Comments on: Net connection

By: Tiernan OToole

Tiernan OToole — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:01:04 +0000

Heay, maca. Looks like NTL will be offering a 10mb internet connection to all their users, including irish users. i am currently on their 3mb package for 45EUR a month, which eventually will stay at that price, but tripple in speed! 3 mb rocks, but 10 is sweet!

By: maca

maca — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:41:25 +0000

12Mb/s ! Orgasmic ! You’re making me jealous now.

By: Antonio from Italy

Antonio from Italy — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:36:10 +0000

“That sounds good Antonio! 4Mb/s .. lucky you! ”

Maca, 4 Mb/s isn’t the best service we have in Italy, but it’s the most suitable for me for the mere reason that I am faithful to this operator
The best ADSL service so far it’s a 12 Mb/s download (1 Mb/s up) from a different operator for 35 euros/month and Wi-Fi modem included.

By: maca

maca — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:02:00 +0000

Thanks for the info Gerry. Btw how much is “line rental, etc”. We don’t pay any line rental here.
I just changed suppliers yesterday, switched to Elisa ADSL 2Mb. Unfortunatly they’re putting their prices up in January so I only get the cheap rate for 2 months, bastards!

That sounds good Antonio! 4Mb/s .. lucky you!

By: Antonio from Italy

Antonio from Italy — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:00:55 +0000

Here at home I have a 4 Mb/s download connection with TIN, the first Italian web operator (it should be 256 kb/s upload).
The cost is 39 euro/month, VAT included, modem included.
When I first subscribed it was a 640 kb/s for 49 euro/month, but then the speed increased and the price went down.

The speed is almost correct, every now and then I run a speed-test and it’s really very close to what declared.

By: Gerry O'Sullivan

Gerry O'Sullivan — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:30:27 +0000

I'm using the basic UTV Broadband package at home, which is a little flaky at the best of times. 1Mb down and 128 kbps up is the advertised speed, but a 48:1 contention rate means that it frequently lapses into dialup speeds. This costs me �30 per month + line rental, etc. I'm going up to the 2Mb service from next month for a tenner extra, and a contention rate 24:1. The nice thing about UTV is the bundled TalkTime phone package, where all evening and weekend phone calls to Irish and UK landlines are free. At work, we have 3Mbps down and 512kbps up from Eircom. I did a bit of research on this recently, as we were installing a new network, and needed to upgrade the existing broadband connection. To my surprise, Eircom came top of the pile. There are some wireless/satellite options on the market, but they weren't suitable. I was hoping that I could get something from Smart, which unlike most of the other ADSL operators use local loop unbundling (i.e. don't just resell a wholesale deal from Eircom), but one of our offices can't access it. A coupla links that might be useful: Irish ISP Speed Test Get Broadband (comparisons of the main deals on offer)

By: maca

maca — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:17:47 +0000

It helps alright, thanks Winds.

By: Winds and Breezes

Winds and Breezes — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:40:15 +0000

I’m in north Dublin.

I know that my parents’ line is broadband capable and that’s about 25 miles out of Limerick. For the rest of the country, there have been a lot of figures bandied about – apparently something like 80% of the lines should be broadband capable but I gather take up is not as high as it could be. Eircom prices came down a tenner a month during the year and they now have a time-limit offering which is borderline crazy.

IrelandOffline is probably your best source of info: http://www.irelandoffline.com/home/ I think there’s a table of the different operator charges there

Hope this helps.

By: maca

maca — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:28:30 +0000

Thanks for the info Mick … and for the links!

Here’s some figures for Finland.

Sonera
1 Mbit/s / 512 kbit/s – �31
2 Mbit/s / 512 kbit/s – �46
8 Mbit/s / 1 Mbit/s – �59

Elisa
ADSL – same as above
Cable & “home port”:
1 Mbit/s / 512 kbit/s – �24
2 Mbit/s / 512 kbit/s – �29
4 Mbit/s / 1 Mbit/s – �39
10 Mbit/s / 2 Mbit/s – �48 (home port)

By: Mick

Mick — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:51:54 +0000

Intersting article here:

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/45969

Most Japanese consumers can get an Internet connection that�s 16 times faster than the typical American DSL line for a mere $22 per month. Across the globe, it�s the same story. In France, DSL service that is 10 times faster than the typical United States connection; 100 TV channels and unlimited telephone service cost only $38 per month. In South Korea, super-fast connections are common for less than $30 per month. Nations as diverse as Finland, Canada, and Hong Kong all have much faster Internet connections at a lower cost than what is available here.

Seems to claims Finland has faster cheaper service?