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Is it possible to get two upc subscriptions in the one house?

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  • 07-08-2008 12:23am
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    Facelessman
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    Hi all,

    My house mate and I are thinking of signing up to UPC's new offer of 20mb cable broadband. I have a 3mb eircom sub (hoping for the big upgrade this weekend!!). Given the better speeds on offer, I am hoping to migrate to UPC's service now. Both my house mate and I are heavy users so we were hoping to get two entirely separate subscriptions for the one house. Is this possible? We live in Ranelagh so UPC is easily available in the locality.


    I appreciate any help with this.

    Face....


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,238 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Facelessman wrote: »
    Hi all,

    My house mate and I are thinking of signing up to UPC's new offer of 20mb cable broadband. I have a 3mb eircom sub (hoping for the big upgrade this weekend!!). Given the better speeds on offer, I am hoping to migrate to UPC's service now. Both my house mate and I are heavy users so we were hoping to get two entirely separate subscriptions for the one house. Is this possible? We live in Ranelagh so UPC is easily available in the locality.


    I appreciate any help with this.

    Face....

    You'd need two separate modems, since they're only allowed onto the UPC network and provisioned based on their MAC addresses. So you'd need to register each at UPC capable addresses. I'm sure it wouldn't last long if you're both running two 20 meg connections and killing the bandwidth on an already fairly well contended network.


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    jimmycrackcorm
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    If they are provisioned correctly then they will be on seperate frequencies and both will get 20mb speeds. Years ago I worked in an office with 3 Chorus cable modems on the same cable.


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    dunworth1
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    it 20mb share that

    its enough for two people


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    partyatmygaff
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    em if any house needs two 20mb connections.
    You would do better with a leased line lol


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    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    em if any house needs two 20mb connections.
    You would do better with a leased line lol

    It would still prob be cheaper to get two 20mb connections and just use a load balancing router.


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    Shiny
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    Just share one 20Meg connection and don't be silly.


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    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,658 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    As others have said, just get one 20mb connection and try it out for a month.

    If you find that isn't enough, then sure, get a second. However I'm fairly certain that you will find 20mb to be enough.


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