Metro - Can I get it?

Joseph

Hey all, at present Im on the Eircom Plus Package:

 	Downstream Rate:  	 2048 Kbps  	   	 
  	Upstream Rate:             256 Kbps

I want to switch to Metro, but am a little confused. It says it covers Dublin - Im in Rush, Fingal. I was wondering would it cover there.

How would you rate Metro from Digiweb? Bad/good. I am probably going to get the Metro Normal if possible, everything seems better than Eircom on it lol.

One querie though, it says the Ratio is : 36:1 on the Metro Normal, is this good? What does it mean? Is it better than Eircom?

Is Digiweb reliable?

game4it70

hi metro user here.no no no.i'm on the three rock mast so the worst service to have but if u live elsewhere u might be ok and i stress "might". the support is terrible.if u play online games forget it coz pings to high.
sorry 4 all the negs but thats my expierience of them.
oh as 4 the contention u can share ur speed with 36 people.digiweb told me that coz of that 83kbps is acceptable download speed! ffs only slightly higher than dialup

watty

Eircom dsl and all resold DSL is 48:1 contention, i.e. share with 48 people.

Metro pings are as good or better than DSL.

The Three Rock mast is the only one I have heard complaints about here on Boards, so maybe there is interference. If it is interference, will get solved as unlike some unreliable systems Digiweb uses Licenced spectrum.

36:1 contention is not meaning a 83kbps download speed.

I know some people in Limerick that have changed from eircom DSL to Metro and now get a better service.

My upload speed is always 512k and download varies from 1.5Mbps (due to contention no doubt) to 3Mbps, mostly about 3Mbps.

However I have no idea if Metro is in Rush or which mast that would use if there is Metro there.

Pinging ftp.heanet.ie [193.1.193.64] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 193.1.193.64: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=58
Reply from 193.1.193.64: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=58
Reply from 193.1.193.64: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=58
Reply from 193.1.193.64: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 193.1.193.64:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 21ms, Maximum = 24ms, Average = 22ms

Current ping to heanet

Trevord

Deaddude wrote:

Hey all, at present Im on the Eircom Plus Package:

 	Downstream Rate:  	 2048 Kbps  	   	 
  	Upstream Rate:             256 Kbps

I want to switch to Metro, but am a little confused. It says it covers Dublin - Im in Rush, Fingal. I was wondering would it cover there.

Well Metro is cheaper than Eircom for a start and install is free if you sign up for annual contract.

If you decide to try to get it then make an application on web. Its a 'no foal no fee' set up. If they can't take you as a custormer it isn't going to cost you anything.

The area coverage is increasing fast (check website). In Galway for example it still services areas which are a few miles outside the stated coverage area because there is line of sight.

Blaster99

watty wrote:

Eircom dsl and all resold DSL is 48:1 contention, i.e. share with 48 people.

That's complete balls. In most exchanges there's no contention at all. Nearly all complaints of contention come from wireless users.

pjproby

Watty,
like yourself i have been a digiweb enthusiast and have convinced at least two people to sign for the metro product-however three rock has been bad for three months now- i have been forced to give up blueface because of it-digiweb's phone service was working but this past week it has been rubbish as well. I suspect I will be resigning with Eircom by the end of this week for a phone service. There was a time digiweb would acknowledge problems but they are performing a snow job on this problem. If Three Rock is their busiest mast it must also be their best income generator. If they cannot resolve this one it looks bad for your mast. this is Sunday and presumably a lot of their business clients are off line, the download speed now is 1.21, It has been lower.

game4it70

right this is an example of my speeds on a good night and trust me this is the best night i've had in months.i add that during tests it can vary nearly the whole 3mbs and not much better with uploads.from DIGIWEB TECH2 support i was told 83KBPS IS ACCEPTABLE with 36:1.

irsihisptest results.

14/01/2007 20:20 2441 kbps (298 KB/s) 377 kbps (46 KB/s) 51 % 87 ms 209 ms
14/01/2007 20:16 1205 kbps (148 KB/s) 401 kbps (49 KB/s) 54 % 26 ms 335 ms
14/01/2007 19:40 1753 kbps (214 KB/s) 346 kbps (43 KB/s) 39 % 35 ms 633 ms
14/01/2007 19:21 1714 kbps (210 KB/s) 249 kbps (31 KB/s) 22 % 23 ms 735 ms
14/01/2007 19:18 1116 kbps (137 KB/s) 302 kbps (37 KB/s) 46 % 17 ms 499 ms
14/01/2007 19:17 2970 kbps (363 KB/s) 314 kbps (39 KB/s) 99 % 20 ms 8 ms
14/01/2007 19:17 1933 kbps (236 KB/s) 312 kbps (39 KB/s) 55 % 32 ms 346 ms
14/01/2007 19:16 1370 kbps (168 KB/s) 289 kbps (36 KB/s) 12 % 23 ms 659 ms
14/01/2007 19:16 2717 kbps (332 KB/s) 308 kbps (38 KB/s) 69 % 24 ms 158 ms
14/01/2007 11:23 2830 kbps (346 KB/s) 485 kbps (60 KB/s) 87 % 17 ms 109 ms
Total Averages:
2005 kbps (245 KB/s) 338kbps (42KB/s) 54 % 31 ms 370 ms

neacy69

if contention is 36:1 for your connection then you probably would have been told that your guaranteed rate is 83kbps not an "acceptable" rate....

Psygnosis

Hi

I will be moving to rush soon an as well and would be very intrested to know what services are available as well.

dak

Try logging onto www.switch4.ie You can select your location and see what services are available in your location.

Psygnosis

Cheers Dak its not really anything I didnt know already I know Donabate can recieve Wireless and have heard parts of rush may be able to as well

shano

That's a handy site Dak. My brother lives in Clonee (Littlepace) and I see there are various options available to him. He had signed up to Irish Broadband but their service is brutal so he wants to switch. Does anyone know what the Digiweb metro service is like there?