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Broadband opinions

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  • 02-02-2019 9:13pm
    #1
    ImARebel
    Registered Users Posts: 793 ✭✭✭


    So I'm getting ripped off by sky price wise

    Can you switch broadband providers like you do gas and electricity or is it more trouble than it's worth?

    The options available to me are
    Vodafone (was with them before with no issues)
    Pure Telecom
    eir
    Digiwebb

    All are 100mbs

    And Virgin media 240 or 360 mbs

    Now the speed doesn't overly bother me but it must be stable (I work from home regularly)

    Any I should definitely avoid?

    Never heard of pure Telecom and while I've heard of digiwebb I've never heard any opinions on them

    Don't suppose anyone could advise?

    Or for stability am I better off staying with sky? Apart from price I haven't had a single day or minute that it's been down or had problems in 8 years. That's a good record in my book.

    Do the others have a high contention ratio? Do they throttle

    Should I just stay with sky, maybe it's a case of better the devil you know?


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    #2
    Marlow
    Registered Users Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    You actually have a lot more options.

    All of these: https://fibrerollout.ie/rollout-map/where-to-buy/

    Speed is limited by the cable to your house. Not the provider.

    /M


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    ImARebel
    Registered Users Posts: 793 ✭✭✭ImARebel


    Oh didn't know that I used bonkers.ie as a guide. That was probably a rookie error on my part.

    Speed doesn't overly bother me, I get 60 at the moment. So once it's stable and I get about the same again I'd be happy

    You just hear horror stories of no router it doesn't work for weeks after switching, or I cancel but new crew take 3 months to connect you etc and I can't afford it to be down for even a minute

    More I think about it maybe I should stay with sky. For reliability I just couldn't recommend them highly enough.

    I'm already talking myself out of any potential savings,lol


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