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Broadband service after the "Upgrades"

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  • 07-11-2008 3:06pm
    #1
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭


    With the recent broadband speed upgrade rollout have you got the new upgraded speeds or have your speeds worsened ?

    Could one of the mods make this a sticky ?

    Have the upgrades worked for you ? 60 votes

    I can get the full upgraded speed as advertised by my provider
    0% 0 votes
    I can't get the full upgraded speed but my speed has increased
    30% 18 votes
    As a result of the upgrade I have had to downgrade my connection
    21% 13 votes
    My speeds have worsened since the upgrade
    3% 2 votes
    No upgrades have happened in my area yet and my speeds are fine
    38% 23 votes
    No upgrades have happened in my area yet and my speeds have worsened
    6% 4 votes


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    #2
    Daemonic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭Daemonic


    I got upgraded from 2mb to 3mb with BT. Speeds have increased but I haven't 'maxed' it out yet. I'm sure if I was up at 4am I might but the rest of the time it peaks around 2.5mb.
    After an initial degradation in performance due to bad pings on certain IP ranges its been behaving for about 6 weeks.


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    #3
    Madman08
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭Madman08


    I received the upgrade from 2Mb to 3Mb and my speeds hardly
    go above 100Kb/s anymore. Ridiculous to say the least. :(


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    #4
    wingnut32
    Registered Users Posts: 844 ✭✭✭wingnut32


    Upgraded with Eircon from 3mb to 7.6. I dont even get speeds matching a 1mb line and the pings make it impossible to play games online.

    Customer service and support is more of a joke than my current speeds


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    #5
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    Here's my 3MB with BT :mad:

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    #6
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    Madman08 wrote: »
    I received the upgrade from 2Mb to 3Mb and my speeds hardly
    go above 100Kb/s anymore. Ridiculous to say the least. :(
    Did you get your BB sorted ?


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    #7
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,120 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Upgrades haven't happened here yet, and I hope it stays that way unless the upgrades incorporate ADSL2+ (which they don't currently)


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    #8
    KoKane
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭KoKane


    I used to have a fantastic 3mb connection with BT.

    Now its just depressing.. I did nothing to get it either, totally free. Thanks a lot Eircom/BT :(


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    #9
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    I tried to get on the radio today about it and they wouldn't put me on air, said they didn't have time, I rang at 10am :rolleyes:


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    #10
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    Speeds with me vary wildly. Was on the 3mb package for about 2 weeks and got around 2.5 or 2.6mb steadily. My router declares a 7.1mb after upgrading but speeds vary between 1.2mb and 4.2mb. Frustrating really. Pings are bad around 300ms, but Im not a gamer.


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    #11
    Yarnhall
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭Yarnhall


    Was on 3Mb with UTV but after the upgrades my pings tripled, switched over to the 20Mb UPC package. I rarely used the landline (mainly skype or mobile) so I'm saving €20 overall

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    #12
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,094 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    I went from 3 to 7.6 but the line became unusable then. Had them down the speed to 6 and then again to 5 before I got a stable connection. It has been fine since then though, but it's a business connection that I'm not paying for.


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    #13
    Madman08
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭Madman08


    hellboy99 wrote: »
    Did you get your BB sorted ?
    Sorry for the late reply man...

    Yeah they sorted on the Wednesday in the end. Ended up with 2600 Kb d/l
    and 256 odd u/l with around 40-80ms pings to Dublin servers.

    Not too bad. I'm still gonna keep my eye on it though. But happy days.
    They came extremely close to losing a customer to the Metro service
    in my area !! :P


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    #14
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    Madman08 wrote: »
    Yeah they sorted on the Wednesday in the end. Ended up with 2600 Kb d/l
    and 256 odd u/l with around 40-80ms pings to Dublin servers.
    Might of been sorted out here for myself too, going to keep an eye on it for the next week, but hopefully it's fixed.


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