plodder wrote: » Just got a call myself from Eir offering installation, even though the Openeir site doesn't have a go live date for the area. The neighbouring village has just gone live. I'm tempted to let them go ahead even just to get a chance to talk to a KNN/Openeir guy about what I need to do to prepare for it..... Would that be worth doing?
irishd wrote: » Better get your shovel out ... looks like Oldtown has gone live for ordering FTTH on eir.ie website.
plodder wrote: » Yeah, I got a call about it the other day, but didn't order as I was sceptical from reports here. The openeir site still has no date for going live. But, over the weekend I noticed that the splitter box was up on the pole outside the house, and looks ready to go. I might go ahead and order, and see what happens.
banjopeter wrote: » Ran speed test on a wired connection, on three different test sites (speedtest.net, Google's own via M-Lab, and Digiweb, which is run via Ookla), with all other devices turned off. Laptop is capable of Gigabit speeds, so no issues there. Not sure why I can't get near the full potential speed of my connection (150Mb). Only got connected this morning, so would there be such a thing as a "bedding in"period? (not complaining though...)
tipping wrote: » KN guy came out this morning. Wants me to run duct from the road to the house. Would 1" duct be ok?
frozenfrozen wrote: » windows key + R, "control netconnections", right click your internet adaptor and select status, what is the link speed? My guess is it's not 1 Gbps due to bad cable or something like that
banjopeter wrote: » Yes, had looked at that. Speed goes from 180, 216, 243, 270 to 300 Mbps. I'll be happy with close to promised 150 Mbps.
ED E wrote: » Thats Wifi!
raydator wrote: » I only get these speeds randomly. When I check at peak times 8-11pm it's as low as 60-90mb.
banjopeter wrote: » You are right of course! Did it with ethernet, and the speed is 100 Mbps. So, is the setting change with the provider, or can I adjust anything from my end via the router? Probably not...
Cirod wrote: » I was of the opinion that ftth was less susceptible to drop off at peak times. That's a significant drop. Hoping to get installed tomorrow. Failed attemot at the weekend due to 'low light'...KN guy said all the work is done but my road is not 'on' in my local exchange.
raydator wrote: » Well, see what they don't tell you is the bandwidth they have going to the distribution point which feeds the distribution boxes. So I have at least 20+ distribution boxes hanging off my local distribution point. The distribution point only has 2GB's feeding it(confirmed by KN engineer who installed the distribution boxes in my area), so even if there is only one house hanging off each distribution box(which can be normally up to 4) , then for me my connection will be at a min 20:1 connection ratio. So if it only has 2GB's feed the distribution point and I'm on the 1GB connection, then it's not hard to see how peak times will affect me.
Allison Puny Appetite wrote: » It has been posted here several times that the system has been designed with 2.5 Gb/s down and 1.2 Gb/s up split up to 1:31. This is standard in residential broadband provisioning. You still should not see such slowdowns over a considerable period of time. 9726 posted about it previously.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=103250365&postcount=14
raydator wrote: » Yes, I know there's a contention ratio and that's what I was pointing out to the previous poster. Not sure what your point is?
vintagevrs wrote: » The reason you are only seeing 100mb is due to the connection between your laptop and the router. That is the bottleneck in your connection. Eir are sending 150mbps to your router but your laptop is not getting it. The router Eir sent is capable of supporting 1000mbps so the issue is one of just two things. Your network cable is faulty, or the network card in your machine is not capable of 1000mbps. I'm guessing you are using the cable Eir supplied with the router, and as it's a brand new cable I'd guess your network card isn't up to the job. If you are trying to do this just to prove you're getting what you are paying for, I wouldn't bother as I am confident you are. What I mean by that is, how often are you going to use the network cable with the laptop in the real world? Maybe not often as I would think the whole point is that it is wireless and has some freedom. What wireless networks can you see? Just one ending 2.4ghz or can you also see the 5ghz network on the laptop. If you can only see 2.4 GHz then your laptop doesn't support the faster wireless band and you won't see your full speed wirelessly. Just enjoy the fast internet you have now. As you replace older tech in the house with new stuff you will see them run faster as they will be compatible and capable of using all your bandwidth.
frozenfrozen wrote: » Try a different cable
banjopeter wrote: » Just tried again wirelessly and got 106 down, so the Digiweb cable must be OK, if Speedtest is to be trusted. Will get some better cables when I can, and get back to more important things in life...
