fastest broadband upc or eircom

chris1970 · 2015-02-23 23:01:48

just to settle a technical argument, which is faster into a home, coaxial (upc) or fibrepowered double pairs copper into a home (eircom), i know 240mb upc is suggested but i am only getting half that, anyone?

24-02-2015 12:01AM

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just to settle a technical argument, which is faster into a home, coaxial (upc) or fibrepowered double pairs copper into a home (eircom), i know 240mb upc is suggested but i am only getting half that, anyone?

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#2 24-02-2015 07:24AM

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chris1970 wrote: »

just to settle a technical argument, which is faster into a home, coaxial (upc) or fibrepowered double pairs copper into a home (eircom), i know 240mb upc is suggested but i am only getting half that, anyone?

You should be able to get 240mb wired. Are you testing over WiFi?

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#3 25-02-2015 09:58AM

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chris1970 wrote: »

just to settle a technical argument, which is faster into a home, coaxial (upc) or fibrepowered double pairs copper into a home (eircom), i know 240mb upc is suggested but i am only getting half that, anyone?

Follow my guide here to get most out of your UPC service:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057367191

And yes, UPC is much faster then Eircom.

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