Newly upgraded exchanges in dublin

iknorr

has anyone noticed a difference with the "upgraded exchanges" around dublin yet?

billymitchell

Do you know which exchanges have been upgraded?

iknorr

Exchange Date of upgrade
Blanchardstown 16th February
Blanchardstown 17th February
Tallaght 17th February
Blanchardstown 18th February
Tallaght 18th February
Dolphins Barn 18th February
Dolphins Barn 23rd February
Blanchardstown 23rd February
Terenure 24th February
Beggars Bush 24th February
Terenure 25th February
Crumlin 25th February
Blanchardstown 26th February

The exchanges below are all due to be upgraded in the coming months

BALLYBODEN CRUMLIN LUCAN PHIBSBORO SHANKILL
BEGGARS BUSH CUSTOMS HS DOCKS MERRION PORTLAOISE SHIP STREET
BELCAMP DOLPHINS BARN MULLINGAR PORTMARNOCK SUMMERHILL
BLANCHARDSTOWN DROGHEDA NANGOR ROAD PRIORY PARK SUTTON
BRAY DUNDRUM NAVAN RATHMINES SWORDS
CABRA DUNLAOGHAIRE NEWLANDS CROSS ROCHESTOWN TALLAGHT
CITYWEST EASTPOINT NORTH MAIN ROSLEVIN TERENURE
CLONTARF ENFIELD NUTLEY SANDYFORD WALKINSTOWN
COOLOCK FINGLAS PALMERSTOWN SANDYFORD AEH WHITEHALL
CROWN ALLEY FOXROCK PARK WEST SANTRY

Aparently, this is part of the uncontended upgrade - "all of ireland should be uncontended within 12-18 months"

Board Senseless

I have ordered the "24mbs". I got the new modem yesterday and am just waiting on them to flip the switch on (or before, hopefully) March 8th.

Tusky

What do these upgrades mean ? Are they for UPC (cable) or DSL ? I'm on the Blanch exchange and the most I can currently get is 3mb DSL, while UPC dont offer cable yet. Will these upgrades change that ?

jeffk

As we speak im hitting well over the up to 7MB, but ill do a check up after six or so.

Tusky

Should be 3mb, hah.

jeffk

jor el

iknorr wrote: »

has anyone noticed a difference with the "upgraded exchanges" around dublin yet?

You won't notice any difference unless you change your package to one of the new ones.

iknorr

jor el wrote: »

You won't notice any difference unless you change your package to one of the new ones.

What new ones? This is apparently for everyone....

InkPot

I was experiencing the drastic 3pm - midnight contention issues (eircom 3mb, but only getting 0.3 Mbps during those hours) since early Feb., until this week (22 Feb). I'm in Dun Laoghaire area - anyone else experience an improvement in this area?

iknorr

InkPot wrote: »

I was experiencing the drastic 3pm - midnight contention issues (eircom 3mb, but only getting 0.3 Mbps during those hours) since early Feb., until this week (22 Feb). I'm in Dun Laoghaire area - anyone else experience an improvement in this area?

what sort of improvement are you seeing?

Gonzo

anyone know if the Dunshaughlin exchange in meath will ever see an upgrade to ADSL2+ (not that it will help me since ive a 35db attenuation.)

InkPot

iknorr wrote: »

what sort of improvement are you seeing?

This is typical for my 3 Mbps package for the past year - with the exception of the past month. FYI - I did log a complaint 2 weeks ago. As far as I'm concerned, after 2-3 weeks consistently of 10% of normal bandwidth during peak hours, my service has returned to normal.

iknorr

that looks very good. im almost at 3 weeks since i made a complaint. also, today i got a text saying it was resolved....but its not

Any idea what they done to your connection to make it normal again?

InkPot

iknorr wrote: »

that looks very good. im almost at 3 weeks since i made a complaint. today i got a text saying it was resolved....but its not

Any idea what they done to your connection to make it normal again?

None. I wasn't contacted or anything - I just noticed it was okay again.

iknorr

hmmmm, i guess ill just give them another call tmro....

I havent noticed any difference on the Blanch exchange!

Still have a ****e connection!

Getting a ping of 90ms and 2Mb down on a 7Mb connection.

iknorr

Blanchardstown changed to 26th February i think

Hmmm give them til tmro and check it then....aparently they are on schedual as VF are saying