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IP seems to have changed

kowloon · 2014-06-22 15:57:19

A few days ago I lost the net for a day and a half, internet light red, broadband light green on the router. Since then my IP address has changed from a UTV one to Eircom. I'm with Pure Telecom on a business package. Why did this change? The service seems to have gone laggy. Some sites will only load after several…

22-06-2014 3:57pm

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A few days ago I lost the net for a day and a half, internet light red, broadband light green on the router. Since then my IP address has changed from a UTV one to Eircom. I'm with Pure Telecom on a business package. Why did this change? The service seems to have gone laggy. Some sites will only load after several attempts.
Can Eircom just take over, am I stuck with their policies and download caps?

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#2 22-06-2014 4:37pm

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How do you know it's an eircom ip address

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#3 22-06-2014 4:46pm

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Did you lookup the IP? How are you sure t's an Eircom one?

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#4 22-06-2014 5:09pm

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What exchange are you off?

My first suspicion would be that there was an upgrade/replacement work at the DSLAM if it went down for a full day. Youve been put back on an eircom assigned port would be my guess.

That or theyre just moving an IP block.

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#5 22-06-2014 8:52pm

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UTV customers are meant to be moved, just not to Eircom:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057222498

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#6 22-06-2014 8:52pm

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demanufactured wrote: »

How do you know it's an eircom ip address

I do speedtests every once in a while, it tells you who you're with and saves the results.

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#7 22-06-2014 9:18pm

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kowloon wrote: »

I do speedtests every once in a while, it tells you who you're with and saves the results.

Go to PirateBay, if it's blocked you've either Eircom, Vodafone, Magnet or UPC

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#8 22-06-2014 10:22pm

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Spear wrote: »

UTV customers are meant to be moved, just not to Eircom:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057222498

Thanks Spear, there must have been a mistake.

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