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Broadband Options

  • 14-09-2009 10:18am
    #1
    Tester46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭


    I have just moved to the countryside, in an area where I cannot get fast broadband with my O2 dongle-thingy. I get decent Edge speeds, but not real broadband. I have a telephone line and am close to the local (broadband-enabled) exchange.

    What are my options? Do I have to go with eircom or will other companies provide broadband on my eircom telephone line?

    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I have always had wireless broadband up to now.


Comments

  • #2
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    You don't have to stick with eircom, but your line does have to pass the test.


  • #3
    Tester46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Tester46


    jor el wrote: »
    You don't have to stick with eircom, but your line does have to pass the test.

    Have been told by eircom engineer that line is good, and I am less than 2km from exchange.

    Really just trying to find out what other companies offer a good broadband package on my landline?


  • #4
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,375 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    Most, if not all, will be reselling Eircom packages but before any one can answer you can you please define good?
    • Are we talking good as in downloading 200GB of legal content every month?
    • Good as in 30ms pings to UK game servers to frag the opposition?
    • Good as in a good package price for phone and broadband?
    • Good as in the customer/billing support will not make you write letters to mommy crying because of the pain they have caused you?
    • Good as in quickly set up?
    • Good as in giving you a modem you can do some nice stuff with and have techies who're not sitting in India and know what a command prompt is how to use it?

    Depending on which "Good" you want to tick the recommandations would be different :)


  • #5
    Tester46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Tester46


    Nody wrote: »
    Most, if not all, will be reselling Eircom packages but before any one can answer you can you please define good?
    • Are we talking good as in downloading 200GB of legal content every month?
    • Good as in 30ms pings to UK game servers to frag the opposition?
    • Good as in a good package price for phone and broadband?
    • Good as in the customer/billing support will not make you write letters to mommy crying because of the pain they have caused you?
    • Good as in quickly set up?
    • Good as in giving you a modem you can do some nice stuff with and have techies who're not sitting in India and know what a command prompt is how to use it?

    Depending on which "Good" you want to tick the recommandations would be different :)

    My version of "good" is:
    • downloading say 30-50GB Max of legal content every month. Probably no more than 15GB per month average.
    • Good as in a good broadband price
    • Good as in the customer/billing support will not make you write letters to mommy crying because of the pain they have caused you?


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