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Good broadband company with high DL speed

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  • 23-07-2009 3:13am
    #1
    Topsnakebite
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭


    right now im with bt and i get 330kb/ps Downloading at the highest, is there any good broadband companys that offer higher speeds thanks


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    #2
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Are you on a 3MB connection?

    Give us more details... :rolleyes:


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    #3
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,994 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Is this for gaming? Because I can't think of a single game that needs more then 3mbs.


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    #4
    grizzly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    Your ping will determine how good your gaming experience is. Go here (http://www.speedtest.net/) and test your connection. You want your ping to be as low as possible. Under 50 is good, much over 100 and you will have laggy matches.

    Think of upload/dload speed like the top speed in a car, and the ping like the acceleration. Then imagine your gaming experience as a 100m race where the top speed doesn't count for much as the race is over before it can be reached.


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    #5
    Gunmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 4,067 ✭✭✭Gunmonkey


    My sister has a Smart telecom line in here flat in Cork, says its about 9Mbps and unlimited download limit, probably costs an arm, leg and several teeth per month though.


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,294 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Gunmonkey wrote: »
    My sister has a Smart telecom line in here flat in Cork, says its about 9Mbps and unlimited download limit, probably costs an arm, leg and several teeth per month though.

    It's not unlimited, Smart lied and they enforce a semi-secret cap in violation of their terms and conditions.

    http://support.smarttelecom.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=3313


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    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    depending on your connecton, you might be able to get interleaving on the line turned off. This will improve pings.
    I'm with Smart. I requested interleaving turned off on a sunday evening. i got a response within an hour and it had been turned off by the next morning.
    If you are far from the exchange, you might need interleaving left on though. I had no negative effects from having it turned off, but I'm right next to the exchange.


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    Doodee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭Doodee


    Spear wrote: »
    It's not unlimited, Smart lied and they enforce a semi-secret cap in violation of their terms and conditions.

    http://support.smarttelecom.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=3313

    All ISP's would do that, it's in the T&C's and is part of the fair usage policy.



    I have Magnet broadband at home and it is great for Gaming and downloading.

    I was recently upgraded to 24Meg down for the same price I was paying for 7Meg.

    Pings are solid at between 30 - 60ms. I have also heard that they are interested in improving their services for gamers.

    Check out their forum here on boards
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1207

    Best o luck.


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    Topsnakebite
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Topsnakebite


    Haley Billions Applause wrote: »
    Are you on a 3MB connection?

    Give us more details... :rolleyes:
    well im meant to be on 6mb but i only get 330kb/ps max Downloading
    my ping is perfect its under 30 in eu servers but my download speed is bad


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    #10
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Ping time is a more important factor than download speed, also whats your upload because even a 1Mbit download speed is good enough for gaming


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    #11
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    Moved to broadband forum.


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    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    grizzly wrote: »
    Your ping will determine how good your gaming experience is. Go here (http://www.speedtest.net/) and test your connection. .

    I have done a speed test and this is the result :
    • download 0.87 mb/s
    • upload 0.10 mb/s
    • ping 89 ms
    are these results good or bad ?


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    #13
    Nanaki
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭Nanaki


    Live on campus in a university :P
    [supposedly] 100Mbps connection, provided by HEAnet could download a split file of about 800Mb in around 3 minutes if contention was low.

    God I can't wait to get off dial up..


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    Epeen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 93 ✭✭Epeen


    Spear wrote: »
    It's not unlimited, Smart lied and they enforce a semi-secret cap in violation of their terms and conditions.

    http://support.smarttelecom.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=3313
    we look at a rolling 30 day window of your upstream + downstream traffic. Currently if this measure exceeds 170GB

    Well considering Eircoms 50GB limit its not so bad. Especially because eircom said my 100gb downloaded this month would be about 800 euro in fees (if they charged for it)

    As for companys using the word "unlimited" but capping it; isnt that false advertising? Sure it might be in the T&C but surely they shouldnt be allowed to use the word "unlimited" since it means "no limit", not "no limit up to a certain amount"


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,294 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Epeen wrote: »
    Well considering Eircoms 50GB limit its not so bad. Especially because eircom said my 100gb downloaded this month would be about 800 euro in fees (if they charged for it)

    As for companys using the word "unlimited" but capping it; isnt that false advertising? Sure it might be in the T&C but surely they shouldnt be allowed to use the word "unlimited" since it means "no limit", not "no limit up to a certain amount"

    The T&C's for Smart explicitly state that there was no set limit. But we covered it already here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60861451&postcount=22


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    Epeen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 93 ✭✭Epeen


    Spear wrote: »
    The T&C's for Smart explicitly state that there was no set limit. But we covered it already here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=60861451&postcount=22

    Yeah i read up a bit after my post because ive just subscribed to smart today :/

    ill be joining your outrage when i get my account


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    #17
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    I have done a speed test and this is the result :
    • download 0.87 mb/s
    • upload 0.10 mb/s
    • ping 89 ms
    are these results good or bad ?


    About right for a 1Mbit connection


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    #18
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    About right for a 1Mbit connection

    thanks , I have just changed over from BT to Eircom , and so far it looks like BT was a faster connection .


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