eiei0 wrote: » Hi All I've just upgraded my package from 500 to 1GB with Vodafone, Now I know the difference will hardly be noticeable but doing some speed tests I'm only seeing about 600 down and 100 up the Up is ok but loosing 400meg is a bit much, I am using a PC wired to the Vodafone box through a 8 port gigabyte switch, as far as I can remember everything is cat5e or better, Is this normal?? what I did notice before that after Vodafone upgraded from 300meg to 500 the speed felt slower if that makes sense, Speed test's varied from 350-520 all the time, Thanks
darth_maul wrote: » Does anybody know how many poles from the black box can they string a cable before an overhead installation into a house, is it a pole limit or just a distance limit.
Gonzo wrote: » speed tests rarely give more than 700 on Speedtest servers even Blacknight and Airwire, sometimes I do get 800 to 940 but these are very rare. I've heard if you run the speedtests on a linux operating system you will see the full speed all the time.
fmannix10 wrote: » Interesting. I will say that with 1 Gig speeds the device you are using to run the test makes a big difference. My work laptop that is relatively powerful. (Dell Latitude 5400 I5-8365U, 8 GB RAM, SSD) seems to only manage around 200 Mb on wired network but my far more powerful desktop with Intel 9900K and fast NVME SSD gets close to Gigabit all the time with eir (Works out around 940 Mb result in speedtests due to TCPIP overhead) Just to clarify I don't see full speed with every download and more often than not you will be limited by other network bottlenecks along the way unless using heavily threaded downloads such as steam. Try this speedtest. http://proof.ovh.net/ I find that it gives accurate results especially to the UK server.
alec76 wrote: » Nope, it is obviously Dell related issue( you should Google it, I think you have to uninstall some Dell's software) , i5 more than capable of gigabit speeds. I have very old Desktop, Intel Q6600, I think,4gb RAM,no problems reaching 900+ speeds.
eiei0 wrote: » I'm using a self built i5 with 16gb ram, I'll try work laptop directly at fiber box and see what it's like there, It's a newer i5 Thanks for the replies,
John mac wrote: » https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113444202&postcount=683 are you sure its not dell related . ?
The U.S. entrepreneur behind Ireland’s vast rural broadband plan says it’s 3 years ahead of schedule
Mr Velo wrote: » Well it's contract renewal time for me in a week. Been with Eir since getting connected to FTTH almost 2 years ago. Currently on 150MB with talktime unlimited (or whatever its called) - the best they are offering me is 500MB connection with an offpeak talktime package for €46 per month (24 month contract). Seems an absolute no-brainer to move to Vodafone where i can get 1GB connection and phone bundle at a reduced price of €40 per month (12 month contract). Thing is i don't really have any appetite to go switching given the router change, changing SSID's, reconnecting devices etc. Anyone have experience with Vodafone's offering? As I said, money wise it's pretty much a no-brainer but there are other considerations.
Kencollins wrote: » I have been on Vodafone 500 with phone for 2 months now. No issues at all, getting the full speed at all times. Just be careful if you are a user of the landline, as the vodafone offer ONLY contains landline calls. The Eir bundle that I had before Vodafone had mobile calls included too, and UK and US landline calls. Vodafone have an offer where they can add a free bundle of 100 mobile minutes a month to the bundle, but you need to ring and ask for it. Also, do not allow Vodafone to set you up as a new FTTH connection instead of a switch, they have been hit and miss with asking for UAN to initiate a switch, and it makes it a pain in the ass to cancel Eir.
bcross12 wrote: » Slightly related. I am moving to Vodafone from Eir. I have FTTH and a copper phone line. I called Vodafone asking if it is possible to keep the copper line and FTTH but they told me the only way to do that is to pay for both seperately! Is there any reason or benefit to keeping the copper line? We literally never use it, it's been plugged out for years. I know there's the home alarm but we don't have one so it's not a major deal. Any issues if I ditch the landline completely and go just FTTH?
fmannix10 wrote: » Does anyone know if you renew contract with eir will they send the new and improved router or do they only do that for new customers?
Marlow wrote: » They won't send it on renewals. Goes for most of the providers. /M
