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Best Broadband Provider Letterkenny?

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  • 17-08-2009 9:26pm
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    GeneticDeviant
    Registered Users Posts: 294 ✭✭


    Curretly with BT Ireland Broadband, meant to get 7meg, however we get around half that.

    Got a letter from them recently saying they are being taken over by Vodafone. What effects on service do you think this will have?

    Anyway i'm thinking of changing broadband provider, want fast broadband inc wireless connection, no or large download limit.

    I also do bit of online gaming with PS3.

    Whars the best package availiable in Letterkenny?


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    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,121 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    The Vodafone thing should have little effect on your current status.

    Might be worth considering Smart, though it could take a while to change over. However they do use ADSL2+ in the exchange, which *might* improve your speed.

    Otherwise, maybe a wireless operator, like Irish Broadband, or Digiweb Metro?


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    weiss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭weiss


    +1 for smart DSL
    if you're gaming, avoid the wireless option.


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    Vic Vinegar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭Vic Vinegar


    Smart Telecom is the best by miles! no contention on the line, good price and unlimited download usage. Anything else doesn't compare really (i don't work for them before you ask!) :)

    You give them your BT/Eircom account number and they'll transfer you over inside 3 weeks.


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    GeneticDeviant
    Registered Users Posts: 294 ✭✭GeneticDeviant


    Anyone actually used this up in Whitethorn area of Letterkenny? How was the performance?

    Another related query: at the moment i use my PS3 wirelessly as my router has to go upstairs and my tv and PS3 are downstairs but wireless for gaming is a bit pants.

    Was being told about MIMO (sp?) router that apparently plugs into my existing router which will then probably double my wireless speed (according to shop sales person).

    Anyone used or uses one of these badboys? What difference does it realistically make to speed?


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    eman66
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    Smart is your only man!

    A MIMO router (or N router) will work with a PS3 but you will not gain any advantage. PS3 uses b/g technology and will connect to the N router but there will be no performance gain. There needs to be N technology at both ends, device and router.


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    inode
    Closed Accounts Posts: 578 ✭✭✭inode


    Smart all the way. been with them in my current address up the mountain top for the past two years and get a perfect 7mb line. :D you would be mad to consider anyone else in the town for BB


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    mrmac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭mrmac


    Sorry for jumping-in here, but I wonder how do Smart compare for price?
    I'm with UTV, 3meg, unlimited, with their free off-peak calls package.
    Been with them for a few years, with no problems. Just looking at reducing the costs ;)


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    Technique
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    I'm at the end of the line in Letterkenny, but Smart were able to give me speeds of 3MB even though there is literally miles of line between me and the exchange. However, over the past year my line has deteriorated so much that Smart can't offer me Broadband anymore. :(

    Basically, Eircom were unable/unwilling to fix the fault. Smart advised me that if I was with Eircom then I might get resolution to my problem. I've been trying to move to Eircom over the summer but they lose my forms, send me the wrong forms, fail to get back to me etc. If I didn't need them, I would run a mile.

    Meanwhile, I stuck with crappy mobile broadband from 3.


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    BlackEdelweiss
    Registered Users Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭BlackEdelweiss


    I'm with Digiweb and from what I can see they are by far the cheapest, I was thinking of switching and now I'm staying put. 8mb, unlimited download limit, no line rental, no landline needed, about €35 a month I think.


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    eman66
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭eman66


    That's very good indeed. What area are you in, if you don't mind me asking? And what service did you get? They only list DSL for where I am. And they have awful caps.


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    rikerdonegal
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭rikerdonegal


    Bombleswizzum wrote: »
    Smart Telecom is the best by miles! no contention on the line, good price and unlimited download usage.

    The unlimited download usage was my main reason for choosing Smart, but they've recently introduced a cap :(

    Having said that, they are still very, very good and I have no plans to leave them. Yet.


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    BlackEdelweiss
    Registered Users Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭BlackEdelweiss


    eman66 wrote: »
    That's very good indeed. What area are you in, if you don't mind me asking? And what service did you get? They only list DSL for where I am. And they have awful caps.
    If that is me you are talking to, I'm in Letterkenny and the service is Digiweb metro.


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