We need to remember every thing in this country works-------in theory--------in practice forget it. Been round the block with Irish broadband whilst living in Dublin. Same story, couldnt get broadband then
IBB came on stream--------yipee. Happy days are here again after years paying for dialup. Problem was the motley crew came out and done the installation. rest you know-------between a service not much better than dailup and the goofs on the support desks it was a nightmare. If it wasnt for a polish guy on there support desk it would have been a give up job. Make a long story short I got ComReg on the job, this is after doing battle on the phone, letters to the MD of
IBB etc. What a result---------I was top priority----------crew came out----------poured water out of the coax----------aerial was pointing slightly towards the ground. This crew erected a new aerial and took me off a new fast signal quite close to me--------PERFECT. Listen just go ring ComReg and stop banging your head off the wall. One email from them and your sorted and repeat the procedure with ComReg till your satisified. They got better BB in africa than we have in Ireland, one of the richest countries in the world. Point is this until the whole country goes fibre optic the service we get is rubbish in comparison. I use the mic a lot in chat rooms--------if im downloading my voice breaks up---------even streaming music gets choppy. Problem ---------- we got no grunt----------its that simple--------the bandwidth is simply not there. Forget what your supposed to be getting-------whats the contention ratio and dont forget---------a byte and a bit is --------KB as opposed to Kb----------is two different things. Divide the bits by 8 to get bytes. In america with guys I talk to everyday, even in Britain----------they got grunt compared to us. BT in the UK---------cant afford to go fibre optic till 2012. Theres a very noice pleasant lady in Comreg whos soft voice works wonders. Give her a call. Heres a thought----------all these new powers the Consumer ppl have now-----------ring them and tell them your not getting what your supposed to be getting from your supplier. If we all stopped our direct debits what would happen. How many of us ever got a refund or an apology or even a months credit. I never did.