If your exchange has been upgraded, the new 3Mb package will have a 48:1 contention ratio, same as with 1Mb lines. You will only get 24:1 if you are on the top residential package of 7.6Mb.
Again, it works out like this...
1Mb = 48:1
3Mb = 48:1
7.6Mb = 24:1
Any exchanges that have not received the Eircom upgrade will work out like this...
1Mb = 48:1
2Mb = 48:1
3Mb = 24:1
By the way, I'm experiencing issues with my connection too. I'm with UTV on the Killerisk exchange in Tralee. My line was downgraded today from 7.6Mb to 3Mb at my request, to hopefully save money and also to increase performance, namely in the way of consistency and latency, not top speed. My 3Mb line shows an SNR (down/up) of 32/19 and a Line Attenuation of only 3/2. Speeds of 100-500Kb/s during the day and evening. Full speed during off-peak times, usually the small hours. I can interchange my username and password in my router to use my own UTV credentials or my parents' BT credentials, meaning I can change ISP at will. Odd how it works, but it works, which I discovered by accident back in March this year. Switching my credentials over to BT shows no better results, so I can conclude that it's Eircom's fault. I hope it's only sawdust from the upgrades and that it will be sorted soonish.
Last edited by oneill.dav; 10th September 2008 at 05:39 PM.
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