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Slow broadband speed

  • 01-02-2013 4:17pm
    #1
    sugna
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭


    My broadband speed is only 1.8mpbs. I live out in the country but is there anyway I can get it to speed up?


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  • #2
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    how did you measure the speed?
    I presume that that is download?
    What speed should it be capable of according to the package that you are on?
    What is the contention ratio?


  • #3
    sugna
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭sugna


    I just changed to sky recently & they told me i'd have up to 6mpbs but i'm only getting 1.8. It was the same with vodafone. I told this to sky & they told me that I should be able to get more with them.


  • #4
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,310 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Sales staff lie. If your line can only sync at 1.8 that is all any provider can give. This is the wrong forum for dsl though.


  • #5
    mickko
    Registered Users Posts: 129 ✭✭mickko


    sugna wrote: »
    I just changed to sky recently & they told me i'd have up to 6mpbs but i'm only getting 1.8. It was the same with vodafone. I told this to sky & they told me that I should be able to get more with them.

    Vodafone and Sky (and Eircom, UTV, etc) use the same DSL network to deliver your service.
    None of them can deliver a better service than another over that same network.
    They lied to you.


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