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Broadband for Coolaney

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  • 05-06-2009 11:30am
    #1
    magnumlady
    Registered Users Posts: 3,659 ✭✭✭


    I'm excited:D
    Saw a fella working down the lane with a sign up saying working on behalf of Eircom installing broadband.
    Anyway I had to stop and quiz him. He said broadband will be up and running through the phonelines in the next month or two....happy days:D


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    #2
    fozzle
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    Argh! I'm so jealous! I think every village around us must have it be now - I really hope that means we're next!


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    starbelgrade
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    We already have broadband with Fastcom.

    I don't think Eircom's offers are all that great - €45 a month for the up to the slowest speed, a phone line that I don't really want & a router that I already have. The free access to Setanta online is tempting though, as are the free unlimited off-peak calls.

    What do they mean by off-peak though? Weekends and evenings or daytime calls?


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    zonEEE
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    fozzle wrote: »
    Argh! I'm so jealous! I think every village around us must have it be now - I really hope that means we're next!

    Where abouts are you living? eircom have a site that says what to be done next


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    fozzle
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    strongr wrote: »
    Where abouts are you living? eircom have a site that says what to be done next

    We're on the Gurteen exchange - we're on the list!


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    starbelgrade
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    There's a good website where you can run a test on your PC to see how fast or slow your download & upload speeds are. Through Fastcom, I'm getting an average Download Speed of 1.89 Mb/s, which is slightly less than the average for Sligo & an Average Upload Speed 1.90 Mb/s, higher than the average. The website is http://www.speedtest.net/


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    fozzle
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    I'm in my mates' house at the moment (we split the cost of net with them). Upload is only 0.55mb/s but Download is 6.41mb/s. And that's with 3 laptops on wireless, and two pcs, all on at the moment. We used to run a cable to the neighbours too while he waited for broadband so for about 6 months we had 5 WOW players, and me, online most of the time. I loved living in a house with a business line :D

    I don't care what anyone says - once the agony of actually getting them to connect you in the first place is over, Eircom rock.


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