Broadband

Broadband Available in Harold’s Cross

By Siobhan BuffiniN00074174

Companies providing Internet Access in D6W

Digiweb are the only telecommunications company that don’t provide a phone service.

All the other providers listed provide a phone service.

Eircom Started as a telephone company and now is a popular internet provider.

All companies listed are a data communication company

Telecommunications Company

UPC use optical fibre connections

Eircom use copper connections

Another popular choice for the companies listed is cable connection.

Medium used?

1. Eircom Business Starter

2. UPC – small to medium enterprise – Basic Package

3. Imagine - Breeze

Options available to Dublin 6W

Eircom Business Starter

Up to 8mb download speed

Free wifi access

Unlimited download allowance

Free Google adwords voucher (€75)

Self Installation connection

Technicalities

Free wifi modem Upload speed of 1.1mb

350mb free web space

Security Firewall

12 month contract

Monthly fee of €40

Free connection fee

Free Google Ad voucher

Eircom - Costs

Suitable 1-30 employees

Low connection ratio

Static IP addressing to enable VPNs

Dedicated customer support

Speed of up to 10Mb

UPC – SME – Basic Package

2 voice lines

No line rental

Connection fee

Downstream 10Mb

Upstream 1Mb

DATA uncapped

UPC is payable only by direct debit.

There is an additional charge of €3 a month if you do not pay by Direct Debit.

Cons

Monthly fee of €49

Connection fee of €80

Plus €3 every month if not paying by Direct Debit

UPC - Costs

Symmetrical – same high speed up and down

Static IP address – as standard

No usage limits

Low contention – 24:1 to 4:1

Upload download speed – 4Mb

Imagine – Breeze (contented)

Connection Charge

Download allowance Unlimited

Contention ratio 24:1

Monthly cost of €45.27

Connection fee €150

Imagine - Costs

Leading supplier of business broadband facilities

For mid to large scale companies

Flexible – Can be used to provide broadband to your main office as well as points such as ATMs, portacabins and points of sale

Digiweb - Metro

Download speed of up to 4Mb

Upload speed of 1Mb

Connection fee

Traffic quota

Monthly fee of €35.95

Connection fee €129

Digiweb - Costs

The Eircom Business starter package suits my business needs best.

12 month contract – good because business is unpredictable. Less likely to break contract and incur a penalty.

Cheap without the quality being affected

Reliable – With the choice being down to UPC or Eircom, after some research in the area I discovered that UPC customers had been left without phone services for days and were unsatisfied with the service.

My Choice

41% retail share

57,000 broadband customers

Award winning

www.eircom.ie www.broadbandireland.ie www.getbroadband.ie www.upc.ie www.digiweb.ie www.imagine.ie

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