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upc in Athy

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  • 14-10-2015 6:31pm
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    tom francy
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭


    or virgin media as they are now........

    what are the options for cable television in athy....I got a call off virgin today saying its not in athy yet .....


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    Pablod
    Registered Users Posts: 489 ✭✭Pablod


    last year the UPC website said you could get basic TV in Athy no digital or Broadband,
    But looking at the Virgin Media Checker now it says no services are available in Athy

    https://www.virginmedia.ie/?CMP=sbr&gclid=CJeFjcbmwsgCFWKJ2wod1BUMEg&gclsrc=aw.ds

    Yet there has been a UPC van working in Coneyboro on and off over the last few months, but still no word


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,456 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    tom francy wrote: »
    or virgin media as they are now........

    what are the options for cable television in athy....I got a call off virgin today saying its not in athy yet .....

    They don't sell MMDS anymore, some places can get olde worlde analogue cable, but upc technically don't sell test anymore either.
    To be fair, analogue is terrible value when you consider the channels you get.

    I doubt they will ever upgrade the cable system in Athy.


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    L1011
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    Pablod wrote: »
    Yet there has been a UPC van working in Coneyboro on and off over the last few months, but still no word

    Working or the driver living there? I had false hope at a previous house for a while due to a UPC staff member's girlfriend living there - so the van wasn't there permanently but was still there often enough.


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    Pablod
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    L1011 wrote: »
    Working or the driver living there? I had false hope at a previous house for a while due to a UPC staff member's girlfriend living there - so the van wasn't there permanently but was still there often enough.

    Working, as they were parked right up at the Eircom (or eir) fibre cabinet at the entrance of the estate - there was two vans there at one point.
    But they have been there on and off for months, so wouldn't get my hopes up any time soon


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    Snaffles2014
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    Why doesn't Athy have fibre broadband yet?


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    Yawns
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    Snaffles2014 wrote: »
    Why doesn't Athy have fibre broadband yet?

    It does tho. Eircom installed fibre cabinets all over the town and they are all or nearly all active. 100 down with 20 up with VF reselling Eir's efibre


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