1. Broadband in my area
Seamus Morgan – N00070782

2.  Broadband providers in the Deansgrange
area:

3.  Some important terms:
 Broadband - Telecommunications in which a wide range of
frequencies are available to transmit information.
 Contention Ratio – Ratio showing how many people could
be sharing the capacity on one connection.
 Kbps – Kilo Bites per second
 Mbps – Mega Bites per second

4.  Types of telecommunications companies:
 Eircom offer home phone lines, broadband
services and e-mobile services.
 Strencom specialise in data networks and
cloud computing, but also offer
broadband.
 UPC provide home phone lines, TV and
broadband services.

5.  Types of telecommunications companies:
 Wimax offer home phone lines, broadband
and e-mobile services.
 Digiweb offer home phone lines and
broadband services.
 Vodaphone offer mobile phone, broadband
and land line services.

6.  Medium of communication:
 Vodaphone, Strencom and Eircom use
copper wire cables to connect you to the
internet.
 UPC use fibre powered broadband.
 Wimax transmits from a hotspot to your
device.
 Digiweb transmits through phone lines,
wireless to hotspots and satellite internet.

8.  Technological options available to me:
 Eircom’s ‘Up to 24Mb Broadband’ package
costs €47.99 and is transmitted via phone
lines.
 Download speed – 24Mbps
 Upload speed – 768 Kbps
 Contention ratio – 48:1
 Line rental is €20.97
 Monthly rate is €68.95

9.  Technological options available to me:
 Vodaphones ’24Mb Office’ Package is
€64.99 and is transmitted via phone lines.
 Download speed – 24kbps
 Upload speed – 1kbps
 Contention ratio – 48:1
 There are no other hidden charges.

10.  Technological options available to me:
 Digiwebs ‘Bizwave Enhanced’ home
package is €84.69 and is transmitted
wirelessly
 Download speed – 1mbps
 Upload speed – 256kbps
 Contention ratio – 20:1
 There is an installation fee of €99.00

11.  Technological options available to me:
 UPC’s ‘Fibre Power Broadband 50Mb’
home package is €45.00 and is
transmitted via fibre wire.
 Download speed – 50mbps
 Upload speed – 5mbps
 Contention ratio – 17:1
 There is an installation fee of €20.00

12.  Which option would I choose?
 Personally, I would go for UPC’s ’50mb
Fibre Powered Broadband’ for €45.00.
 I believe it is the best value of money and
it offers good upload and download
speeds.
 There is also a good contention ratio,
17:1. This means there won’t be too
many people on the same line.

13.  Bibliography:
 http://www.getbroadband.ie/business_broadband_deals.php?Cou
nty=Dublin%20South&Area=Deansgrange&at=2
 http://www.digiweb.ie/
 http://www.eircom.net/
 http://www.imagine.ie/
 http://www.strencom.net/
 http://www.vodafone.ie/
 http://www.upc.ie/