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UPC offering 30Mbps broadband and problems with upgrade

Mikey23 · 2009-12-08 13:36:36

Well, according to Silicon Republic anyway: Not on UPC's website yet, as far as I can see. Funnily enough, we might just downgrade to save a tenner p/m - assuming they don't act like they did at the last speed increase, where reps would initially tell you that the new speeds were for new customers only.

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#2072 13-01-2011 4:00pm
fionny

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Haha, Glad its working for people, most ISP's DNS servers are absolutely rubbish no matter who your providers its worth changing.

I dont actually know who maintains the 4.2.2.1 dns servers but they are always good and really easy to remember. (Verizon in the US possibly)

The other set of IP's are from opendns.org

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#2073 13-01-2011 4:02pm
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fionny wrote: »

I dont actually know who maintains the 4.2.2.1 dns servers but they are always good and really easy to remember.

They're not given full production maintenance any more, and are only minimally kept up as a courtesy to legacy users, and shouldn't be relied upon.

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#2074 13-01-2011 4:03pm
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I did not know that, I will update my original post, Ive been using those addresses for quite some time.

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#2075 13-01-2011 4:04pm
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Stupid question, if I changed the DNS on my Xbox; would that help in any way? Or am I just gettin' abit carried away.

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#2076 13-01-2011 4:09pm
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ConorHughes wrote: »

Stupid question, if I changed the DNS on my Xbox; would that help in any way? Or am I just gettin' abit carried away.

Probably wouldnt help as DNS (Domain Name Resolution) basically just converts an address like www.google.com into an IP address. The Xbox would probably be configured with direct IP's in the first place and as such wouldnt speed anything up.

On the otherside it wouldnt hurt either.

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#2077 13-01-2011 4:12pm
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fionny wrote: »

Probably wouldnt help as DNS (Domain Name Resolution) basically just converts an address like www.google.com into an IP address. The Xbox would probably be configured with direct IP's in the first place and as such wouldnt speed anything up.

Ah ok, sadly UPC 30mb just doesn't seem that fast on Xbox.

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#2078 13-01-2011 4:14pm
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Give it a try anyway wont do any harm.

Also how is the Xbox connected? If wired is an option try that instead as it will be faster immediately.

Might be worth checking out if there are ports to be opened for the Xbox also.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6745637_open-xbox-live-ports.html

Its all about latency when it comes to gaming so wired is a much better option, also could get a better router.

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#2079 13-01-2011 4:18pm
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fionny wrote: »

Give it a try anyway wont do any harm.

Also how is the Xbox connected? If wired is an option try that instead as it will be faster immediately.

Might be worth checking out if there are ports to be opened for the Xbox also.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6745637_open-xbox-live-ports.html

Its all about latency when it comes to gaming so wired is a much better option, also could get a better router.

A new router is my best option, I've put a static IP on my xbox, opened all the correct ports etc. Didn't seem to do anything.

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#2080 13-01-2011 4:20pm
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I bought one of these:

http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/18_NETWORK/14_ROUTER/productdetails/20067060/Linksys_E2000_Advanced_Wireless_N_Router_/E2000_EW/default.aspx

Really solid router with wireless N and more importantly Gigabit Ethernet Not a bad price.

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#2081 13-01-2011 4:38pm
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New UPC Speed issues thread here. All posts there from now on.

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