Have all broadband roads lead to nowhere?

Sloth

When exactly are we going to get the definitive broadband service here in Ireland? I can't think of any bb isp that has everything going for it. Just think about it:

Eircom i-stream:
Tiny cap, still interleaved.

Netsource radsl:
High latency, crappy dowloads. Awful.

Netsource/Eircom business:
Interleaving set at full whack

IOL bb:
Doesn't seem to be all that available, tiny cap.

Esat business:
Barely available, ambiguity as to whether theres a cap or not.

IBB:
Not available for the most part. Extremely patchy performance.

NTL:
Little to no chance of it ever being widely available.


Come on, when the hell are we going to get the Irish version of Nildram? Hopefully I'll be moving to England in a few years but still, it'd be nice to have a service that was finally the be all and end all.

Chowley

What is Nildram?
I thought NTL was the big one in UK

BArra

nildram is a uk based isp, they deal with adsl and they deal very well with it, good prices, good speeds, reasonable caps


dsl xtra --->

Pricing (inc. VAT)
Activation Fee £58.75 £58.75
Monthly Fee £39.99 £58.00
Minimum Contract (months) 1 1
Features
National Coverage*
Time restrictions None None
Maximum Download Speed 1024k 2048k
Maximum Upload Speed 256k 256k
Contention Ratio 50:1 50:1
Web space (Mb)** 100Mb 100Mb
POP3
Sub-domain
Unlimited e-mail addresses
Web mail
Static IP address
Back-up 0845 access
Monthly Download 150GB 150GB

Home Services --->

Home500 Lite Home500
Pricing (including VAT)
Activation Fee £58.75 £58.75
Monthly Fee £22.99 £29.99
Minimum Contract (months) 12 3

Features
Maximum Download Speed 512k 512k
Maximum Upload Speed 256k 256k
Contention Ratio 50:1 50:1
Web space (Mb) 100
POP3
Sub-domain
Unlimited e-mail addresses
Web mail
Static IP address
Dynamic IP address
Back-up 0845 access

MrB

I'm still willing to give Netsource a chance, If they get the extra capacity and it improves things I'll be happy, otherwise it'll be bye bye!

Chowley

**** Nildram are good.

I would stay well away from netsource unless they drastically improve.I get better pings on 56k.:ninja:

Sloth

I think a 30gb cap would be perfect. It'd stop the warez people but leave more than enough space for your average joe. If Eircom would just increase their cap I'd move over to them.

Chowley

ya agree with sloth there a 30GB cap would be perfectly acceptable but a lower per MB cost if you do go over the cap.:ninja:

BArra

30gig?

nildram do 150gig a month,and there is no degradation for anyone on the service, for games like cs it pings amazingly, its just the ideal broadband service, along with NTL, or a swedish home 10mbit line for €35 a month

Sloth

Yeah I know nildram do 150 but this is Ireland we just have to be a bit more realistic. I think a killer package here would be:

€50 a month
512/256
no interleaving
30gb cap
contention doesn't matter because if Nildram can run fine with 50:1 then it shouldn't matter one jot.

Chowley

Dont suppose there is any chance Nildram will come to Ireland?

Chowley

Barra.
Are you still interested in Amocom with their 5GB cap and high expense?
Looking at other wireless ISP in Ireland with much better prices and no caps I dont think Ill be going for them myself, might just wait for Eircom or IOL.