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Few questions on Eircom's broadband

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  • 24-01-2014 10:11pm
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    united2k11
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭


    Hi i am just wondering the following questions as we are thinking of moving to eircom because vodafone is terrible at the moment.
    Does broadband speeds slow down at peak times?
    Can you tell me what does uncongested broadband means, which Eircom is offering?
    On signing up to an Eircom contract, does Eircom offer a free modem?

    Thanks.


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    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Does broadband speeds slow down at peak times? yes, and they won't even acknowledge it

    Can you tell me what does uncongested broadband means, which Eircom is offering? Means nothing, I'm on NGB 24Mb and 56k provided a more stable service. Streams, gaming etc unusable. Download speed drops to 1/4 of what I'm paying for every evening.

    On signing up to an Eircom contract, does Eircom offer a free modem? Think they do, but what good is a Car without an engine

    Vodafone are using Eircom's equipment so you're fecked either way


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    eircom: Alan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭eircom: Alan


    united2k11 wrote: »
    Hi i am just wondering the following questions as we are thinking of moving to eircom because vodafone is terrible at the moment.
    Does broadband speeds slow down at peak times?
    Can you tell me what does uncongested broadband means, which Eircom is offering?
    On signing up to an Eircom contract, does Eircom offer a free modem?

    Thanks.
    Hi united2k11

    Thanks for interest, broadband can slow at peak times if in an uncongested area (on Next generation broadband). There are issues surrounding congestion at some exchanges which are upgraded to NGB so we would not be able to assure you that you would not experience slow speeds at peak times until it is in use.

    It depends on what exchange your line is connected to, to find out if next generation is available to you please contact eircom sales on free phone 1800503303.

    A free modem is included when returning broadband to eircom.

    Thanks

    Al


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