New UPC super speeds

LEIN

12/25/50/100Mb

Anyone thinking of upgrading to the higher packages in Charlesland?

I'm on the 30Mb and i am quite tempted by the 50Mb for an extra €3 a month.

Don't think i would have much need for 100Mb as i would run out of stuff to download in a day or two.



http://www.upc.ie/broadband/

Charlie-Bravo

Boooo, long live old telephone line technology

mikedragon32

56k dialup ftw!

loyatemu

56? Fancy!

14.4 will do me...

LEIN

wardie214

14,400!!! My first modem was a Compunet 300/300 for my Commodore 64 and we were happy:D...not

d31b0y

I enquired about the 100MB connection when it was first released and was told that it isn't in the area yet. Has this changed? They said they would be in contact when it is released in CL. I'll certainly give it a whirl if it has. I am a bandwidth whore.

On a side note, has anyone noticed a drastic reduction in speeds recently? I am on the 30MB and I am only getting 6! at the moment. I asked them about it, but they are looking into a different issue for me at the moment re response times to some London servers and I think it may be related. I am currently emailing them everyday with a speed test from their online test.

hamstervision

We've got the 20Mb with UPC. Started at 10, they upgrated if we signed a year's contract to 15, then upgrated us again to 20. I'm hoping they'll upgrade us again to 25 since I don't even see an option for 20 any more...

LEIN

Has anyone rang them? They are saying its for new customers only.

jaffa20

I'd be looking for a free upgrade for the channels we've lost.

Pablo Sanchez

Bumped me up from 5 to 8 Mbs a few months ago on just last monday up again to 10, for free, i like where this is going!

Alun

Damo9090 wrote: »

Has anyone rang them? They are saying its for new customers only.

A gentle hint that you might consider cancelling and going elsewhere seems to do the trick though, and they eventually give in. There's a big thread on this over in the Broadband forum.

Robertr

Last I checked it was not available yet in Charlesland. Someone heard otherwise?

Edit: just checked again, not available yet. 30mb is max

Alun

BB isn't available at all here in Bray, but UPC are busy upgrading their network, i.e. installing a brand new backbone through Shankill to connect the rest of their network with the Bray area. When that's complete (planned to be end of this year) we'll get HD and BB. Maybe Greystones will be able to piggyback on top of that somehow? Actually I find it a bit odd that Greystones has BB at all, as I'd always assumed that you'd get your feed via Bray.

loyatemu

Alun wrote: »

BB isn't available at all here in Bray, but UPC are busy upgrading their network, i.e. installing a brand new backbone through Shankill to connect the rest of their network with the Bray area. When that's complete (planned to be end of this year) we'll get HD and BB. Maybe Greystones will be able to piggyback on top of that somehow? Actually I find it a bit odd that Greystones has BB at all, as I'd always assumed that you'd get your feed via Bray.

its just Charlesland, its on a seperate system fed wirelessly.

The old Greystones marconi/chorus system is still there, but theres no digital let alone broadband and its not shown on UPC's upgrade plans. I'm not sure if many people still use it, everyone I know in Greystones town has Sky.

LEIN

Robertr wrote: »

Last I checked it was not available yet in Charlesland. Someone heard otherwise?

Edit: just checked again, not available yet. 30mb is max

I was told by tech support on Friday that the new speeds are available in Charlesland.

Its so hard to get a straight answer from them!

mikedragon32

Since they "upped" my speed I've yet to do a test getting over 3.2mbps.

They told me I'd get 10!

d31b0y

Like I said, I haven't been getting over 5 MB on my 30 MB connection for the past 2 weeks (at a guess).

Here is my latest result from http://speedtest.upc.ie.

Download Speed: 4327 kbps (540.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2636 kbps (329.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 32 ms
Tue 17 May 2011 09:31:56 IST

Charlie-Bravo

mikedragon32 wrote: »

Since they "upped" my speed I've yet to do a test getting over 3.2mbps.

They told me I'd get 10!

Just to put things into perspective - here's my UTV Clicksilver telephone line broandband result using the UPC online speed test:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 6387 kbps (798.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 557 kbps (69.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 18 ms
17 May 2011 09:45:18

I'm super happy with that if you're failing to get above the 7.6Mb possible over the telephone line.

LEIN

mikedragon32 wrote: »

Since they "upped" my speed I've yet to do a test getting over 3.2mbps.

They told me I'd get 10!

d31b0y wrote: »

Like I said, I haven't been getting over 5 MB on my 30 MB connection for the past 2 weeks (at a guess).

Here is my latest result from http://speedtest.upc.ie.

Download Speed: 4327 kbps (540.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2636 kbps (329.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 32 ms
Tue 17 May 2011 09:31:56 IST

Contact them and complain. My 30Mb line maxes out on most tests.

d31b0y

I'm in constant contact with them at the moment

ciaran67

Damo9090 wrote: »

12/25/50/100Mb

Anyone thinking of upgrading to the higher packages in Charlesland?

I'm on the 30Mb and i am quite tempted by the 50Mb for an extra €3 a month.

Don't think i would have much need for 100Mb as i would run out of stuff to download in a day or two.



http://www.upc.ie/broadband/

OK 'nuff with the showing off! Im on 5g limit mobile broadband. Mind you, i filled me boots in a hotel in Stillorgan the other weekend. But thats another story.

mikedragon32

Did another test last night, now getting 9.1mbps.

Sorry Astro!

Charlie-Bravo

Thanks for clearing it up Mike.

@Ciaran67, are you back in town?

ciaran67

astrofluff wrote: »

Thanks for clearing it up Mike.

@Ciaran67, are you back in town?

No mate just about to leave for Canada. Was over for my aunties 60th.

mikedragon32

Happy trails Ciaran. Don't forget us!

ciaran67

mikedragon32 wrote: »

Happy trails Ciaran. Don't forget us!

Cheers Mike i wont mate... eh.

LEIN

Robertr wrote: »

Last I checked it was not available yet in Charlesland. Someone heard otherwise?

Edit: just checked again, not available yet. 30mb is max

I can confirm this after a phone call today.

I went for the 25Mb package instead. I seem to be getting a lot more for €5 more