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My Landline will not carry broadband help

  • 07-03-2011 2:41pm
    #1
    jackman1
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭


    I just moved house last week and just found out that eircom line will not carry broadband. What is my options I play the ps3 online and have a new gaming Pc. Can anyone help. There is ripplecom in the area but other posts do not rate them to high


Comments

  • #2
    Trevor451
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Trevor451


    Try UPC?


  • #3
    brianwalshcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 607 ✭✭✭brianwalshcork


    If he's so far from an exchange that eircom can't provide broadband then it's unlikely that UPC is available either.

    OP, try Ripplecom, can't be any worse than dial up.


  • #4
    jackman1
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭jackman1


    I am going to try ripplecom and hope for the best I will go mad if I can't play my ps3 on online. I will update when I get it in.


  • #5
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,479 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Sorry for pointing out the obvious but did you not check the availability of broadband in the new house before you moved?


  • #6
    Matt Bauer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 628 ✭✭✭Matt Bauer


    Are you in a National Broadband Scheme area? If so, you can get 3 NBS Broadband for €19.99/month, although it's capped at 25 GB of data transfer per month. That means you can't download lots of large files.

    It's very fast and reliable if you live somewhere with a strong signal, and they sell a WiFi router (not the MiFi, which is crap) that will work with your PS3 and online gaming. However, latency might be an issue: even if you have a good signal, it's at least 40ms. And if you don't live in an area with a good signal, you can forget about it.


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