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Eircom Broadband

  • 23-11-2010 11:38pm
    #1
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭


    A friend asked me for help with eircom broadband. He was on IMB but was upgraded to 8MB on the next generation BB. Since then and with the same usage he is exceeding the 10 gig download limit. How is this

    I cannot answer so am asking here.....


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  • #2
    rob808
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,318 ✭✭✭rob808


    CandleLight wrote: »
    A friend asked me for help with eircom broadband. He was on IMB but was upgraded to 8MB on the next generation BB. Since then and with the same usage he is exceeding the 10 gig download limit. How is this

    I cannot answer so am asking here.....
    It because uploads are the same as download as in usage so on a higher speed you would use it quicker like watching youtube facebook and all that it suck there is a away of keeping track of your usage by downloading the ngb broadband usage meter on eircom homepage hope that helps.


  • #3
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,124 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Does same friend have some file sharing software running, allowing people to constantly leech, ergo causing high upload data, which presumably wasn't counted as usage before NGB?


  • #4
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    rob808 wrote: »
    It because uploads are the same as download as in usage so on a higher speed you would use it quicker like watching youtube facebook and all that it suck there is a away of keeping track of your usage by downloading the ngb broadband usage meter on eircom homepage hope that helps.
    thanks is there any way to reduce uploads


  • #5
    rob808
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,318 ✭✭✭rob808


    CandleLight wrote: »
    thanks is there any way to reduce uploads
    well he could ask to go back on his 1mb package slower speed so he would use he 10gb usage a lot slower really dont know why they dont increase the download limit 10gb a joke.


  • #6
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    CandleLight wrote: »
    Since then and with the same usage he is exceeding the 10 gig download limit. How is this

    He was probably exceeding the limit before too, but they didn't enforce the cap on the old packages, so he wouldn't have noticed. He can either cut his usage, or upgrade to a higher cap.


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  • #7
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    jor el wrote: »
    He was probably exceeding the limit before too, but they didn't enforce the cap on the old packages, so he wouldn't have noticed. He can either cut his usage, or upgrade to a higher cap.
    no he wasn't cos he checked at the eircom page


  • #8
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    byte wrote: »
    Does same friend have some file sharing software running, allowing people to constantly leech, ergo causing high upload data, which presumably wasn't counted as usage before NGB?
    no no file sharing


  • #9
    William Powell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭William Powell


    Its an old Eircom account so the question has to be asked does he have an Eircom Netopia router setup with the default settings or wireless with no security, both are the same really.

    Someone might have always been leeching off the wireless but it would have been less noticable on the 1Mb package.


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