Ice Broadband

[seanbren1]

Hi Am new to this but am seriously fed up with clearwire. Am looking for a new provider but reading all the comments I feel like just giving up. They all seem to be typically Irish, all promise but no delivery.I Have been looking at Ice Broadband but have not read any comments on it good or bad , could this be because it actually delivers?.

[Patrick de b2]

Hello Seanbren1,

Im with Ice BB in Swords Co. Dublin, and have been with them for 8 or 9 months now. I ordered this service with the intention of using VOIP and online gaming,as I dont have (or want) a phone line. All I can say is that the service is terrible, it is impossible to use VOIP and Xbox live day or night. The connection is too erratic to support it. I have been ringing customer support every week and they have always fobbed me off with some "adjustments" or "setting changes", which never worked. They sent out a guy to fix it,and he changed my radio,pointed it in a different direction. No fix. He even said to me that Ice was useless for Xbox live or voip.....
I tried to cancel my account with them but they said I would have to pay a disconnection fee and pay out the remainder of the year also!!
The girl on the phone then transferred me to the tech support line which just rang out!
My advice to you is to go for BT ADSL service if you can. Friends of mine have it, with no problems at all.
Here is my latest test.....
01/08/2007 13:18 562 kbps (69 KB/s) 505 kbps (62 KB/s) 40 % 227 ms 491 ms
Thats supposed to be a 3MB down 1MB up connection........

Hope this helps you.

Pat.

[bryaner]

Hi

I am in the navan area with ibb and had serious issues with them along

the way but lately seem to be quiet good getting these results which

seem to work for our xbox live gaming

Summary Last 10 Results:
Date Download Speed Upload Speed Qos RTT Maxpause
21/08/2007 23:57 1316 kbps (161 KB/s) 455 kbps (56 KB/s) 67 % 74 ms 141 ms
21/08/2007 23:37 1135 kbps (139 KB/s) 317 kbps (39 KB/s) 56 % 78 ms 171 ms
21/08/2007 23:35 652 kbps (80 KB/s) 531 kbps (65 KB/s) 2 % 77 ms 2781 ms
21/08/2007 23:34 746 kbps (91 KB/s) 282 kbps (35 KB/s) 73 % 74 ms 328 ms
21/08/2007 23:31 1199 kbps (147 KB/s) 509 kbps (63 KB/s) 75 % 72 ms 125 ms
21/08/2007 23:29 1139 kbps (139 KB/s) 299 kbps (37 KB/s) 76 % 76 ms 219 ms
19/08/2007 238 710 kbps (87 KB/s) 205 kbps (25 KB/s) 52 % 87 ms 203 ms
19/08/2007 234 643 kbps (79 KB/s) 0 kbps (0 KB/s) 79 % 59 ms 187 ms
17/08/2007 212 990 kbps (121 KB/s) 400 kbps (49 KB/s) 48 % 82 ms 187 ms
17/08/2007 211 972 kbps (119 KB/s) 495 kbps (61 KB/s) 36 % 82 ms 359 ms
Total Averages:
950 kbps (116 KB/s) 349kbps (43KB/s) 57 % 77 ms 471 ms

Not great for a 2 meg connection but a lot better than it used to be

[JimmyJoeJohnson]

Originally Posted by bryaner

Hi

I am in the navan area with ibb and had serious issues with them along

the way but lately seem to be quiet good getting these results which

seem to work for our xbox live gaming

Summary Last 10 Results:
Date Download Speed Upload Speed Qos RTT Maxpause
21/08/2007 23:57 1316 kbps (161 KB/s) 455 kbps (56 KB/s) 67 % 74 ms 141 ms
21/08/2007 23:37 1135 kbps (139 KB/s) 317 kbps (39 KB/s) 56 % 78 ms 171 ms
21/08/2007 23:35 652 kbps (80 KB/s) 531 kbps (65 KB/s) 2 % 77 ms 2781 ms
21/08/2007 23:34 746 kbps (91 KB/s) 282 kbps (35 KB/s) 73 % 74 ms 328 ms
21/08/2007 23:31 1199 kbps (147 KB/s) 509 kbps (63 KB/s) 75 % 72 ms 125 ms
21/08/2007 23:29 1139 kbps (139 KB/s) 299 kbps (37 KB/s) 76 % 76 ms 219 ms
19/08/2007 238 710 kbps (87 KB/s) 205 kbps (25 KB/s) 52 % 87 ms 203 ms
19/08/2007 234 643 kbps (79 KB/s) 0 kbps (0 KB/s) 79 % 59 ms 187 ms
17/08/2007 212 990 kbps (121 KB/s) 400 kbps (49 KB/s) 48 % 82 ms 187 ms
17/08/2007 211 972 kbps (119 KB/s) 495 kbps (61 KB/s) 36 % 82 ms 359 ms
Total Averages:
950 kbps (116 KB/s) 349kbps (43KB/s) 57 % 77 ms 471 ms

Not great for a 2 meg connection but a lot better than it used to be

The OP is talking about Ice Broadband, not IBB.