Comments on: No cheating at the back! http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/2009/06/added-a-blog/ Rate your Irish Internet Service Provider & Broadband Sat, 19 May 2012 09:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Pennsylvania Cable Deals http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/2009/06/added-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Pennsylvania Cable Deals Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:46:06 +0000 http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/?p=3#comment-21 I must say that, most of the ISP Company now a days working their best to provide fast connection to their consumer. I hope it will last. I must say that, most of the ISP Company now a days working their best to provide fast connection to their consumer. I hope it will last.

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]]> By: Rate my ISP - Rate your Internet Service Provider & Irish Broadband services http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/2009/06/added-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Rate my ISP - Rate your Internet Service Provider & Irish Broadband services Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:09:30 +0000 http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/?p=3#comment-7 [...] left a useful comment on the previous blog post. To summarise, a broadband site comparing results from http://www.irishisptest.com/ would be much [...] [...] left a useful comment on the previous blog post. To summarise, a broadband site comparing results from http://www.irishisptest.com/ would be much [...]

]]> By: admin http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/2009/06/added-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-6 admin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:24:05 +0000 http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/?p=3#comment-6 Hi Alan Thanks for the feedback. This blog is a new addition to the site, and about 6 weeks old, but the main part of the site is 8 months old. But yeah I was surprised it hadn't been done when I set it up. On the <a href = "http://ratemyisp.ie/ratings/about/" rel="nofollow">about page</a>, I have a link to the speedtest site and some people have added it to their reviews. I just don't have the backend to compare that kind of data though, the site uses a simple plugin that just compares user ratings as opposed to detailed numbers. I know it's not exactly scientific but I kind of like that, people's perception of the service and how they're treated as customer is a fairly vaild too. I'll have a think about it though and see can I make the speedtest a more prominent part of the ratings, though. Cheers! J. Hi Alan

Thanks for the feedback.

This blog is a new addition to the site, and about 6 weeks old, but the main part of the site is 8 months old. But yeah I was surprised it hadn’t been done when I set it up.

On the about page, I have a link to the speedtest site and some people have added it to their reviews.

I just don’t have the backend to compare that kind of data though, the site uses a simple plugin that just compares user ratings as opposed to detailed numbers. I know it’s not exactly scientific but I kind of like that, people’s perception of the service and how they’re treated as customer is a fairly vaild too.

I’ll have a think about it though and see can I make the speedtest a more prominent part of the ratings, though.

Cheers!
J.

]]> By: Alan Lawlor http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/2009/06/added-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Alan Lawlor Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:06:29 +0000 http://ratemyisp.ie/blog/?p=3#comment-5 You just beat me to the punch by 6 weeks! I thought of this today and decided to do a few searches when I found your site. What I would suggest is the following : Give the public some links to sites that perform actual speed tests of their broadband links (e.g. www.irishisptest.com) and allow them to post their results on this site, giving (a) The ISP provider, (b) The speed/contention ratio that they subscribe to (c) their location (d) Date/time that test was executed and finally (e) Their ACTUAL download/upload speeds acheived. Using this information the ISPs could be rated scientifically in terms of when they offer e.g. 3MB download with 20:1 contention ratio, what actual speed do you achieve. The ISP could then be rated in terms of percentage of actual speeds advertised. This is something the British Gov did and published today. Given that the Irish Gov might start doing it then in 10 years time, this would be a worthwhile service. Alan You just beat me to the punch by 6 weeks! I thought of this today and decided to do a few searches when I found your site. What I would suggest is the following : Give the public some links to sites that perform actual speed tests of their broadband links (e.g. http://www.irishisptest.com) and allow them to post their results on this site, giving (a) The ISP provider, (b) The speed/contention ratio that they subscribe to (c) their location (d) Date/time that test was executed and finally (e) Their ACTUAL download/upload speeds acheived. Using this information the ISPs could be rated scientifically in terms of when they offer e.g. 3MB download with 20:1 contention ratio, what actual speed do you achieve. The ISP could then be rated in terms of percentage of actual speeds advertised. This is something the British Gov did and published today. Given that the Irish Gov might start doing it then in 10 years time, this would be a worthwhile service.

Alan

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