Arrival wrote: » It's up to 3GB per hour for 1080p, and up to 7GB for 4k. If you've 2 or more screens streaming 4+ hours a day, which wouldn't be uncommon especially at the moment, you'd easily be close to hitting 1TB and that's just for streaming TV/films. No idea why anyone would defend such a pathetic usage limit in this day and age
shaveAbullock wrote: » High usage customers can easy use 4 - 6 TB a month on an uncapped sercice. The 1 TB FUP on digiweb is not to ensure everyone stays below the FUP or to punish those that do go over it but to discurage the realky heavy users from sigining up. This allows them to offer competative prices for those that are not heavy users. I'm not saying I like that business model but it would seem to work for them.
cnocbui wrote: » Then those data hogs need to pay for it. I recall someone once posted the wholesale price of a TB and was surprised at how high it was. I suspect a 4-6 TB user would be nonprofitable.
Grnsj wrote: » The average VDSL subscriber uses 210GB per month. The average FTTH subscriber uses 219GB. The average cable subscriber uses 289GB. This place is completely out of touch with reality.
Gonzo wrote: » Is this recent 2020 data? The average subscriber mustn't do much more than watch a few videos on Facebook and Instagram with a few hours of Netflix if those monthly data usages are normal! I know not everyone is a gamer or has a gamer in the household but downloading most modern day games is close to 50-100GB per title, then software updates/patches can easily be 10 to 30GB per file. With next gen consoles just around the corner, these files are going to get much bigger when games will contain 4k textures and assets, plus 4k steaming will become more normal as well. The past few months has changed the way we use the internet too, many people are spending alot more time at home, working from home may become more long term and that in itself will use more data in most households.
Grnsj wrote: » The stats are from the Q4 2019 Comreg Key report. Pretty much every large ISP submits data to it.https://www.comreg.ie/comreg-publishes-quarterly-key-data-report-q4-2019/ That is an interesting point, Gonzo, about the increase in lockdown data consumption, however the Q2 report won't be out until September.
The exchange in Milan had a 40% increase the day Italy was quarantined.
More video conferencing over fixed broadband, as customers work from home to an unprecedented degree, has increased upstream data flows (from the customer to our network) by as much as 100% in some markets. Downstream traffic has also increased by 44% in aggregate. The higher growth in upstream traffic is more manageable because of the way our network is designed and because video conferencing requires lower bandwidth than downstream services like streaming TV or film.
Kencollins wrote: » Started the switch to Vodafone today as Eir wouldn't budge on the 85 euro a month after my offer period ended... Does anyone know if the Vodafone Gigabox can get it's own IP address through my switch like the Eir one can? I am using the Huawei Mesh as a router, and have the Eir box currently get's it's own IP address so the VOIP phone can work. Thanks!
Kencollins wrote: » I can't imagine they will beat Vodafones offer of 500mb for 30 euro a month for a year, including local and national calls!
limnam wrote: » They won't but the amount of complaints on here about vodafone. Very low speeds etc I'd rather pay a bit more for a reliable service.
Kencollins wrote: » I will give them a chance for the 14 day cancellation period after installation. I thought the FTTH product was pretty much you get what you pay for? I'm on the 300mb package with eir and have never had a dropoff in speeds.
limnam wrote: » eir's network seems to be very good. While Eir's customer service seems to be terrible for some. The network sounds like it's solid.
Gonzo wrote: » I changed from 300 to 1000 two days ago and continue to pay the same price for the next 2 years, however I do notice unlike the 150 and 300 which are consistent on speedtests all the time 24/7, the 1000 is a bit more up and down, could be down to my network card or slight contention kicking in at times. I mostly get between 700 and 850, a few times it's been in the 600s and the odd time I hit 900. Speedtest just now: Speedtest late last night: Generally Eir's network is really good and very consistent, latency is particularly good.
limnam wrote: » Is that hard wired?
Gonzo wrote: » yep it is to the F2000 modem. My wireless speeds are very unreliable and often drop due to that poor modem. Im considering buying a Fritzbox and changing over to that.
cnocbui wrote: » My experience with Eir's network was that it was excellent. Two minor interruptions in 12 months. Pity about their large jump in price after 12 months or I would have stayed with them
limnam wrote: » Fritzbox is a decent router but the wifi is like the majority of consumer ones. It's stable but range is limited like most. I disabled it and put in some ubiquiti ap's. If you need any sort of range a frizbox probably won't help too much
cnocbui wrote: » Perhaps you have a bad one. I would conservatively estimate my current Fritzbox has at least twice the range of an F2000. A moment ago I walked over to the road and was getting a strong WiFi signal from the Fritzbox on both 5Ghz and 2.5Ghz standing next to my letter box, and that's about 25m away from the router at least. I then crossed the road, climbed over the gate into the field opposite and was still getting a good signal on 2.5Ghz 32m from the router. I also have a TP-Link with a forest of pointy antennae that has a couple more m of range than the Fritzbox, but the former still has superb range compared to pretty much every other router I have ever had.
limnam wrote: » There's a good post from MArlow here adding fritz's into each room in a mesh.https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112520491&postcount=1
cnocbui wrote: » Well we don't all live in a bloody castle with faraday cages for rooms. I don't quite get why you wouldn't use more Ethernet cables if each room is already wired for it. I have concrete block walls.
