Broadband in Monalin / Ballinahinch - Newtownmountkennedy

d31b0y · 27-02-2013 11:04AM #1

Hi all, moving up to that area and just wondering if anyone has any experience of the broadband available up that way?

Does anyone know how far from the exchange it is? I was going to try the 24MB broadband but if it's any distance from the exchange, there is probably no point. Anyone with experience from the location?

RosieJoe · 27-02-2013 12:11PM

Had someone from Eircom knocking on the door the other day, I asked and the exchange is at the Townhouse pub. He said that the most you'll get from it is 8MB.

d31b0y · 27-02-2013 12:42PM

Thanks for that RosieJoe. I ended up ordering the 24MB. I'll see what I get. easier to decrease the service than it is to increase it, test and then decrease.

You might point out which pub is the townhouse for me? If it's where I think it is, I am about 2KM from the exchange so hopefully would be able to push about 16MB but it's a pretty steep downhill scale as you go out past 2KM (damn logarithmic scales).

RosieJoe · 27-02-2013 02:27PM

Townhouse pub is the one on the main street in Newtown by itself. The one that is on the opposite side to the rest of the shops/pubs/hotel.

DazMarz · 02-03-2013 12:02AM

Wicklow Broadband. check them out and see what they say. They're excellent where I am (Delgany), where no other internet provider could provide anything (even Eircom).

ActingDanClark · 02-03-2013 09:06AM

DazMarz wrote: »

Wicklow Broadband. check them out and see what they say. They're excellent where I am (Delgany), where no other internet provider could provide anything (even Eircom).

+1 on that, with them about 14 months.

Taltos · 05-03-2013 03:18PM

I'm with Magnet - also in Delgany using the Eircom line.
2Mg is the max but at least contention is 0 so speed is relatively OK. Comparing to others seems quite good.

StonedParadoX · 06-03-2013 09:55PM

i live in newtownmountkennedy kilmurry ..which is monalin

you'll get 8meg and the full 8meg all the time. There isnt many people here so it wont be like living in a housing estate or whatever

d31b0y · 07-03-2013 12:21PM

Thanks StonedParadoX. I just moved to Kilmurry myself so that's good to know

Just a quick question about the area, what do you do about refuse? Thornton's just told me that they don't go up that far. They told me if I bring it down to the junction at Rossmore they would pick it up but that'd take ages to bring it down that far.

StonedParadoX · 09-03-2013 12:31PM

i have a van so i bring my refuse down to kilcoole where i work and its sorted by our company from there.

i dont know what our neighbours do.. but yeah its a hassle bringing it down if you dont have transport big enough

you could on the sly burn it. we wont say nothing :P

where abouts in kilmurry if you dont mind me asking ..is it monolin?

d31b0y · 11-03-2013 08:16AM

StonedParadoX wrote: »

i have a van so i bring my refuse down to kilcoole where i work and its sorted by our company from there.

i dont know what our neighbours do.. but yeah its a hassle bringing it down if you dont have transport big enough

you could on the sly burn it. we wont say nothing :P

where abouts in kilmurry if you dont mind me asking ..is it monolin?

I don't know where I live sometimes

So many different place names

I moved in just down a bit from Kilmurry Cemetery.

StonedParadoX · 13-03-2013 08:08PM

is there a lad there living with you called derry or derri or darry or some ****?

bido · 13-03-2013 10:32PM

Greenstar used to do a collection on that road from Roundwood to Newtown.:(

d31b0y · 19-03-2013 10:26AM

bido wrote: »

Greenstar used to do a collection on that road from Roundwood to Newtown.:(

Yeah, I think Greenstar is the only option.

d31b0y · 19-03-2013 01:14PM

Does anyone know what the price of the Greenstar bags are? And where they can be bought locally?

Their subscription service seems a bit high for the amount of waste I have and I don't mind doing my own recycling.

jellybaby21 · 19-03-2013 02:54PM

Dellboy if you go into Eugenes or Sentra they will have greenstar bags, think they both do them one of them definitely does.

As for broadband, I am in Killadreenan and with the 24 mb bb was getting about 14mb, I downgraded to 8mb and get the full 8mb, broadband pretty good up here

DazMarz · 19-03-2013 09:57PM

Greenstar bags are €5.67 for the refuse, €2.65 for the Recycling. Get them in Post Office, Sentra or Eugenes.

Broadband in Monalin / Ballinahinch - Newtownmountkennedy

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