Broadband Speeds

The broadband speed advertised by different broadband providers and the actual speeds you get can vary dramatically from provider to provider. Most do give a max broadband speed and an average broadband speed.

However for those of us who want to see for ourselves the people at Blacknight have a handy tool for checking your real time speeds. The tool also allows you to check how good your broadband is for those all important VOIP calls. So even before you pick up the virtual receiver you can check whether or not it’s worth it.

Check out the tool here: Irish ISP speed test

For the record, with Clearwire Wireless at the moment I’m currently only getting:

  • 43kB Download
  • 47kB Upload

Check out the screen shots below:

VOIP Test

VOIP Test

ISP Speed Test Summary

ISP Speed Test Summary

ISP Speed Summary

ISP Speed Summary

Pure Telecom

Contacts

Terms

  • Not Subject to Survey
  • Hardware fee €895
  • Connection fee €395

Packages

  • €89
  • €139
  • €209

Download Speeds

  • 512kB
  • 512kB
  • 1MB

Upload Speeds

  • 128kB
  • 256kB
  • 256kB

Bandwidth

  • unlimited

Orbit Link

Contacts

Terms

  • Not Subject to Survey
  • Hardware fee n/a
  • Connection fee n/a

Packages

  • €79
  • €123
  • €209

Download Speeds

  • 512kB
  • 512kB
  • 1024kB

Upload Speeds

  • 128kB
  • 128kB
  • 128kB

Bandwidth

  • 1GB
  • 2GB
  • 4GB

National Broadband

Contacts

Terms

  • Not Subject to Survey
  • Hardware fee €120
  • Connection fee €100

Packages

  • €49
  • €59

Download Speeds

  • 512kB
  • 1MB

Upload Speeds

  • 96kB
  • 128kB

Bandwidth

  • unlimited

Fastnet Broadband

Contacts

Terms

  • Not Subject to Survey
  • Hardware fee €1700
  • Connection fee €200

Packages

  • €150
  • €320
  • €620

Download Speeds

  • 512kB
  • 1042kB
  • 2048kB

Upload Speeds

  • 128kB
  • 256kB
  • 512kB

Bandwidth

  • unlimited
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