final question

CyberGhost · 15-08-2003 2:24pm #1

k, i've decided to go with netsource, but what's the difference between, SOHO, and sme? is it contention ratio?

is self install hard? how to do it? what do they provide me with? does it come with a manual?

MrPinK · 15-08-2003 2:44pm

SOHO is RADSL, up to 512k depending on your distance from exchange, 48:1 contention

SME is ADSL, 512k regardless of distance, 24:1 contention

and the self install is ridiculously esay. You plug your phone line into one of the microfilters that they send you. All there is too it.

CyberGhost · 15-08-2003 2:51pm

thanks MrPinK! i'm going with SME and Self-Install

CyberGhost · 15-08-2003 2:56pm

hey wh? no self install for SME !?

BKtje · 15-08-2003 3:07pm

Businesses usually like to have professionals do it as theres usually more work to be done. If anything goes wrong its usually fixed straight away. Businesses can afford that little extra.

Stil i guess they should have a self install option for businesses.

jimmeh · 15-08-2003 3:27pm

If your outside the greater dublin area it will have to be a self install for what ever package you get from netsource as they have no engineers outside dublin.

CyberGhost · 15-08-2003 3:46pm

do you guys having RADSL get constant 51.2kb/s ? cause i dunno, maybe i'm paying extra 50euros for SME per month for nothing?

MrPinK · 15-08-2003 3:53pm

My d/l speed is usually 53.7Kb/s. The odd time it's as high as 55Kb/s, 90% of the time it's bang on 53.7Kb/s. If you were on ADSL you should be getting a bit under 64Kb/s all of the time.

You can upgrade your package whenever you want. Any company is more than happy to take more money from you every month. You shouldn't have to pay a second installation charge, but you should ask them and get it in writing just in case.

CyberGhost · 15-08-2003 3:59pm

i just rang them, they told me that it'd take a very long time to upgrade and stuff, so... SME it is!

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