The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

In their infinite wisdom, eircom decided that they couldn't give me more than 3mbit ADSL, despite the fact that I'm about a mile from the exchange. This is a business line that was costing the guts of 50 euro per month and gave me the following speeds:



I decided to get rid of the line and replace it with NTL broadband over cable. I'm now paying 40 euro per month for a 20Mbit connection :)



Result! So far the NTL\UPC connection has been very reliable and despite the high latency indicated in the Speedtest, I'm getting very good ping times to Irish servers.

Check out www.speedtest.net to rate your actual broadband speed, post your results here.

CJ

PS. apologies to anyone out in the sticks stuck on dialup or a satellite link, I appreciate that this thread may be difficult to stomach!

Chorus/NTL basic internet, think it's €29.99 per month (TV and broadband is €59.98 anyway)

this is my work speed will get my home one up later

gt94 wrote:this is my work speed

Zurich? Is your proxy server located there? Abbott must have some serious WAN connection if you're seeing the guts of 18Mbit on the wire to Switzerland.

CJ

I had a look here (Dell), there's just so many proxies...


It looks a bit slow to me for a big PC company

In fairness though I've seen 22198 kb/s before

Why such a varience I wonder?

Here's what I'm using at home... Irish Broadband, wireless (line of sight).

aprox 50e monthly gets me this..



But I am in the stickiest of sticks..

Not sure if I did this correct but eircom €50 /month 2mB get me this

Oh god is this bad?

Vodafone wireless E30 a month.

perlico unlimited calls and internet €50 a month

was thinking of getting O2 wireless for the laptop €20 a month
anyone using them find them good?

Heres my home speed -

From a 3 mobile wireless modem, €20/month. To to say its variable is an understatement. Ment to be 3.6Mbps, but that is rare, and sometimes as low as 200kbps or less.

I'm out in the sticks, and this is the only b'band I can get. Saying that, its pretty reliable. €30 a month for 1mb down and 1 mb up.

My work speed... wonder what the story is with a lot of the commercial ones going through Zurich?

VERY happy at work



VERY VERY sad at home (although this reading is through 2 storeys)

Just tested my home speed, it's looking pretty good but as Topcat says it's not exactly consistant.

hers my home one costs 45 euro a month

thats my wireless connection


and this is my ethernet connection

thanks CJ!!!

I am on 6mb NTL and get about 5900kb down but just noticed I can upgrade to 10mb for free now... cheers


Customers currently on 1Mb Value, 3Mb Express or 6Mb Ultra can upgrade to 3Mb, 10Mb or 20Mb respectively for no extra charge. Simply fill in this form and we will take care of the rest. Further details are available on the form.

Customers on 2Mb Light, 6Mb Express or 12Mb Ultra will automatically be upgraded to 6Mb, 10Mb and 20Mb respectively.

We will be actioning all requests on an ongoing basis so you won’t have to wait too long before you see the change. If you are unsure what broadband pack you are currently on please call us free on 1908.

These speeds are also available to new broadband customers. Further information on all our packs can be found on this website using the links to the left.

NTL

usualy it's close to 10 megs ... dld speed