https://www.practicalreason.net/tags/router/Recent content in Router on Reverting to TypeHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Dermot O'HalloranWed, 25 Feb 2015 11:23:25 +0000https://www.practicalreason.net/posts/rural-broadband-woes/Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:23:25 +0000https://www.practicalreason.net/posts/rural-broadband-woes/Until recently, Eircom’s fixed-line ADSL service was just about adequate for my broadband needs. But at over 4km from the exchange the average speeds of around 1.5Mbps download and 0.4Mbps upload have become primitive in comparison to what’s available from the newer fibre and mobile broadband services starting to roll out across the country. Things took a turn for the worse a few weeks ago when, despite repeated calls to Eircom support, the best stable speeds I could get dropped to about 0.54Mbps. I even took a screenshot. Something to show the grandchildren in years to come: