UPC, Eircom Fibre or Sky?

BraveDonut

I already have an Eircom landline and Sky TV so I can work out the pricing and the speeds are advertised. I am existing Imagine Media customer and looking to change.
But, which is the best unlimited service?
- availability
- consistency
- customer service
- etc

thanks

white_westie

BraveDonut wrote: »

I already have an Eircom landline and Sky TV so I can work out the pricing and the speeds are advertised. I am existing Imagine Media customer and looking to change.
But, which is the best unlimited service?
- availability
- consistency
- customer service
- etc

thanks

Besides raw download/upload speed, you need to also consider what type of user you are
eg: a heavy gamer, use features such as vpn or ddns or port forwarding

Reason why I say this is that the Broadband forum is now showing a number of posts with people running into problems with the modem/router being supplied by the ISP's and the corresponding restrictions that come with it.

BraveDonut

Type of user?

- Multiple devices (family)
- stream/download movies
- xbox live
- connection to work
- general


thanks

white_westie

Have a look through the various posts around here first to see what issues people have.
Don't forget that UPC, Eircom and Vodafone have their own forums in the 'Talk to' section, so you can pose questions directly to them via PM.

Brendangg

I recently changed over here in Cork City from Smart 12 Mb (6.48Mb wirelessly at laptop) to UPC found service excellent they did what they said they would do on site engineers excellent. Sky could not quote as they said they could not un-bundle Smart at exchange? Signed up for 100Mb service currently logging 59.92Mbs at UPC router. Stability looks good fall off at high use periods seems to have gone but too early to be definitive. Anyone any comment on my current download speed for a 100Mb service?

yoyo

Brendangg wrote: »

I recently changed over here in Cork City from Smart 12 Mb (6.48Mb wirelessly at laptop) to UPC found service excellent they did what they said they would do on site engineers excellent. Sky could not quote as they said they could not un-bundle Smart at exchange? Signed up for 100Mb service currently logging 59.92Mbs at UPC router. Stability looks good fall off at high use periods seems to have gone but too early to be definitive. Anyone any comment on my current download speed for a 100Mb service?

If your using Wifi 59MB over a Wireless N connection is probably about right. You need wired to make use of 100MB

Nick

wampyrus77

well sky and eircom charge for usage of phone calls while upc dont charge for usage of phone calls unless you make calls land calls outside ireland and mobile calls, sex numbers, 118 50, 1890 numbers, landcalls within ireland are free with upc

killbillvol2

wampyrus77 wrote: »

well sky and eircom charge for usage of phone calls while upc dont charge for usage of phone calls unless you make calls land calls outside ireland and mobile calls, sex numbers, 118 50, 1890 numbers, landcalls within ireland are free with upc

Sign me up!

wampyrus77

BraveDonut wrote: »

I already have an Eircom landline and Sky TV so I can work out the pricing and the speeds are advertised. I am existing Imagine Media customer and looking to change.
But, which is the best unlimited service?
- availability
- consistency
- customer service
- etc

thanks

did you get a phone bill from them, because landcalls are free with upc

plus its wifi is 50Mbps and doubles to 100Mbps when you signup online

colm_mcm

Wha?

wampyrus77

I'm watching UPC 3e it's says family guy on intro but why I'm watching American dad

degsie

Wha?

Zack Morris

wampyrus77 wrote: »

I'm watching UPC 3e it's says family guy on intro but why I'm watching American dad

That's outrageous. Have you called the police yet?

wampyrus77

why did upc increases my bill from €56 to €64 they said they it wont change the price of my bill until september so why is upc im overcharging my bill and why did lie to me

degsie

wampyrus77 wrote: »

why did upc increases my bill from €56 to €64 they said they it wont change the price of my bill until september so why is upc im overcharging my bill and why did lie to me

Probably because they dislike ppl who post random nonsense.

wampyrus77

degsie wrote: »

Probably because they dislike ppl who post random nonsense.

isnt nonsense they are breaking their contract end story