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Broadband Portlaoise

Mike Guide 69 · 2012-12-17 12:59:34

Hi guys, enquiry something similar to the broadband in abbeyleix thread. Just bought a laptop and looking to see would anyone recommend decent broadband suppliers in portlaoise area and what the costs are? Thanks

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17-12-2012 1:59pm

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Mike Guide 69

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Hi guys, enquiry something similar to the broadband in abbeyleix thread. Just bought a laptop and looking to see would anyone recommend decent broadband suppliers in portlaoise area and what the costs are? Thanks

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#3 17-12-2012 3:33pm
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Thanks for the reply. Im based in forest park just past borris little area, so i dont know how that affects the signal for UPC. Its funny you should mention UPC as im a Sky subscriber and i read somewhere that Sky are looking to roll out a brodband service in 2013. My question(s) would be:

Would i be better off holding off till this service rolls out ands see what packages are available to existing sky customers?

Or if the UPC service isnt a viable option, what other providers are there that can provide a similar service? Thanks

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#4 17-12-2012 7:29pm
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Sky should have launched Bb by now but keep putting it back. Think march is when they go live. Even then they may not have fibre optic cable laid in forest park or even portlaoise.
You can type your address into the upc site and see if you can fit it there. I have 25m upc and it is blisteringly fast.

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#5 19-12-2012 4:58pm
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I'm in Portarlington and I contacted UPC about 3 weeks ago and I got the reply that they have no plan to roll out their service in Portarlington in the near future.

With regards to Sky BB, I've been reading this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056821200and the impression I get is that you'll be getting a Sky router and that's it. There'll be no new fibre optic cable...

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#6 21-12-2012 3:40am
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If your area has access to UPC it's the best choice by far.

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