UPC & peer-to-peer

frash

Hi,

Thinking of switching to UPC from Vodafone for better speeds.

If I do are the any issues with peer-to-peer stuff or anything else I should know about?

Thanks.

Thunderbird2

I don't know about anyone else but our 25mb broadband from UPC is far from Uncongested. The TV service is horrible ,the pictures are far from clear and the menus are painstakingly slow to navigate through. If we want to keep the Internet and not the phone and TV we'll get charged an extra €8 month what a joke

frash

Thunderbird2 wrote: »

I don't know about anyone else but our 25mb broadband from UPC is far from Uncongested. The TV service is horrible ,the pictures are far from clear and the menus are painstakingly slow to navigate through. If we want to keep the Internet and not the phone and TV we'll get charged an extra €8 month what a joke

Thanks.
I'd be getting them only for broadband & phone.
What kind of speeds are you getting on the 25MB line?

Thunderbird2

late night early morn 22-23mb from 1pm onwards it can vary from 3 mb - 14mb

jameshayes

I am having a completely different experience to the poster above,

I'm on 25mb with TV & Phone... I'm getting on average 23mb down and 2.5mb up with no problems with P2P. Sometimes I even get over 25mbs, highest was 27mbs,

TV & phone are top notch too, never a problem

Thunderbird2

The Internet is fantastic when it works. I do love it .. But it's only in the past 3 months that this has happened . the tv service is nothing compared to sky . UPC should stick to broadband and phone an let sky stick to tv. I've seen the menus on many different UPC installs and there box isn't that great

Thunderbird2

The service is just too unreliable in Newbridge .. It's always down for maintance work or something else .. I don't know what it's like in other areas

Meesared

Have to say in Swords the TV service is great and the Broadband is fantastic, Have a 20MB line, hardly ever goes under 15MB over wireless

Thunderbird2

Thunderbird2 wrote: »

I don't know about anyone else but our 25mb broadband from UPC is far from Uncongested. The TV service is horrible ,the pictures are far from clear and the menus are painstakingly slow to navigate through.

At peak times (such as now) my 20 meg service goes down to 3-4 meg:

Thunderbird2

But it shouldn't be affected since its uncongested broadband . So they say

jameshayes

jameshayes wrote: »

I am having a completely different experience to the poster above,

I'm on 25mb with TV & Phone... I'm getting on average 23mb down and 2.5mb up with no problems with P2P. Sometimes I even get over 25mbs, highest was 27mbs,

TV & phone are top notch too, never a problem

Same package and same speeds for me in cork. Never drops even at peak times

MiniNukinfuts

Deleted User wrote: »

Same package and same speeds for me in cork. Never drops even at peak times

I'm the exact same, I've been on the 50mb since it came out, constantly get between 45-49mb/s down and 4.6-4.9mb/s up. And P2P is very fast for me. It really just depends on how many people are connected to the same junction as you.

crazygeryy

Karsini wrote: »

Thunderbird2 wrote: »

I don't know about anyone else but our 25mb broadband from UPC is far from Uncongested. The TV service is horrible ,the pictures are far from clear and the menus are painstakingly slow to navigate through.

At peak times (such as now) my 20 meg service goes down to 3-4 meg:

Thats mad, there has to be something wrong there.i would nt be paying for that if I was you.are u in a rural area or something like that?

crazygeryy

crazygeryy wrote: »

Thats mad, there has to be something wrong there.i would nt be paying for that if I was you.are u in a rural area or something like that?

No, I'm in north Dublin city. I think they're heavily oversubscribed in this area. At the moment I can see 5 other UPC SSIDs in my available wireless networks. If it wasn't for the minimum contract period I'd probably consider Smart or Magnet at this stage - I'm not sure if I'll be here in a year's time is all.

harryohh

I'm in Cork and have UPC 25mb (Now 30mb thanks to upgrade. See other thread).
I only have broadband + phone.

P2p works great and always get great speeds (Well as long as there are enough seeds). Congestion certainly is not a problem here.
Can't ever remember having problems with the speed in the 2+ years I've had UPC.

Sarn

I get a stable 30 - 31 Mbps over ethernet. Over wireless it drops to about 18 Mbps, but that's not UPC's fault. No P2P issues.

frash

Thanks for all the replies - I just got UPC installed today.

Perfect speeds



Got a 1.4GB torrent down in 8.5 mins

frash

frash wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies - I just got UPC installed today.

Perfect speeds



Got a 1.4GB torrent down in 8.5 mins

Thats quite slow for your connection speed, Need to look for better seeded torrents!

who_me

Is it my imagination, or is everyone who thinks UPC is great living in Dublin?

Meesared

In fairness that is where they have the most availability, so its not a massive surprise.

emy

Sarn wrote: »

I get a stable 30 - 31 Mbps over ethernet. Over wireless it drops to about 18 Mbps, but that's not UPC's fault. No P2P issues.

The same here, for now. Loss of 10Mbps using wireless N-6300, 2m far from modem!

ED E

emy wrote: »

The same here, for now. Loss of 10Mbps using wireless N-6300, 2m far from modem!

Wireless is wireless, you'll never get the theoretical 100/300Mbps. Also one old device in the house and it drops to 54 ^^

frash

who_me wrote: »

Is it my imagination, or is everyone who thinks UPC is great living in Dublin?

Good few from Cork have posted her to say they are happy

who_me

who_me wrote: »

Is it my imagination, or is everyone who thinks UPC is great living in Dublin?

No, actually the opposiste. Higher line utilisation during peak hours in parts of Dublin than cork or galway for example. Result is people in Dublin sometimes not seeing the advertised speed during peak usage times.