Eircom broadband speed..

[daithi]

I currently have my broadband with Eircom, it's up to 8 Mb/s advertised. I know I'm never going to get that 8, but what should I be expecting to get? I'm getting around 3.2 Mb/s at the moment anytime I check it, morning or evening. What sort of speeds are everyone else getting?

[Jofspring]

The gf has eircom and is supposed to get up to 8mb/s also but is lucky to get over 2mb/s.

[nigel-harps1954]

With Smart Telecom myself, getting around 10/11 mb/s on a 24mb line.

I'm not far from the town centre though so it's to be expected.

The parents are with Eircom though, about 3 miles outside of Letterkenny, on an 8mb line they get about 2.5mb/s on a good day.

It's actually painful having to use their internet when I'm home.

[BonnieShels]

I'm with UPC. Eircom are ****ehawks.

[horton]

Being a brit has its advantages:D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2338404716.png

Have any of the irish providers hinted if they have any plans at bringing out fibre optic broadband?

[osarusan]

Tokyo.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2338447619.png

[nigel-harps1954]

Tokyo.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2338447619.png


Take THAT Londonderry.

[Jofspring]

Being a brit has its advantages:D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2338404716.png

Have any of the irish providers hinted if they have any plans at bringing out fibre optic broadband?

UPC are now doing 100mb/s broadband so I would think you can get speeds up to 70mb/s at least.

I'm with UPC 30mb/s and usually get about 17mb/s

Anyone outside the city can't seem to get UPC though.

[Charlie Darwin]

It's actually painful having to use their internet when I'm home.
You must not have been around for dial-up.

[nigel-harps1954]

You must not have been around for dial-up.


I was indeed of course, but I think it was around 2003 when we first got broadband in to the home house. Things changed forever. I still have a friend who uses broadband though, way up in the hills where the broadband doesn't reach. I avoid that at all costs.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Tokyo.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2338447619.png

Doesn't NB's favourite, South Korea, have the fastest speeds, generally worldwide.

[strangeirish]

Tokyo.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2338447619.png
Wow! And I thought mine was decent!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2339315844.png

[Dodge]

Wow! And I thought mine was decent!


Yours is decent. Ping envy can do you no good

[BonnieShels]

Being a brit has its advantages:D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2338404716.png

Have any of the irish providers hinted if they have any plans at bringing out fibre optic broadband?

UPC have Fibre in Dublin anyway and are rolling it out nationwide (cities).

50mb/s is their lowest option all the way to 150mb/s.

They recently tested their capabilities to 1TB/s.

[BonnieShels]

UPC are now doing 100mb/s broadband so I would think you can get speeds up to 70mb/s at least.

I'm with UPC 30mb/s and usually get about 17mb/s

Anyone outside the city can't seem to get UPC though.

I get around 25mb on wifi in the house and I'm on their basic 50mb connection.

It goes up to 150mb in Dublin.

[Jofspring]

I get around 25mb on wifi in the house and I'm on their basic 50mb connection.

It goes up to 150mb in Dublin.

Last time I had checked 30mb was the basic. I must have been upgraded again so. When I first signed up it was 15, then upgraded to 20, a few months later upgraded to 25mb and the most recent was upgraded to 30. They must have upgraded it again. Just ran a test there. Not bad with it saying it's coming from Cork.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2342598995.png

[dahamsta]

@daithi, if you're getting that speed fairly consistently and you have everything hooked up correctly at home, including your filters, then the problem is likely to be either the distance from your exchange, or a dodgy line. If you're more than a few clicks from your exchange then your only option is to upgrade to the 24MB product if it's available, of which you'll get 10-15MB at most; or move to another source (cable or wireless), again if available. If you're quite close to your exchange then you should file a complaint with Eircom about it. They may or may not do anything about it, but it's probably worth a shot, and you probably have a better chance of getting it fixed than if you were with another DSL provider.