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Why is broadband in Ireland so slow?

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  • #32
    dam099
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭dam099


    Lantus wrote: »
    200mb/s surely? Seems reasonable. I did 34gb last night in about 2.5 mins. Again 220mb/s roughly.

    That equates to 220MB (megabytes) not 220Mbps (megabits).

    In bits per second that would be roughly 1.8Gbps (gigabits), not possible on a residential connection in Ireland.


  • #33
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,400 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Gas how people would make up things to back up an error. Very strange.


  • #34
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Which makes it an even worse investment for the taxpayer. Although usually investing in something means you at least get to own it!
    SpaceX, OneWeb and Amazon etc are all launching satellite broadband.

    So depending on the price point the national broadband scheme may not be all that attractive to people who only need basic access to email and websites.


  • #35
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    SpaceX, OneWeb and Amazon etc are all launching satellite broadband.

    So depending on the price point the national broadband scheme may not be all that attractive to people who only need basic access to email and websites.

    Stop.

    Just stop. NBI is mass appeal, LEO systems are niche. They cannot and will not support the masses.


  • #36
    BailMeOut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,062 ✭✭✭BailMeOut


    The speed of internet over copper is simply a function of distance to the exchange and if you live rual and have a copper phone line the further you away the worse your connection will be due to attenuation. The only way around this is to use fibre which has very low attentuation rates but expensive to run and you can run fibre to every home (best solution) or to localized cabinets from where you then run copper to the home. This however only works well for more built up areas.

    This is pretty good bbc article 'Will fibre broadband be obsolete by 2030 - and what about 5G?'


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