Cannot get Eircom but Sky?

ladd19 · 17-02-2013 02:53PM #1

Live in rural North Cork and have never been able to get any type of Eircom broadband. However, when I put my number and UAN into the Sky website it says I can get up to 24mps speeds on my line.

I was under the impression they were using the same infrastructure as Eircom? Apparently it is using the BT exchange? Is there a BT exchange map floating around anywhere?

Very confused, don't want to get my hopes up as I am on the crap service ripplecon at the moment.

PogMoThoin · 17-02-2013 03:02PM

Sky can only deliver where Eircom already have service, it's not bringing anything new.

ladd19 · 17-02-2013 05:39PM

Thought as much

Gonzo · 17-02-2013 06:11PM

Sky's website says I can get close to 11.7Mbps, with Eircom I only connect at 6.1Mbps on an 8meg package.
My attenuation is 36db down and 21db Up, How reliable would this line speed be from Sky if I switched from Eircom to Sky, would I see this increase in speed?

Nonoperational · 17-02-2013 06:33PM

You should get around that with that attenuation.

advertsfox · 18-02-2013 11:28AM

Gonzo wrote: »

Sky's website says I can get close to 11.7Mbps, with Eircom I only connect at 6.1Mbps on an 8meg package.
My attenuation is 36db down and 21db Up, How reliable would this line speed be from Sky if I switched from Eircom to Sky, would I see this increase in speed?

I'm guessing you are getting the 6.1Mbps results from the SpeedTest website, that's pretty normal for an 8MB connection (LAN connection here, I get 6.4Mbps)

Sky on the other hand use BT's LLU service (up to 24MB) and you could probably get close to 18Mb with that attenuation but I just noticed that your living in Dunshaughlin (live there too) and LLU is not available so for those maximum speeds so I reckon you could get about 12-14Mb with the standard ADSL from the Eircom infrastructure. Best bet now is to go with who's cheapest because they all use the same lines.

Cannot get Eircom but Sky?

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