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29/04/2002

esat announce their dsl packages

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MindPhuck Eric Mooney Im drinking stuff donated to quake.ie clan : n8z posts : 1267 site owner esat today announced that it has unbundled the local loop at an exchange in limerick. this historic event marks the first step of a government part-funded programme to bring fast, always-on internet access to communities throughout ireland. by december 2002 esat plans to have unbundled 40 exchanges which can potentially serve some 400,000 lines. here's a quick breakdown. 512k/256k asymmetrical service download speeds up to ten times faster than a standard dial up connection. quarterly subscription rental of €270 with a once off connection fee of €125.64. 1meg /256k asymmetrical service download speeds up to twenty times faster than a standard dial up. quarterly subscription rental of €615 and a once off connection fee of €125.64. 2meg /256k asymmetrical service download speeds up to forty times faster than a standard dial up. quarterly subscription rental of €1200 and a once off connection fee of €1500. for the full press release, check here.

30/04/2002 #1 nDPodgeen dave lowry posts : 131 im going to be moving house soon also, not sure if it willbe permanent may have to move after summer also but Im going to try get this when i get somewhere permanent... more than likely only me using it.. maybe someone else depending on where im living

30/04/2002 #2 Jedi-USA Thomas howlin posts : 4 I got 1 meg download and 128 upload and i can tell you its barely enough sometimes. Even with 128k you'll find your ping rising in battles. Nothing compared to ISDN mind you but not the solid 48ping you seeneveryone with on BW. The first option would cater for 2 people fine and 3 at max.

30/04/2002 #3 anonymous 1. Esat today announced that it has unbundled the local loop at AN EXCHANGE in Limerick. MP said it. this is the first step, then more will be upgraded. and by adsl is exchange dependant i mean that each and every exchange in limerick can be maxed out by warez monkeys. 2. just like bt, who throttled everything. you pay LOADS for 512k/128k 24/7 why the hell shouldn't you hog it? imo this is a no win for users. they should really be able to provide what they offer in the first place. like fuck off, the user *abusing* the service. . it's nolimits allover again. 3. 512k for 3 ? not by the looks of things on the other hand adsl is fucking savage and despite all the *possible* drawbacks it's much better than anything else we have. gg esat. saik. (im just jealous that limerick gets everything like ntl/adsl first really) anonymous

30/04/2002 #4 Osiris Phill Kerins posts : 72 Price is alot better than Eircons initial plan ... I'd be interested to see what the caps are like though

01/05/2002 #5 Zero Ronan Condon Absolute Fucking Champion clan : n8z posts : 816 site administrator I live 200 yards from Esat business. The end is nigh.

01/05/2002 #6 Lord Khan Cian Caball I'm not arrogant ... I'm GOD posts : 37 Looks sweet. Me too moving house in a few months anyway so going to get it in then hopefully

27/02/2003 16:31 #7 anonymous With 512/256 adsl you get a certain ping, but with 2mb/256 DSL, you get exactly the same ping. As its the same ping. Exactly the same ping, as its the upload rate that is ping in CS. The faster the upload rate like 512/512 - will you get a decent ping in quake 3. Like 10/20 ping with 512/512 got for the 512/256, as u get the same ping with 1mb and 2mb crowder

30/04/2002 #8 nDPodgeen dave lowry posts : 131 which of the above would i need to get inorder to get a 30-50 ping to barrysworld in quake3 arena tdm osp

30/04/2002 #9 [sk.Ser] Chris Crowley posts : 102 iv got the first one and i get 28 ping. i wouldnt get ur hopes up though, by the sounds of it there is only 1 exchange in Limerick, which you share. iv got one on my road, and only share with a few browsers, other ppl around the corner have ppl running FTP/porn sites and they cant play on there connects. alot of ADSL here has too many people on the exchange so it is realy poor, Nildram who i am with seem to have the least amount of ppl on them. 1 exchange in Limerick, that cant be true????

30/04/2002 #10 saik mr.nobody posts : 242 well, none of the lads on eircom trials seem to get any less than 60, spends a lot of the time at 90. though esat proboably have different routing - collies friend gets 30 ping? 512k would be best for 1 person - the bandwidth wont help the ping. 2meg if all of nD intends to play off of it. and... it is very much exchange dependant like ser says. if all of the pre-UL-firewall warez ftp lads get it, it'll be slow as shit.

30/04/2002 #11 Zero Ronan Condon Absolute Fucking Champion clan : n8z posts : 816 site administrator 1. Who said there was only one exchange in Limerick? And if there is, it was only there for testing purposes with the trials, of course they are going to or have already upgraded the rest of them 2. Ronin works in Esat, says the lines will be monitored to stop bandwidth-hoggers. 3. A 512K line will take 4 players, you certainly dont need 2 meg.

30/04/2002 #12 Sky Rick Walker posts : 90 If you're after 4 players off one dsl line you might hit problems with the upload. Ideally you need 256 down 128 up per player for safety - to get 4 players off a single line you'd need to limit your rate/maxpackets and all sorts of other annoying stuff. Been there, tried that etc. I notice you can't get more upload even on the more expensive options - same over in the UK in general, altho I've lanned off 2meg down 1 meg up dsl over here before and that worked out nicely for 4 players. If you're feeling really rich - 2 dsl lines for 4 players would be a better solution. If it's just 1-2 players, 512/256'll be fine.

30/04/2002 #13 Zero Ronan Condon Absolute Fucking Champion clan : n8z posts : 816 site administrator we arent really after 4 on 1 line, so its not a huge problem. im goin movin gaff in a month, am gonna try and get it, and i'll have at least one more in with me on it, thats about as much as i give a shit tbh

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