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Broadband In Kilrush.

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    #32
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Mr. G wrote: »
    Eircom are rolling out VDSL in a lot of Clare this year according to the coverage map.

    Excuse my ignorance, but isn't that just fiber under another name?


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    #33
    Mr. G
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,621 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    Clareman wrote: »
    Excuse my ignorance, but isn't that just fiber under another name?

    Yes Fibre to the cabinet technically. Up to 100Mbps with vectoring.

    ADSL is the non fibre one. Basically VDSL is fibre to the cabinet and copper for the last leg. Eircom would need to rollout fibre to the likes of Miltown which as far as I know is on microwave, Ennistymon has fibre backbone but you can't get "efibre" yet.


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    #34
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Don't get me started on copper to the cabinet, I'm 1162m from the cabinet so I'm on 26meg fiber, if I could move my house 163 meters I'd be on 100


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    #35
    up in the air
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭up in the air


    Hi,

    Just wondering has anyone else had any issues with eircom in Kilrush?

    Iv had broadband with them the past 4 months ands its been a disaster, it stops working every hour or so for 10 to 15 minutes and that's apart from being extremely slow.

    Iv rang their customer service god knows how many times and I get a different story every time and they still cant tell me when its going to be fixed , apparently 80 meters of line needs to be replaced! apparently !!

    Does anyone have any recommendations for another broadband provider in the Kilrush area?


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    #36
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    up in the air wrote: »
    Hi,

    Just wondering has anyone else had any issues with eircom in Kilrush?

    Iv had broadband with them the past 4 months ands its been a disaster, it stops working every hour or so for 10 to 15 minutes and that's apart from being extremely slow.

    Iv rang their customer service god knows how many times and I get a different story every time and they still cant tell me when its going to be fixed , apparently 80 meters of line needs to be replaced! apparently !!

    Does anyone have any recommendations for another broadband provider in the Kilrush area?

    Im with vodafone, exact same lines. complete and utter disaster, even Netflix refuses to work lately, buffering constantly, and Netflix doesn't even require much bandwidth! If your in the town and don't use much, look at maybe a vodafone 4g option, or maybe satellite, but be prepared to pay an arm and a leg. Three would be a cheaper option, but you will compromise on quality at peak times.


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    #37
    up in the air
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭up in the air


    I had a look and found a crowd called BBnet broadband its a satellite provider for this area might give them a go. As you said they use the same lines ie Vodafone so no point in changing.

    Eircom should really give there costumers a up-date on the problem or at least a date when it might be fixed, iv been ringing 4 months and still none the wiser, I'm moving on.


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    #38
    JCX BXC
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    I gave up ringing Vodafone over the Christmas, will start again soon as I'm not as busy. If it persists for much longer I'm demanding out of contract.


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    #39
    ElNino
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    up in the air wrote: »
    I had a look and found a crowd called BBnet broadband its a satellite provider for this area might give them a go. As you said they use the same lines ie Vodafone so no point in changing.

    Eircom should really give there costumers a up-date on the problem or at least a date when it might be fixed, iv been ringing 4 months and still none the wiser, I'm moving on.

    You need to do your research on satellite before you go anywhere near it. It will have higher latency, be more expensive and have lower caps than any wired broadband and it is highly unlikely to be an improvement.

    I would suggest posting your problems on the Talk To Eircom forum here to see if they can help you.


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    #40
    reademandweep
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭reademandweep


    BBnet don't offer satellite broadband. It's fixed wireless. Significant difference in latency, speeds and no download caps.


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    #41
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    For information the Fibre rollout in kilrush has been delayed another 6 months.
    First estimate was April 2014!


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    #42
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Vodafone/Eircom/Sky broadband honorific, unusable and drops out constantly.
    What other providers are available?

    BBnet?
    Mobile providers not an option due to very low download limits.


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    #43
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    reademandweep wrote: »
    no download caps.

    But they severely cut your speed after 10gb per day (5gb on lesser plan)


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    #44
    Deagol
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    I suspect the reason Kilrush VDSL2 rollout has been postponed is that Eircom are going to go straight to FTTH for locations that they can do it via ducts and then rollout FTTC in the remaining places. Just a gut feeling though, I could be wrong!


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