8km from Exchange

ACLFC7

Hi,

I'm just about to sign up for Vodafone Broadband (up to 24mb). I'm about 8 km from my exchange. Anybody have any idea what download speed I'll get?

Honestly I'd be hoping to get 2-3 mbps. Is that realistic? If anybody else lives around 8km from their exchange let me know what speed you get.
I don't want to sign a 24 month contract and get worse speeds than my mobile broadband.

Thanks.

long_b

ACLFC7 wrote: »

Hi,

I'm just about to sign up for Vodafone Broadband (up to 24mb). I'm about 8 km from my exchange. Anybody have any idea what download speed I'll get?

Honestly I'd be hoping to get 2-3 mbps. Is that realistic? If anybody else lives around 8km from their exchange let me know what speed you get.
I don't want to sign a 24 month contract and get worse speeds than my mobile broadband.

Thanks.

I'm getting max of 0.8 Mb down at that distance (7.9 km) .
Usually syncs about 0.6 Mb - it drops pretty often.

brian67

i live 6k away pay for 6meg am getting 5.2 very happy with that

ACLFC7

Awh...I'm getting an average of 1.5mb down and 1.2 up with Mobile Broadband from 3. I was hoping I'd be getting an improvement.

Thanks man

ACLFC7

brian67 wrote: »

i live 6k away pay for 6meg am getting 5.2 very happy with that

Yeah thats good. I suppose it depends on how many people are connected to the exchange as well as the distance.

ED E

brian67 wrote: »

i live 6k away pay for 6meg am getting 5.2 very happy with that

That's not dsl or you're closer than you think, no way you're getting near that over 4.5Km local loop length.

ED E

ACLFC7 wrote: »

I'm about 8 km from my exchang.

If they're offering you broadband you probably aren't, that's just too long to support dsl real world. Chances are there is a reach node or exchange closer than you think.

long_b

ACLFC7 wrote: »

Awh...I'm getting an average of 1.5mb down and 1.2 up with Mobile Broadband from 3. I was hoping I'd be getting an improvement.

Thanks man

If you've already got a connected phone line try this

https://www.eircom.net/broadband/productDetails?id=bu_22

Hit Check Availability, then Check Now, then enter you number.
On the next page hit the link
"Discover the maximum speed you will experience in your home"

That should give you and idea of what speeds to expect.

eg Mine says

"You can get a maximum of 2Mb download speed"

ACLFC7

long_b wrote: »

If you've already got a connected phone line try this


Hit Check Availability, then Check Now, then enter you number.
On the next page hit the link
"Discover the maximum speed you will experience in your home"

That should give you and idea of what speeds to expect.

eg Mine says

"You can get a maximum of 2Mb download speed"

Thanks but my phone line isn't active so it can't perform a test. I cancelled my phone service back in the beginning of the recession in 2007.

long_b

ACLFC7 wrote: »

Thanks but my phone line isn't active so it can't perform a test. I cancelled my phone service back in the beginning of the recession in 2007.

Have you considered a Fixed Wireless provider ?
Have you line of sight to any "high" sites ?

See here http://irelandoffline.org/mapbeta/#/main and click "Wireless ISPs"

ACLFC7

ED E wrote: »

If they're offering you broadband you probably aren't, that's just too long to support dsl real world. Chances are there is a reach node or exchange closer than you think.

I don't actually know how far I'm from the exchange. I just looking a the Ireland Offline Map (which mightn't be up to date) which says I'm 4.3km from the exchange in a straight line ( around 8km by road). Vodafone or Eircom won't tell me where exactly my exchange is or my distance.

ACLFC7

long_b wrote: »

I'm getting max of 0.8 Mb down at that distance (7.9 km) .
Usually syncs about 0.6 Mb - it drops pretty often.

What's it like in real use on average? Can you watch YouTube in 720p without buffering (except at the start of the vid).

brian67

ED E wrote: »

That's not dsl or you're closer than you think, no way you're getting near that over 4.5Km local loop length.

just ran speedtest . net now 5meg even

saucyleopard

I packed in the line broadband from Eircom as it was running at less than 1mps. I am now on the national broadband system and have about 5 mps when it works. The last few months the congestion has been very bad and I have complained to 3 and am still waiting for some action on their part but the alternative is a plug in so what to do?

ED E

ACLFC7 wrote: »

I don't actually know how far I'm from the exchange. I just looking a the Ireland Offline Map (which mightn't be up to date) which says I'm 4.3km from the exchange in a straight line ( around 8km by road). Vodafone or Eircom won't tell me where exactly my exchange is or my distance.

If there's no in situe line they won't know till ones installed. Check with a neighbour who has dsl with any provider, will give an idea.

long_b

ACLFC7 wrote: »

What's it like in real use on average? Can you watch YouTube in 720p without buffering (except at the start of the vid).

I only use it as a backup to mobile broadband which is my main connection.

It's slow on YouTube, even with the quality way down at 240p or 360p.
Never tried 720p - it'd be unbearable.

Do any neighbours have a connected telephone ?

ACLFC7

long_b wrote: »

I only use it as a backup to mobile broadband which is my main connection.

It's slow on YouTube, even with the quality way down at 240p or 360p.
Never tried 720p - it'd be unbearable.

Do any neighbours have a connected telephone ?

No none of my neighbours have a connected telephone last time i checked.
Hopefully ill be lucky and it will work well, ive been trying to replace my mobile broadband for years. Its too unreliable.
Its beginning to look like no matter what internet i get it will be useless.

BeerWolf

I'm 2km from the only exchange in ALL of Dublin that isn't broadband enabled...

FML!!!!

SpaceTime

ACLFC7 wrote: »

Yeah thats good. I suppose it depends on how many people are connected to the exchange as well as the distance.

Not really, the number of people connected to the exchange is irrelevant if there's enough capacity on the onward connection to the core network to handle their traffic.

There are still some rural exchange connected to the core network using older technology and these can become congested at peak times.

Almost everything in urban areas and all major exchanges in rural areas are connected to an all-IP next-generation network that has heaps of capacity.

The big issue there would be the 8000m long line! That's a lot of copper to get a single down using ADSL or ADSL2+

Fixed Wireless Operators would probably be a much better option!

Changing to up to 24 mbit/s will probably be totally pointless on a line that long. The laws of physics start to become a problem. The longer the line the more signal loss and the slower the connection basically.