Smart Telecom - S-L-O-W Broadband

The dreadful service from Smart Telecom continues.While speeds are usually around the 700k mark, they have never reached 2 MB as measured on my PC.

Speeds measured on my PC this morning, using Smart's own Speed Tool at:

http://support.smarttelecom.ie/bbspeedtool.htm

11.00 51 k
11.24 18 k
11.25 73 k
11.43 4.72 k , yes..... 4.72 k

This drop in speed - now a regular occurrence - means I cannot access certain websites as they timeout before the page loads.As there is no other provider in this area, I am stuck.

See this recent article in the Sunday Business Post on Ireland's failure in the broadband area:

http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2005/02/20/story2505.asp