Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

jones · 19-08-2014 3:46pm

How do you mean fixed wireless like dongles Three/Vodafone etc? or satelite broadband?

Villain · 19-08-2014 4:13pm

jones wrote: »

How do you mean fixed wireless like dongles Three/Vodafone etc? or satelite broadband?

Something like http://www.digiweb.ie/home/broadband/metro

ED E · 19-08-2014 6:06pm

FW is terrestrial dish, kinda like a sky tv one that points to a mountain or hilltop mast, not into space. Satellite has huge latency and cost issues, fixed wireless can be very effective with normal latency.

cert2009 · 19-08-2014 10:21pm

the vodafone wireless router for fiber optic is absolute garbage, im in attic, and the router is in middle floor, pretty close to attic, and im currently gttin 0.5-4mb/s on internet speedtest

While in middle of house they get 40-50mb/s

I even bought one of those usb wireless extenders for my laptop and its still this bad

jd · 19-08-2014 10:28pm

cert2009 wrote: »

I even bought one of those usb wireless extenders for my laptop and its still this bad

Maybe powerline adapters would be a better bet? Any way you can run cat 5 up?

jones · 20-08-2014 2:23pm

Villain wrote: »

Something like http://www.digiweb.ie/home/broadband/metro

Anyone have any experience of metro broadband? The metro express with 30mb for €44.95 looks good but would i actually be getting any where near 30mb? i'm playing €32 for my 2mb with vodafone.

Villain · 20-08-2014 3:48pm

jones wrote: »

Anyone have any experience of metro broadband? The metro express with 30mb for €44.95 looks good but would i actually be getting any where near 30mb? i'm playing €32 for my 2mb with vodafone.

Depends on a lot of variables, it requires line of sight, close enough proximity to high site and a high site that they have loaded with too many users!

jones · 20-08-2014 4:03pm

So basically the only way i'll know is to get them out?

Cheers Villain

ED E · 20-08-2014 4:04pm

jones wrote: »

So basically the only way i'll know is to get them out?

Cheers Villain

Or find a neighbour with them and ask. In the same locality with similar line of sight you'll get the same results.

crawler · 20-08-2014 5:33pm

Metro is a good system and uses the same technology as Cable companies (DOCSIS 2.0) and a wireless bit in the middle.

Generally people have a pretty good experience of it overall.

jones · 21-08-2014 10:46am

Thanks folks i think its something i'll have to look into as the internet is stoneage stuff and i'm living in Dublin. I can only imagine how bad isolated parts of the country are (actaully they are probably a step ahead of me ha)

I might give them a call see what they say. There must be some sort of testing to ensure i can avail of this service

EDIT: Called digiweb nearest they do to me is swords nothing further north in Dublin...there goes that dream

hallo dare · 21-08-2014 8:48pm

Irelandoffline.org will give you an indication as to what's in your area.

jones · 22-08-2014 10:28am

Cheers hallo dare, The nearest cabinet to me is approx 1.5 km from me but its right over the m1 so assuming they cant even "use" that cabinet. The next nearest is about 3km from the house. I remember eircom telling me the nearest one was 6km so maybe something has changed since then.

very frustrating trying to get information on this - i'm basically told well your line can only hold 2mb

ED E · 22-08-2014 10:47am

jones wrote: »

very frustrating trying to get information on this - i'm basically told well your line can only hold 2mb

You'd be 5-6KM from the exchange. The physics of that much copper means 2Mbs.

Realistically unless you dig up your house and move it you wont get better fixed line services, in your location wireless of some sort is your only option. Thats the reality. Preferably fixed wireless as above.

dazdrog · 22-08-2014 10:50am

jones wrote: »

Cheers hallo dare, The nearest cabinet to me is approx 1.5 km from me but its right over the m1 so assuming they cant even "use" that cabinet. The next nearest is about 3km from the house. I remember eircom telling me the nearest one was 6km so maybe something has changed since then.

very frustrating trying to get information on this - i'm basically told well your line can only hold 2mb

if you near the m1 chances are you have line of sight to the lourdes hospital in drogheda, so thats a digiweb metro area, 30mb

jones · 22-08-2014 11:03am

dazdrog wrote: »

if you near the m1 chances are you have line of sight to the lourdes hospital in drogheda, so thats a digiweb metro area, 30mb

I'm just outside balbriggan so i think drogheda would be too far? Just checked its 22km from me driving. What sort of range does digiweb service? When i called yesterday they asked me was i near swords and when i said no not really she said thats the only option near me in Dublin? #helpful

EDIT: Ok i called digiweb back and was talking to a much more helpful lady. Basically i cant get fixed wireless where i am so they can only offer me landline (which is the same 2mb line) or satellite broadband which is ridiculous prices and crazy download limits so its not an option.

As mentioned earlier short of moving my house to a different location looks like i'm stuck with my current set up. Are there any other options i should look at?

hallo dare · 22-08-2014 11:33am

Net1 FWA services your area. http://www.net1.ie/coverage/

jones · 22-08-2014 12:13pm

Thanks for the help lads really appreciate it. I gave Net1 a call and an engineer is going to call me back monday with more information. Apparently he'll have to come out to the house to test and see if there is line of sight but they said they have customers around my area so fingers crossed it will result in something.

never heard of Net1 though and cant seem to find too much about them online. Anyone have an experience with them?

AlanS181824 · 24-08-2014 6:53pm

I thought my internet was lagging...

Phew! :pac:

Cork981 · 25-08-2014 7:15pm

Vectoring has allowed my line to take a 70/20 profile up from 50/20

jca · 26-08-2014 11:51pm

Got vectored recently I'm on 70/20 profile now, very happy camper.

AlanS181824 · 30-08-2014 5:47pm

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Vodafone 8mb package.

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Generally how it always is...

Seen these going through the thread and it made me laugh.

Nearly a year any a half in the difference and there's a massive improvement.

foggy_lad · 31-08-2014 2:06pm

Nothing to write home about when i could throw stones at the cabinet i'm so close(255 metres)

AlanS181824 · 31-08-2014 2:07pm

foggy_lad wrote: »

Nothing to write home about when i could throw stones at the cabinet i'm so close(255 metres)

So Vodafone still haven't fixed your problem with the upload speed?

Ridiculous.

Are KN still threatening to charge ye aswell?

Westernyelp · 31-08-2014 2:13pm

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3726420051 Castlebar town FYI

AlanS181824 · 01-09-2014 8:09pm

Fastest download I've gotten since April! :pac:

foggy_lad · 01-09-2014 11:01pm

Awful service tonight!

AlanS181824 · 01-09-2014 11:17pm

foggy_lad wrote: »

Awful service tonight!

There has to be something wrong with your line!

I live in Carlow too and have Vodafone and my internet is grand.

*Tip wood haha*

jay93 · 02-09-2014 5:45pm

foggy_lad wrote: »

Awful service tonight!

Lol awful least you can get fibre our Vodafone internet is horrible . Max is 14Mb/s slows down a lot in the evening this past 2 weeks .

satguy · 02-09-2014 6:02pm

I am in Portlaoise , and on UPC

AlanS181824 · 02-09-2014 7:49pm

I've been posting in this thread a lot lately so my apologies but I found something interesting!

It's one of my first ever speed test from back in 2011 when I (very very briefly) had Imagine.

V.S

Over 3 years later and on much better technology but still.... Look how far the internet has come haha! :pac:

amdaley28 · 02-09-2014 8:44pm

AlanS181824 wrote: »

I've been posting in this thread a lot lately so my apologies but I found something interesting!

It's one of my first ever speed test from back in 2011 when I (very very briefly) had Imagine.

V.S

Over 3 years later and on much better technology but still.... Look how far the internet has come haha! :pac:

Bet you wish you were back in the good old days

AlanS181824 · 02-09-2014 10:37pm

amdaley28 wrote: »

Bet you wish you were back in the good old days

Haha definately... Not! :pac:

AlanS181824 · 03-09-2014 10:49am

My schools internet, this is over WiFi bear in mind!

dalta5billion · 03-09-2014 3:03pm

AlanS181824 wrote: »

My schools internet, this is over WiFi bear in mind!

Ah yes, mine got a similar microwave link in.

Allegedly the company installed the gear first and then applied later for a license from Comreg!

AlanS181824 · 03-09-2014 4:55pm

dalta5billion wrote: »

Ah yes, mine got a similar microwave link in.

Allegedly the company installed the gear first and then applied later for a license from Comreg!

This is over HEAnets Fibre network.

Up until this year we've had less than 1Mb up and down for about 600 students!

I'd love to know what their package is.

MichaelR · 04-09-2014 4:43pm

Adare area, Patrickswell side. Sky DSL, on an Eircom line of course. Eircom itself was worse, they kept me on a 2M down /256k up conection until I went over to Sky in May 2013. Now the connection is set to 4M down/384k up. Eircom are saying the line is a 5M line and they offer no congestion; considering going back but I doubt their service will be any better.

human 19 · 04-09-2014 10:01pm

Just switched to Meteor's 4G in Colehill, Longford (very rural)
speedtest with the wifi router upstairs and this laptop downstairs.

advertsfox · 09-09-2014 10:42am

UPC 30MB with Cisco EPC3925 in Ratoath, Co. Meath. Cabled in to Windows Home Server 2011. Test with SpeedTest and UPC's own one.

dazdrog · 09-09-2014 5:39pm

Vodafone 50/15

Last Result:
Download Speed: 45220 kbps (5652.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 14088 kbps (1761 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 8 ms
Jitter: 2 ms

PeadarB · 10-09-2014 1:51pm

Good to see eircom server back on speedtest.

foggy_lad · 12-09-2014 9:34pm

Vodafone 100/20

kerash · 17-09-2014 12:59pm

foggy_lad · 17-09-2014 8:50pm

Supposed to be Fibre broadband........
:eek::mad::(

hof1982 · 17-09-2014 9:19pm

Cork981 · 23-09-2014 6:34pm

ED E · 23-09-2014 6:36pm

Cork981 wrote: »

Well that's just cheating xD

hallo dare · 23-09-2014 6:49pm

Cork981 wrote: »

WTF!!!!????

AlanS181824 · 23-09-2014 6:51pm

Cork981 wrote: »

Wow...

killbillvol2 · 23-09-2014 7:00pm

After years of Eircom's crap I finally got UPC in. Now I'm going to need a lot of new hard drives.

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