Galway92 wrote: » can anyone who is with either of these isp's please post a speedtest or give me a rough idea of the service they provide? I'm looking to get decent internet with at the very least, low pings...and these guys are my only options.. I spoke to Airwire and they said that they don't get much complaints, and lightnet basically can't answer til they get an engineer out. Lightnet has the closest access point to me, but I've read a lot about latency issues with them. Any input would be helpful, the speedtest megathread doesn't bring up any results for 'lightnet' searches. typical :P
Galway92 wrote: » Jesus christ that's not great at all..are you on their 1mb package?? That ping is mentally high... Way worse than what I'd get with Three even...is it always that bad? And yeah I've heard about Lightnet throttling speeds too, IDK who to go with now as I need unlimited. Three's 60GB package is too little for me. Thanks for the reply
irishchris wrote: » That's their 3mb package. Speeds vary from .1 to 1mb at best in evenings but pings are the most worrying aspect of it making Skype,viber, gaming etc impossible. There are reports of a handful in areas with low user base that have decent service in evenings but unfortunately was the same here until 3 years ago when their user base went up and they don't invest in improving it. Same experience with 3 of my colleagues in 3 different areas of Galway with same shoddy service in the evenings. During day is OK but as soon as 6pm-12am arrives the above is the standard quality test Problem is lightnet then throttle so you could well be below 1mb if using their service over a period of time with high usage
funnyname wrote: » Had airwire in galway and it was very flaky, especially at peak time. Moved to Clare during the summer, now using lightnet and can't fault them. Would totally recommend them.
Scruff wrote: » had lightnet's 4mb package. speed was consistent at the max up and down for the package but pings were too high for me at >100ms as i was on their newer "4G" technology.
Galway92 wrote: » ....wow, I know one of the neighbours up by me has Airwire so I'll ask them how they find it as I live just outside Craughwell..not too many people would be using internet around me, so I might be lucky in that sense. And,I'm not sure if I'm understanding this right or not but say I get lightnet and I'm downloading a 15GB file...after half an hour will I see my speeds start to drop? Cos honestly, I'd rather have ****ty speeds all the time than have good speeds for a little while. They're not cheap either.. Landlines out of the Q for me because when I rang Sky for their Bb they did a test and said I'd get under 1mb and they wouldn't actually sell me internet because of that. I think I should just move to f*ck, it'd be less hassle:p
Galway92 wrote: » Would you be willing to post a speedtest result for me? That would be really helpful
Galway92 wrote: » Thought I should update the thread I went with Lightnet in the end, got their 4MB package, and this is a speedtest result from today(had to use the UPC one because I cannot post links yet) Download Speed: 3055 kbps (381.9 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 994 kbps (124.3 KB/sec transfer rate) Latency: 9 ms Jitter: 23 ms 12/18/2014, 1:02:13 PM Pretty happy with these results!! Even though the weather is pretty bad out right now I'm still getting speeds close to what I'm paying for, and it's consistent as well. Ping hasn't gone above 50 and online gaming is really smooth, wired or wireless.@funnyname, is that a business connection you're on? 7Mb....damn
DaDerv wrote: » I have a LightNet engineer coming in the next few days to test my connection. I'm in Ballinakill and was told I should get good reception. Like that I'm moving primarily for gaming. Have a Vodafone 4mb connection now and it's awful. LightNet is expensive though, 65 for the 6mb. Is it worth the change? How has it been since you got it in?
funnyname wrote: » I'm on the 6mb residential package, not sure why it went over on that speed test. It's nearly always 6/1.
Galway92 wrote: » Hey! Gaming is really good with them, been on a Battlefield winning streak since switching haha. This speedtest is from today: Download Speed: 3683 kbps (460.4 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 985 kbps (123.1 KB/sec transfer rate) Latency: 11 ms Jitter: 4 ms And it's manky weather right now as you know... Weather has no effect on the signal so far it seems! My experience is that they are consistent with the speeds, and no problems yet, the most annoying thing is paying 100 quid for an install and not even getting a router. I got a NetGear 'WNR2200' for 49Euro in Currys. It's a cable modem that you'll need, and it works well! Decent signal through the house with it! Let me know if you decide to go with them or if I can help more.
DaDerv wrote: » Appreciate the reply! I postponed the engineer, I didn't want to have it installed before i knew more! What about the fair usage? Lets say hypothetically myself and the brother stream 2 3pm Saturday kick offs at the same time, hes a United fan and im a Spurs fan! we are talking 2 hours of constant use at a high load. Will the download speeds be badly hit by this? Even realistically gaming sessions are going to last longer than 1 hour, if like yourself i manage a serious CS GO streak ill never get off! Im all for Fair Usage, I see its benefits, but at the same time I'm selfish!!
funnyname wrote: » Anybody know anything about this upgrade?http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/76749/one-million-euro-lightnet-investment-creates-new-jobs-for-loughrea I had a look at their website and it mentions 20mb but no pricing schedule. I'm currently paying €48 for 4/1, must give them a call tomorrow to check it out, will update I'd no gets back re this upgrade.
GerardKeating wrote: » The new pricing plans all have download caps.
funnyname wrote: » Can move from 4/1 with unlimited downloads with throttling for €48 to 5/1 with a cap of 80MB(presume its MB not mb) for €45. They are updating different areas, mine not done yet but top residential product is now 20/2. That would seem to be below NBP requirement so you'd wonder are they doing this piecemeal to get there
irishchris wrote: » Did they give price for the 20mb pack?
funnyname wrote: » I didn't ask at the time but sent an email soon after enquiring but no answer yet.
funnyname wrote: » At the moment the 20MB package with 80GB of data is €60 a month. This pricing is valid for 30 days and may be subject to change.
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