "high-definition" and "movie"....

LOL! Was thinking the same myself!

Bohrio · 03-07-2008 12:02pm

I will say that it will only be available to FTTH customer (like myself!!!

)

Fiber can sustain speed much higher than 50. You can easily get 100 mb but speeds can go up to 1gb, but only for customers on FTTH.

Is not official yet though...

smellslikeshoes · 03-07-2008 1:42pm

I don't see this on ENN?

Magnet Entertainment is launching an ultra-fast 50Mbps broadband service for residential customers in Ireland. "[...] With this kind of speed, a standard high-definition movie can now be downloaded in 4 seconds," said Mark Kellett, CEO of Magnet Networks. The new service will be available from mid-July as an upgrade to Magnet's current platinum 'triple play' offering for an additional EUR20 per month. A 24Mbps deal will also be available for an extra EUR12 per month. Kellett made the announcement at a conference in Dublin on Wednesday entitled 'The Real Broadband Alternatives', where the CEOs of Magnet, Digiweb and UPC concluded that real broadband competition was critical in order to give more choice, access and value to consumers in Ireland.

Don't think thats right anyway, would take plenty longer to download even a non hd movie.

paulm17781 · 03-07-2008 1:46pm

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

I don't see this on ENN?

It's in today or yesterdays roundup.

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

Don't think thats right anyway, would take plenty longer to download even a non hd movie.

This is why someone asked for what their definition of these things are.

smellslikeshoes · 03-07-2008 1:54pm

paulm17781 wrote: »

It's in today or yesterdays roundup.

This is why someone asked for what their definition of these things are.

Ah yea just seen it there now. Very good news altogether.
Hopefully they will get going with roll out and at least get some more of Dublin covered.

Gonzo · 03-07-2008 2:07pm

I dont think this will have much of an impact, it will only be available to a few housing developments and apartment buildings in Dublin, and in areas where there is already loads of competition already like UPC, Smart etc. Once again the majority of the country gets shafted with no competion other than Eircom and their resellers.

AntiVirus · 03-07-2008 4:08pm

Mark Kellett, CEO of Magnet Networks wrote: »

With this kind of speed, a standard high-definition movie can now be downloaded in 4 seconds

Must be a very short movie!

Phlann · 03-07-2008 4:19pm

Very short indeed... still though, at that speed you'd be getting a 4.5 gig file in 12-15 minutes. Takes over four hours on my 3mb connection.

I wouldn't complain!

kmick · 03-07-2008 4:37pm

Why bother posting this when its only available (from what i can see) in about 20 housing estates.

Washout · 03-07-2008 4:40pm

kmick wrote: »

Why bother posting this when its only available (from what i can see) in about 20 housing estates.

i have ftth with magnet.

loving this news.

Col_Loki · 03-07-2008 4:40pm

With this kind of speed, a standard high-definition movie can now be downloaded in 4 seconds

Presume he meant 4 mins, the maths work out on that..... ~1.4gb.
Whatever you download in 4 Seconds would only be HD on your watch.

Washout · 03-07-2008 4:44pm

Col_Loki wrote: »

Presume he meant 4 mins, the maths work out on that..... ~1.4gb.
Whatever you download in 4 Seconds would only be HD on your watch.

i hope they are talking about streaming HD.
ie introducing HD boxes streamed over FTTH.

AntiVirus · 03-07-2008 4:48pm

Col_Loki wrote: »

Whatever you download in 4 Seconds would only be HD on your watch.

I do have a HD watch so it would be perfect for me!

watty · 03-07-2008 5:29pm

Phlann wrote: »

Very short indeed... still though, at that speed you'd be getting a 4.5 gig file in 12-15 minutes. Takes over four hours on my 3mb connection.

I wouldn't complain!

A Real MPEG4 AVC 1920 x1080i movie is about 12Gbytes. Double it to 24Gbytes for progressive.

With error correction rather than UDP, it would be roughly 1.30min to download a 2hr 15min full HD in progressive format on 50Mbps.

Add more if you have 5.1 sound in RAW format etc,

smellslikeshoes · 03-07-2008 5:32pm

kmick wrote: »

Why bother posting this when its only available (from what i can see) in about 20 housing estates.

Even though the geographic area they provide in is quite small its well populated so there would be quite a few people here who could avail of it.

Magnet to launch 50Mbps

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