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Originally Posted by ciano1

Internet in Dunaras (And ALL student accommodation) is utter SH*TE!

You'll end up suffering the slow speeds or getting yourself mobile internet!

But it's fibre :\
I'll set my torrents to download during the night, it'll be fine

[ciano1]

Originally Posted by ._.

But it's fibre :\
I'll set my torrents to download during the night, it'll be fine

Its probably one fibre connection shared between a few dozen students
People in Dunaras have problems using FB chat alot of the time!

Funnily enough, Corrib Village is in the process of upgrading their internet so that each apartment has its own separate WiFi connection and its fairly fast (3-4mb which is SERIOUSLY a lot faster than any student accommodation internet atm)

In Gort last year, I gave up on the internet there and got meteor broadband for a tenner a month. Does the job

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Originally Posted by ciano1

Its probably one fibre connection shared between a few dozen students
People in Dunaras have problems using FB chat alot of the time!

Funnily enough, Corrib Village is in the process of upgrading their internet so that each apartment has its own separate WiFi connection and its fairly fast (3-4mb which is SERIOUSLY a lot faster than any student accommodation internet atm)

In Gort last year, I gave up on the internet there and got meteor broadband for a tenner a month. Does the job

Don't tell me that >_<
Well, it said on the website that it the broadband was only recently upgraded to fibre, so lets just hope that it's new for this year
I'm going to email them and see what to story is..

[MissMoppet]

Dunaras blocked torrent downloading.. I posted the pros and cons back a few pages somewhere..

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Originally Posted by MissMoppet

Dunaras blocked torrent downloading.. I posted the pros and cons back a few pages somewhere..

Yeah.. I'm not a fan of reading 6 page long threads before I post in them, but I went back and read it, informative, thanks.

Do you know if they're still blocked when using an SSL tracker?
And do you know if FTP/SFTP is blocked?

[Kinky Slinky]

Originally Posted by ._.

Yeah.. I'm not a fan of reading 6 page long threads before I post in them, but I went back and read it, informative, thanks.

Do you know if they're still blocked when using an SSL tracker?
And do you know if FTP/SFTP is blocked?

They are blocked but work during the night sometimes but you have a load of seeders or it won't work. At the start of the year nothing was blocked and we were getting serious speeds. Every port is blocked except port 80. They IT guy uses some opensourse software can't remember the name but we tried loads of times to bypass it ... not successful. As all the ports are blocked no PSN and couldn't use a VPN service as well. They filterd the internet as well but that only half worked

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Originally Posted by Kinky Slinky

They are blocked but work during the nights sometime but you have a load of seeders or it won't work. At the start of the year nothing was blocked and we were getting serious speeds. Every port is blocked except port 80. They IT guy uses some opensourse software can't remember the name but we tried loads of time to bypass it ... not successful. As all the ports are blocked no PSN and couldn't use a VPN service as well. They filterd the internet as well but that only half worked

wow.. They seem like they know what they're doing alright

I really like the sound of Dunaras but i'll definitely need to be transferring a few GB a week.. I'll have to pick somewhere else I suppose :\

I assume it's the same story with the internet access at NUIG itself then?

[QueenOfLeon]

Originally Posted by ._.

wow.. They seem like they know what they're doing alright

I really like the sound of Dunaras but i'll definitely need to be transferring a few GB a week.. I'll have to pick somewhere else I suppose :\

I assume it's the same story with the internet access at NUIG itself then?

Student mobile broadbands can be quite cheap, I had O2 when I was in Corrib last year. Coverage was grand in Galway, terrible in a lot of other places in the country, but I only used it at college.

[Squeeonline]

You assume wrong. NUIG wifi is good where you're studying. Patchy in the corridors but what do you expect? Improving all the time anyway.

WiFi in student accomm will be crap no matter what they say. It'll be one fibre connection shared between loads, it'll have things blocked like torrents (though if you're clever there are ways around it).

[Zillah]

Last year we signed a one year contract for our apartment, lease is up August 9th. We'd like to move out a month early, so we want to sublet for the last month (July 9th - August 9th). The landlady said the tenant can then sign a long term contract if they want.

It's a wonderful two bedroom (one double and one single) rooftop apartment in the heart of Galway city centre. Only 30 seconds walk from Eyre Square and all amenities. The apartment is furnished, has an electric shower, UPC Broadband, and all mod cons. Ten minute walk to NUIG, and because the apartment is on the 7th floor you're well above the noise. 750/month.

Contact by PM if you're interested.

[dapto1]

Using torrents/warez on a shared internet connection is poor form, IMO. If you really need to download stuff do it in a quiet corner of NUIG near a router, you'll get seriously good speeds. Or just get yourself a student mobile broadband.

[Zillah]

Or use something far more efficient, like Rapidshare/Megaupload etc. Torrents are so last decade.

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Originally Posted by Zillah

Or use something far more efficient, like Rapidshare/Megaupload etc. Torrents are so last decade.

lulz.

[VARIEGATED GIRL]

DUN ARAS? is it suitable for second years???

[Squeeonline]

Originally Posted by VARIEGATED GIRL

DUN ARAS? is it suitable for second years???

No.

Get a house in Galway with friends somewhere near the college.