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  • 03-03-2009 7:00pm
    #1
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭


    internet provider..

    Ive been looking to get a decebt net connection and serously looking into a few companys

    what do you use ? was thinking of getting immagiune broad band there 7.6 mb 30gb connection. 35 euros a month, has any one got any experence with this provider and other companys for that matter i just dont know what to get as im going to be very new to online gfaming in genral..


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  • #2
    TheGreatOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭TheGreatOne


    I'm with imagine on their old 2mb connection, asked to be upgraded to 3mb but still hasn't happened. Anyway...

    With regards to gaming online I never have any problems, DSL line is never down and I have decent enough pings too, haven't experienced any lag that I can recall.

    Problem with imagine is their sales/customer services team don't appear to have any idea about the packages they offer/offered, I've been back and forth with them for ages now trying to get upgraded and some of them seem clueless.


  • #3
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    TheGreatOne wrote: »
    I'm with imagine on their old 2mb connection, asked to be upgraded to 3mb but still hasn't happened. Anyway...

    With regards to gaming online I never have any problems, DSL line is never down and I have decent enough pings too, haven't experienced any lag that I can recall.

    Problem with imagine is their sales/customer services team don't appear to have any idea about the packages they offer/offered, I've been back and forth with them for ages now trying to get upgraded and some of them seem clueless.


    cool man thanks for the reply are you happy with the service ?


  • #4
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    If its for gaming then 1-2mb is all you need for bandwidth purposes.

    Larger connections are really only useful for those who download films etc.

    You won't see any difference past the 1meg mark really.

    I've been gaming online with broadband since Eircom first released it back in 2004 i think, at that time it was 512kbps (0.5mbps)
    I'm at 3meg with eircom now, and my ping has largely remained the same througout the year. 30-60ms on UK/European servers.

    Eircom is a bit more expensive than most, don't know why, but they do own the lines...and as for stability....I can only recall my internet ever going down twice. And when it came up a few hours later my speed had been upgraded.;)...for free :D


  • #5
    TheGreatOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭TheGreatOne


    Snow-Monkey wrote: »
    cool man thanks for the reply are you happy with the service ?

    Apart from the issue specific to me I'd have to say I am with the rest of the service, way better than that UTV crowd I was with before.


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