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Eircom Downgraded???

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  • 01-11-2009 1:42am
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    0tinytim0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭


    Just realised my DL's were pretty slow thought it might just be busy out there.

    I'm on the 7.6meg pack for 4-5 months now

    Just Checked my router settings and it says

    Speed
    1280/384 (kbps)

    WTF are these clowns doing??????? wheres my 7.6meg BB gone???

    Anyone else out there with the same thing????


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    Jilm
    Registered Users Posts: 862 ✭✭✭Jilm


    Write to your TD.


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    #3
    TheDeficit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭TheDeficit


    0tinytim0 wrote: »
    Just realised my DL's were pretty slow thought it might just be busy out there.

    I'm on the 7.6meg pack for 4-5 months now

    Just Checked my router settings and it says

    Speed
    1280/384 (kbps)

    WTF are these clowns doing??????? wheres my 7.6meg BB gone???

    Anyone else out there with the same thing????

    yep mine was down to half a meg in the router settings earlier, it's back at 7.6 again now.


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    jrochie
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭jrochie


    same as that now was working perfect earlier on the 7.6meg but the last half hour its completely dropped out, just checked on speedtest.net and its showing the download speed as .43meg!
    anything i can do or do i just wait for it to sort itself out..


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    chillin_penguin
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭chillin_penguin


    Have you been downloading stuff you have not ment to be(music and vid)

    If so then thats why as part of there anti piracy they will cut the speed of anyone caught


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    Porninferno
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭Porninferno


    chillin_penguin wrote: »
    Have you been downloading stuff you have not ment to be(music and vid)

    If so then thats why as part of there anti piracy they will cut the speed of anyone caught

    Really?? How long has this been going on? And for how long do they throttle your speeds?

    Amazing if it's down to some anti-piracy law they're now enforcing.


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    jrochie
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭jrochie


    was downloading software thru usenext but it was through the free zone,and they were game demos, so there was a large download volumes but nothing i shouldnt have been downloading!


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    hello932
    Closed Accounts Posts: 325 ✭✭hello932


    chillin_penguin wrote: »
    Have you been downloading stuff you have not ment to be(music and vid)

    If so then thats why as part of there anti piracy they will cut the speed of anyone caught

    Is this just the case for eircom alone-or does the anti piracy law also apply to eircom resellers?


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    CutzEr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭CutzEr


    hello932 wrote: »
    Is this just the case for eircom alone-or does the anti piracy law also apply to eircom resellers?
    Just eircon.


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    ainiseoir
    Registered Users Posts: 292 ✭✭ainiseoir


    jrochie wrote: »
    same as that now was working perfect earlier on the 7.6meg but the last half hour its completely dropped out, just checked on speedtest.net and its showing the download speed as .43meg!
    anything i can do or do i just wait for it to sort itself out..

    If its raining as hard in Glenbeigh as it is in Tralee I would imagine that to be a good enough reason than spooks monitoring your surfing on a Sunday!

    More may be known tomorrow when people fire up their computers at work.


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    lucernarian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    How about switching off the router and switching it back on to see if it makes any difference?


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    ainiseoir
    Registered Users Posts: 292 ✭✭ainiseoir


    To_be_confirmed wrote: »
    How about switching off the router and switching it back on to see if it makes any difference?

    Another possibility.
    I found out this morning that there is no need for a filter if only the DSL line is going into the socket.
    removed filter, inserted DSL line directly Speeds back up again.


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    lucernarian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    Unplugging the line from the modem will have a similar effect to your connection as turning it off. The modem will have to sync afresh either way.

    If you think it's acting consistently slowly then there's no harm in switching on/off the modem or plugging the line out and back in in future.


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