Broadband in Monalin / Ballinahinch - Newtownmountkennedy

d31b0y

Hi all, moving up to that area and just wondering if anyone has any experience of the broadband available up that way?

Does anyone know how far from the exchange it is? I was going to try the 24MB broadband but if it's any distance from the exchange, there is probably no point. Anyone with experience from the location?

RosieJoe

Had someone from Eircom knocking on the door the other day, I asked and the exchange is at the Townhouse pub. He said that the most you'll get from it is 8MB.

d31b0y

Thanks for that RosieJoe. I ended up ordering the 24MB. I'll see what I get. easier to decrease the service than it is to increase it, test and then decrease.

You might point out which pub is the townhouse for me? If it's where I think it is, I am about 2KM from the exchange so hopefully would be able to push about 16MB but it's a pretty steep downhill scale as you go out past 2KM (damn logarithmic scales).

RosieJoe

Townhouse pub is the one on the main street in Newtown by itself. The one that is on the opposite side to the rest of the shops/pubs/hotel.

DazMarz

Wicklow Broadband. check them out and see what they say. They're excellent where I am (Delgany), where no other internet provider could provide anything (even Eircom).

ActingDanClark

DazMarz wrote: »

Wicklow Broadband. check them out and see what they say. They're excellent where I am (Delgany), where no other internet provider could provide anything (even Eircom).

+1 on that, with them about 14 months.

Taltos

I'm with Magnet - also in Delgany using the Eircom line.
2Mg is the max but at least contention is 0 so speed is relatively OK. Comparing to others seems quite good.

StonedParadoX

i live in newtownmountkennedy kilmurry ..which is monalin

you'll get 8meg and the full 8meg all the time. There isnt many people here so it wont be like living in a housing estate or whatever

d31b0y

Thanks StonedParadoX. I just moved to Kilmurry myself so that's good to know
Just a quick question about the area, what do you do about refuse? Thornton's just told me that they don't go up that far. They told me if I bring it down to the junction at Rossmore they would pick it up but that'd take ages to bring it down that far.

StonedParadoX

i have a van so i bring my refuse down to kilcoole where i work and its sorted by our company from there.

i dont know what our neighbours do.. but yeah its a hassle bringing it down if you dont have transport big enough

you could on the sly burn it. we wont say nothing :P

where abouts in kilmurry if you dont mind me asking ..is it monolin?

d31b0y

StonedParadoX wrote: »

i have a van so i bring my refuse down to kilcoole where i work and its sorted by our company from there.

i dont know what our neighbours do.. but yeah its a hassle bringing it down if you dont have transport big enough

you could on the sly burn it. we wont say nothing :P

where abouts in kilmurry if you dont mind me asking ..is it monolin?

I don't know where I live sometimes So many different place names

I moved in just down a bit from Kilmurry Cemetery.

StonedParadoX

is there a lad there living with you called derry or derri or darry or some ****?

bido

Greenstar used to do a collection on that road from Roundwood to Newtown.:(

d31b0y

bido wrote: »

Greenstar used to do a collection on that road from Roundwood to Newtown.:(

Yeah, I think Greenstar is the only option.

d31b0y

Does anyone know what the price of the Greenstar bags are? And where they can be bought locally?

Their subscription service seems a bit high for the amount of waste I have and I don't mind doing my own recycling.

jellybaby21

Dellboy if you go into Eugenes or Sentra they will have greenstar bags, think they both do them one of them definitely does.

As for broadband, I am in Killadreenan and with the 24 mb bb was getting about 14mb, I downgraded to 8mb and get the full 8mb, broadband pretty good up here

DazMarz

Greenstar bags are €5.67 for the refuse, €2.65 for the Recycling. Get them in Post Office, Sentra or Eugenes.