speed eir

damienf1

Hi,

I am eir customer on e-fiber i get 16 mbps and i have been on to eir about tying improve my speed but they informed me that im on the maximum possible as my line can only take 18mbps i take it moving from eir wouldn't have any better results? is it possible to upgrade the line?

Marlow

damienf1 wrote: »

Hi,

I am eir customer on e-fiber i get 16 mbps and i have been on to eir about tying improve my speed but they informed me that im on the maximum possible as my line can only take 18mbps i take it moving from eir wouldn't have any better results? is it possible to upgrade the line?

The speed is based on your distance from the cabinet. If that's what your modem syncs at, that's all you're going to get.

Where are you based ? Any other types of providers around ? Cable-based, Fixed Wireless, etc ?

/M

damienf1

Marlow wrote: »

The speed is based on your distance from the cabinet. If that's what your modem syncs at, that's all you're going to get.

Where are you based ? Any other types of providers around ? Cable-based, Fixed Wireless, etc ?

/M

The cabinet is about half a mile away and im in Donegal what syncs you need from the modem? there no difference when i connect hard wire or Wireless is it not possible to get better line?

vicwatson

Is direct to home better than via a cabinet ?

damienf1

vicwatson wrote: »

Is direct to home better than via a cabinet ?

do you mean wire vs wireless? there no real difference when i tried them

Marlow

damienf1 wrote: »

The cabinet is about half a mile away and im in Donegal what syncs you need from the modem? there no difference when i connect hard wire or Wireless is it not possible to get better line?

Half a mile is 800m. According to Eir, at optimum, you would max get 34 Mbit/s on FTTC. If the line isn't at an optimum, you get less, which is what happens in your case.

If you want more speed, then you'll have to look, if there's other providers using different technology. Or pay for a leased line / NGN circuit at a premium.

vicwatson wrote: »

Is direct to home better than via a cabinet ?

Never. Direct means copper from the exchange. Cabinet means fiber to the cabinet, then a shorter run of copper to your home.

If you mean Fiber to the Home (FTTH), then yes, that's better. But Eir won't sell it to you, if you're within FTTC coverage.

/M

damienf1

Marlow wrote: »

Half a mile is 800m. According to Eir, at optimum, you would max get 34 Mbit/s on FTTC. If the line isn't at an optimum, you get less, which is what happens in your case.

If you want more speed, then you'll have to look, if there's other providers using different technology. Or pay for a leased line / NGN circuit at a premium.



Never. Direct means copper from the exchange. Cabinet means fiber to the cabinet, then a shorter run of copper to your home.

If you mean Fiber to the Home (FTTH), then yes, that's better. But Eir won't sell it to you, if you're within FTTC coverage.

/M

Sky and wodafone are the only other providers i know but not sure what they use? when i was in contact with eir they said up to 18mbps is best they can offer they said if they change it over this then the line could fluctuate so by the sounds of it i am paying for efire but not best speeds

Marlow

damienf1 wrote: »

Sky and wodafone are the only other providers i know but not sure what they use? when i was in contact with eir they said up to 18mbps is best they can offer they said if they change it over this then the line could fluctuate so by the sounds of it i am paying for efire but not best speeds

Sky uses OpenEir (same as what you have). Vodafone uses their LTE network, OpenEIR (same as what you have) and SIRO, depending on what you order and what is available.

If you pick another provider, that uses the same copper line, as what you have now, then you will not see increases. And at half a mile, your only options is to look at cable-tv (Virgin), Fixed wireless (which often won't be more than 20 Mbit/s either) or FTTH.

Then again, 18 Mbit/s should be plenty for most.

/M

damienf1

Marlow wrote: »

Sky uses OpenEir (same as what you have). Vodafone uses their LTE network, OpenEIR (same as what you have) and SIRO, depending on what you order and what is available.

If you pick another provider, that uses the same copper line, as what you have now, then you will not see increases. And at half a mile, your only options is to look at cable-tv (Virgin), Fixed wireless (which often won't be more than 20 Mbit/s either) or FTTH.

Then again, 18 Mbit/s should be plenty for most.

/M

I have heard SIRO meant to be the way forward its not in my town yet it it is in the pipeline would this be good one to go for? 18 is good i was just looking for best on what i am paying for...

Ultimanemo

I moved from eir to Sky, eir 1.7mbs, Sky 1.7mbs. I disconnected and got mobile broadband

vicwatson

Marlow wrote: »

Half a mile is 800m. According to Eir, at optimum, you would max get 34 Mbit/s on FTTC. If the line isn't at an optimum, you get less, which is what happens in your case.

If you want more speed, then you'll have to look, if there's other providers using different technology. Or pay for a leased line / NGN circuit at a premium.



Never. Direct means copper from the exchange. Cabinet means fiber to the cabinet, then a shorter run of copper to your home.

If you mean Fiber to the Home (FTTH), then yes, that's better. But Eir won't sell it to you, if you're within FTTC coverage.

/M

Sorry I meant ftth is it a lot better than fttc?

Marlow

vicwatson wrote: »

Sorry I meant ftth is it a lot better than fttc?

Yes .. FTTH is optics all the way to the house. No issues with distance .. well ... not within the distances that you'd run into anyhow.

/M