best internet service to get at the moment

pokerface11

With all the advantages and disadvantages of broadband services i just want to enquire what is the best to get today. I am thinking between 3g and chorus NTL. living in the cork city area. just want a reliable, fast service for personal use.

Barlow07

pokerface11 wrote: »

I am thinking between 3g and chorus NTL. living in the cork city area. just want a reliable, fast service for personal use.

I think you would find most people would have those in the order of who not to get broadband service with.

I'd recommend Eircom, BT, Smart and Digiweb.

supervixen

Barlow07 wrote: »

I think you would find most people would have those in the order of who not to get broadband service with.

I'd recommend Eircom, BT, Smart and Digiweb.

I live in Cork City, Smart makes me smile :)

smellslikeshoes

If you can get smart, get smart they are the best. If you can't get them try Eircom and digiweb they are the best of the rest.

watty

3G is for Mobile Internet, not Broadband.

Terrlock

Smart telecom provide the best broadband service in ireland by quiet a lot.

However they are only in a few places.

Sad Professor

While I agree with all the Smart praise here and in other threads, there is still some things that should be noted about them: one, the switch-over can take a while, you'll either be lucky (like me) and it'll take about two weeks or very unlucky and you could be waiting months with several screw-ups with the bill as happened to my friend recently. Most of these delays can probably be blamed on Eircom however.

And two, Eircom own and maintain the lines so if you've got a bad line or live too far away from the local exchange then there's not much Smart can do for you. They can't guarantee you'll be able to get the speeds on offer. My connection is all over the place at the moment due to the weather.

But Smart are still the best choice available.

BloodSugarSex

i recommend eircom if you like getting randomly disconnected 10 times a day:rolleyes:

digitaldr

Sad Professor wrote: »

And two, Eircom own and maintain the lines so if you've got a bad line or live too far away from the local exchange then there's not much Smart can do for you. They can't guarantee you'll be able to get the speeds on offer. My connection is all over the place at the moment due to the weather.

But Smart are still the best choice available.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think ADSL2+ (which Smart use) is more tolerant of bad lines and sometimes works on a line that has failed for ADSL?

pokerface11

If i was to choose smart. How much is it a month? Is it unlimited downloads? How much to install Etc. Thanks in advance

Steffano2002

Magnet or SMART FTW!

supervixen

pokerface11 wrote: »

If i was to choose smart. How much is it a month? Is it unlimited downloads? How much to install Etc. Thanks in advance

http://www.smarttelecom.ie/residential_package.html