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Switching from eircom to Sky Broadband...

  • 18-02-2013 8:57pm
    #1
    iScopedThePope
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭


    I'm in Tramore in the Not-so-sunny South East and I currently have an 8mb package for broadband with eircom how ever when I'm downloading on my PC or gaming I only ever get 600kb/s download Max, it never goes over that... Despite speed tests saying I get 4 mb.

    When I heard sky was rolling out I checked what speed I would get from them and it estimates 10 mb, so my query is, will i actually get an improvement in download/upload by switching or will I still probably only get what Im getting when actually downloading/uploading with eircom?

    Thanks in advance


Comments

  • #2
    phoenix999
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 581 ✭✭✭phoenix999


    Check out the existing thread:


    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056877638?page=1#post_83151398


  • #3
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    iScopedThePope wrote: »
    I'm in Tramore in the Not-so-sunny South East and I currently have an 8mb package for broadband with eircom how ever when I'm downloading on my PC or gaming I only ever get 600kb/s download Max, it never goes over that... Despite speed tests saying I get 4 mb.

    When I heard sky was rolling out I checked what speed I would get from them and it estimates 10 mb, so my query is, will i actually get an improvement in download/upload by switching or will I still probably only get what Im getting when actually downloading/uploading with eircom?

    Thanks in advance

    Are you mixing up Mbit and kiloyte? 4Mbit connection will give you around 500 kByte download speed. Which sounds like what your getting.


  • #4
    IrelandOffline_
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭IrelandOffline_


    iScopedThePope wrote: »
    I'm in Tramore in the Not-so-sunny South East and I currently have an 8mb package for broadband with eircom how ever when I'm downloading on my PC or gaming I only ever get 600kb/s download Max, it never goes over that... Despite speed tests saying I get 4 mb.

    When I heard sky was rolling out I checked what speed I would get from them and it estimates 10 mb, so my query is, will i actually get an improvement in download/upload by switching or will I still probably only get what Im getting when actually downloading/uploading with eircom?

    Thanks in advance

    Seems rather unlikely as the Tramore exchange only does 8Mb/s max. Sky don't have a magic wand...


  • #5
    Harry Deerpark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭Harry Deerpark


    IrelandOffline_ wrote: »
    Seems rather unlikely as the Tramore exchange only does 8Mb/s max. Sky don't have a magic wand...


    It looks like the exchange hasn't been upgraded to ADSL2+.


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