Comments on: Eircom to promise faster broadband speeds http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/ It's hard to think of a tagline - All the good ones are taken.. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-6999 Robert Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:16:06 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-6999 Hi Chris, I haven't had any problems with my upgrade. Mine is business broadband though so I'm not sure about my contention ratio but I regularly download files such as a Linux ISO image and I get about 760kbps. 4kbps is really taking the piss though so it might be worth getting on to eircom about it to see if anything is wrong with your line. If you have a netopia router, open its home page and have a look at the line attenuation reading. If is os over 50 then definitely get in touch with Eircom or unplug any phone extensions in the house and restart the router to see if it changes. Hope this helps. Hi Chris,

I haven’t had any problems with my upgrade. Mine is business broadband though so I’m not sure about my contention ratio but I regularly download files such as a Linux ISO image and I get about 760kbps.

4kbps is really taking the piss though so it might be worth getting on to eircom about it to see if anything is wrong with your line.

If you have a netopia router, open its home page and have a look at the line attenuation reading. If is os over 50 then definitely get in touch with Eircom or unplug any phone extensions in the house and restart the router to see if it changes.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: chris cleary http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-6998 chris cleary Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:08:53 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-6998 It would be great if they could honour the speeds they have never mind doubling them, I got the eircom 7.2 meg line on a 24.1 contention ratio, I live about 1.5 km from the exchange and cant get speeds above 200kbps . Lastnight my top speed was, wait for it 4kbps I wasn't even bearly getting a connection. Has anyone else had this problem ? It would be great if they could honour the speeds they have never mind doubling them, I got the eircom 7.2 meg line on a 24.1 contention ratio, I live about 1.5 km from the exchange and cant get speeds above 200kbps . Lastnight my top speed was, wait for it 4kbps I wasn’t even bearly getting a connection.
Has anyone else had this problem ?

]]> By: Me Blog! | Eircom have kept their promise http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-6172 Me Blog! | Eircom have kept their promise Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:55:28 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-6172 [...] promised to upgrade their customers broadband speeds by the end of July and with just 5 days to go I noticed [...] [...] promised to upgrade their customers broadband speeds by the end of July and with just 5 days to go I noticed [...]

]]> By: Me Blog! | Where’s my upgrade? http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-6060 Me Blog! | Where’s my upgrade? Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:09:31 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-6060 [...] now the middle of June. I wonder where my promised broadband speed upgrade from eircom [...] [...] now the middle of June. I wonder where my promised broadband speed upgrade from eircom [...]

]]> By: Robert http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Robert Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:16:29 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-1458 My draytek doesn't :( It only supports up to 8Mb. looks like we all need new modems as the Netopias (3300 and 3347 series) only support up to 8Mb also. My draytek doesn’t :( It only supports up to 8Mb.

looks like we all need new modems as the Netopias (3300 and 3347 series) only support up to 8Mb also.

]]> By: dankoozy http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 dankoozy Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:08:04 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-1457 Noice.. So does the netopia router support it? Noice.. So does the netopia router support it?

]]> By: Robert http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 Robert Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:19:10 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-1456 I'm also just checking to be sure that my router supports the higher speeds. AFAIK it supports only up to 8Mb I’m also just checking to be sure that my router supports the higher speeds. AFAIK it supports only up to 8Mb

]]> By: Robert http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 Robert Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:17:24 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-1455 Dan - Looks like you will have 7.6Mb and I will have 10Mb - Happy days. I wonder what the upload speed will be? 1Mb would be nice. 2Mb even better :) Donncha - I know that feeling. I remember when it was first available here in Youghal that I was over the moon with just 512k! Regarding BT, I know they have been advertising heavily that they have begun upgrading their exchanges. Douglas is the only one in Cork now supporting 8Mb I think. More here: http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single10162 Dan – Looks like you will have 7.6Mb and I will have 10Mb – Happy days. I wonder what the upload speed will be? 1Mb would be nice. 2Mb even better :)

Donncha – I know that feeling. I remember when it was first available here in Youghal that I was over the moon with just 512k! Regarding BT, I know they have been advertising heavily that they have begun upgrading their exchanges. Douglas is the only one in Cork now supporting 8Mb I think.

More here: http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single10162

]]> By: Donncha O Caoimh http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-1454 Donncha O Caoimh Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:10:56 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-1454 That would be nice. I wonder will BT increase their speed? The article says that wholesale customers get the same deal but don't BT have their own network? Mine's a measly 2MB line (Oh how I'd have loved to have said that in the old modem days!) That would be nice. I wonder will BT increase their speed? The article says that wholesale customers get the same deal but don’t BT have their own network?

Mine’s a measly 2MB line (Oh how I’d have loved to have said that in the old modem days!)

]]> By: Dankoozy http://robertsweetnam.ie/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/comment-page-1/#comment-1453 Dankoozy Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:49:39 +0000 http://blog.sweetnam.eu/2008/01/31/eircom-to-promise-faster-broadband-speeds/#comment-1453 huzzah! huzzah!

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