 Gaming With Eircom Is A Joke
If any ISP offered a guaranteed 150k non-interleaved, non-dropout service for hard core gamers, I would drop my Eircon 2MB package like a hot potato.
My QoS dropped through the floor when I upgraded from 1MB to 2MB.
Dropouts range from 500ms to 2 seconds with occasional service loss requiring modem restart (every 2-3 hours).
Eircom refuse to switch off or reduce interleaving so my pings are, at best, 50ms rather than 20-25ms. My line is new and 500metres from the Nenagh Exchange. I can only speculate that this high-level interleaving is compensating for bad lines further outside the town. It would be better if they invested in new lines rather than squeezing the market. Oh no!!, I remember, they now want the taxpayer to subsidise this too!!!!
Contention on my line also seems to be heavily subscribed.
I hope you Eircom moles are taking note: there is a large & growing gaming community in this country, ranging from teens to 40's. These people have influence on choice of provider and if you continue to squeeze, you will initiate a culture change where customers will never return based on alternative satisfaction.
It happened with the post-teen drinking culture because of the prices, not the smoking ban.
I would strongly suggest a gaming package with HALF MEG, low ping, guaranteed uninterrupted QoS. Better get moving soon, cos when the Nenagh motorway is finished, I'm permanently going for the Chorus optical link being co-installed.  | 
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