The fibre broadband connection in Ireland has undergone significant changes with the installation of a new fibre cable into my rented house. This upgrade was made possible by signing a 12-month contract, which resulted in free fibre installation. The fibre connection uses single-mode fibre for the last mile, providing a dedicated fibre pair from the ONT to the cabinet and ultimately to the OLT card. This setup allows for up to 128 premises to share an upstream fibre connection, although it’s usually less than that in Ireland. ...
The site’s fibre broadband connection was switched from Eir to Digiweb, resulting in a change in ping times and throughput. Packet loss and latency spikes were observed during peak residential traffic hours in the evening with Digiweb, but were steady and flat outside of this period. The new connection is shared between multiple customers, with a contention ratio of 32:1 for residential connections. ...
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