VirginMedia to Eir

banchang

I’m thinking of moving from VM to Eir to reduce cost but am concerned about broadband speeds. Am attracted to Eir by their offer incl free Eir sports, plus their phone offering is good.

I’ve heard that the move would result in noticeable reduction in speed when streaming etc due to Eir using the old phone lines vs what I’ve been accustomed to with VM. Broadband speed is a priority, & I would not move if speeds would indeed be noticeably worse than what I enjoy currently.

My question is whether the Eir offering enables quality streaming of Netflix / YouTube etc, without any quality issues like buffering etc? If this would be any kind of an issue it would be a dealbreaker.

Also is there a list somewhere of what infrastructure each of the service providers use eg VM use their own fiber optic TV cabling, Eir use old Eircom phonelines into the house, Vodafone/Sky use etc etc?

Thoughts appreciated.

Wabbit Ears

Eir speeds really depend on the location of the house to the junction box. I get approx 30 mbps over the eir lines.

You will notice the drop in speed though how much depends on how many people use things at the same time and what youre used to. Id say in my house it wouldnt be noticed that much but we only have one main TV and no xboxes etc in the house.