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Broadband speeds Rural Meath

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  • 09-09-2014 5:27pm
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    Gehad_JoyRider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭


    Hi Eircom,

    I live in rural Meath,  We use the ulimited downloading policy for people who stream, how ever art broad band doesnt really support it, 3.14 megs with a ping of 65 ms and an upload of 0.28, its broad band and granted its better then nothing.

    Apparently its to do with our exchange and how far away we are from it. The problem being, when you have multible people all trying to use the that kinda of speed things get a little slow.

    I'm just wondering is our broad band capped to that speed or is that the best speed we can get?

    Its just getting frustrating for a house to operate under those speeds ?

    thanks  for reading


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


    Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »
    Hi Eircom,

    I live in rural Meath,  We use the ulimited downloading policy for people who stream, how ever art broad band doesnt really support it, 3.14 megs with a ping of 65 ms and an upload of 0.28, its broad band and granted its better then nothing.

    Apparently its to do with our exchange and how far away we are from it. The problem being, when you have multible people all trying to use the that kinda of speed things get a little slow.

    I'm just wondering is our broad band capped to that speed or is that the best speed we can get?

    Its just getting frustrating for a house to operate under those speeds ?

    thanks  for reading

    Hi Gehad_JoyRider

    A lines distance from the exchange can affect speeds. I can fully understand the increasing reliance on broadband and the requirement for faster speeds so if you would like to PM me your landline number I will be happy to look in to this further and check for any potential or possible improvements.

    Thanks
    Al


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    Toby12345
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Toby12345


    Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »
    Hi Eircom,

    I live in rural Meath,  We use the ulimited downloading policy for people who stream, how ever art broad band doesnt really support it, 3.14 megs with a ping of 65 ms and an upload of 0.28, its broad band and granted its better then nothing.

    Apparently its to do with our exchange and how far away we are from it. The problem being, when you have multible people all trying to use the that kinda of speed things get a little slow.

    I'm just wondering is our broad band capped to that speed or is that the best speed we can get?

    Its just getting frustrating for a house to operate under those speeds ?

    thanks  for reading
    I am in rural meath also. I do not have a landline at present. But as part of a deal I can get my house connected for free with eircom. 

    How have you got on with your speeds? 

    I use vodaphone wireless broadband at the moment and it is fairly consistent. But we are limited to 15gb a month

    I am worried that the eircom broadband will be slower.


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


    Toby12345 wrote: »
    Gehad_JoyRider wrote: »
    Hi Eircom,

    I live in rural Meath,  We use the ulimited downloading policy for people who stream, how ever art broad band doesnt really support it, 3.14 megs with a ping of 65 ms and an upload of 0.28, its broad band and granted its better then nothing.

    Apparently its to do with our exchange and how far away we are from it. The problem being, when you have multible people all trying to use the that kinda of speed things get a little slow.

    I'm just wondering is our broad band capped to that speed or is that the best speed we can get?

    Its just getting frustrating for a house to operate under those speeds ?

    thanks  for reading
    I am in rural meath also. I do not have a landline at present. But as part of a deal I can get my house connected for free with eircom. 

    How have you got on with your speeds? 

    I use vodaphone wireless broadband at the moment and it is fairly consistent. But we are limited to 15gb a month

    I am worried that the eircom broadband will be slower.
    Hi Toby12345

    If there was eircom service preciously at your address I might be able to offer an indication of what speeds to expect, do you want to PM me the old number/address and I'll check this out for you?

    Cheers
    Al


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