Broadband advice (2 Viewers)

[meta]

i am sure this has been asked loads of times. I am lloking to get wireless broadband. Are there any recommended suppliers?

thanks.

 

[Wavioli]

I've been on irish broadband's Breeze package for a while now - no complaints

 

[cookiemonster]

clearwire are absolute shit. avoid like the plague

 

[maims bond]

Chorus are pretty reliable if you have access to them. Only ever went down a couple of times on me. It's useful to note that they require a contract for a year. However, they don't require this to be signed before connection so you can just bin it and they never chase you up for it.

 

[F. Fred Palakon]

Seconded. After an initial high, Clearwire went to shit rather quickly.

 

[Theseus Mock]

turded. clearwire. stay 'clear' of them.

nifty price calculator for BB http://callcosts.ie/broadband/Broadband_Calculator.175.LE.asp

 

[theoootini]

anyone have thoughts on NTL? good bad indifferent?
specifically:
http://www.ntl.ie/internet/max/

 

[Wilbert]

anyone have thoughts on NTL? good bad indifferent?
specifically:
http://www.ntl.ie/internet/max/

I have broadband via NTL. The service is fine. Never had a problem with it (unlike their TV service).

I don't have the wireless version although I'm getting the Apple Airport Express adaptor to sort that. You probably have PC though.

The wireless NTL package should be fine.

 

[Ferox13]

I have broadband via NTL. The service is fine. Never had a problem with it (unlike their TV service).

It doesn't go down often but if there is a problem their customer service is shit.

Also it looks like they traffic shape if u like to use Bit torrent.

 

[Wilbert]

It doesn't go down often but if there is a problem their customer service is shit.

Also it looks like they traffic shape if u like to use Bit torrent.

What does that mean?

 

[Gambra]

What does that mean?

They can block ports and limit the download speeds a hell of a lot to stop you rom using it. They can't block it totally but they can nix it to make you not want to use it at all.

 

[theoootini]

It doesn't go down often but if there is a problem their customer service is shit.

Also it looks like they traffic shape if u like to use Bit torrent.

yeah? that would be shit. isn't that what people use broadband for? is this the experience of everyone using ntl? isn't there a box to tick in your client that does some encryption thingie to prevent such an occurence?

 

[Goodbye]

They can block ports and limit the download speeds a hell of a lot to stop you rom using it. They can't block it totally but they can nix it to make you not want to use it at all.

How is it any of their business what you choose to use the internet for?

 

[theoootini]

was looking up about this yesterday. apparently it's something to do with the line that ntl have to the continent which is vastly over subscribed and thus choking traffic. they need to upgrade or something..

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

i found this yoke a while back - its setting for utorrent for if you think your bit-torrenting is interfered with. i think it said something about using a high port number because shaping only works on lower ports - i could have dreamt that though.

 

[classic seanc]

How is it any of their business what you choose to use the internet for?

They have to manage the traffic because they have limited capacity.

A mate once had his bband cut off because his flatmates computer was using 2% of Clearwire’s entire capacity. (People shouldn’t leave their Limewire on 24/7)

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

if you have a 30gb monthly limit it'd be hard to use it up if you didnt use bit torrent though, would it?

 

[theoootini]

if you have a 30gb monthly limit it'd be hard to use it up if you didnt use bit torrent though, would it?

i would imagine so. even things like oink would be grand. when you start getting tv series and movies, thats when the problems begin...

 

[kika]

I'm on imagine. Never had a single problem with them. The one time the network went down for upgrades they notified all customers a week in advance and it was only for about an hour or two.

 

[theoootini]

just got told by ntl that they don't cover our area. the center of ranelagh. ya wha?!