Bitstream broadband upgrades on the way!
Eircom, the telco everyone loves to hate, has announced that they are upgrading their bitstream broadband products all round… unless you’re on a 1Mb deal, in which case it sucks to be you.
If you’re on a 2Mb product you’ll be going to 3Mb.
If you’re on 3Mb you’ll be going to 7.6Mb.
If you’re on 4Mb you’ll be going to 10Mb.
If you’re on 6Mb you’ll be going to 12Mb.
All of the above depends on the poxy Eircom copper between you and the exchange being up to the task. They haven’t mentioned if there will be any change in upstream speeds yet. Upgrades are being rolled out between now and June. Apparently this is all part of Eircom’s ADSL2+ rollout.
Michael O'Leary on February 1st, 2008
Erm… They must have updated that cause it looks like there are upgrading upstream speeds. It’s nothing to write home about though. Although it’s nice to see that Eircom are getting a little more proactive in the recently more competitive market.
Michael O'Leary on February 1st, 2008
I’d love to see how many line are capable of those downstream rate though.
Steve on February 1st, 2008
Yeah, I think the 3Mb that I’ll be upgraded to will probably be just about the max my line will do anyway.