UPC Horizon

I didn't realise Sky were getting the 3pm Saturday kick offs. That is interesting.

Also good that the monthly bill will be going down, I suppose.

But what does it mean for Champions League matches that RTE and TV3 choose not to broadcast?

You know what, I reckon I've figured it out. Eir wanted the same amount from Virgin they were currently getting, per customer. Virgin decided they were going to pay less, as a result of sky now owning the rights to the 3pm kick offs. I don't know whether Virgin are paying sky more (I'm guessing they aren't, seeing as the price hasn't went up for ordinary sky tv customers). Virgin were basically going to shaft their own customers (pay Eir less than they are currently paying, charge its own customers the same price, no reduction), Eir told them to get lost, Virgin threatened to pull out completely unless a lower price was agreed, and Eir called their bluff.

There are two options now: 1) Virgin go back with their tails between their legs and pay Eir what they were previously paying them (despite getting less actual content now) or 2) Eir realise what a massive loss it is and agree to some sort of reduction that doesn't harm their business model.

It seems like a clash of negotiating egos, rather than a smart business decision, on one if not both sides there.

Fitzinho wrote: horsebox wrote: Yes it's not great. The horizon box doesn't have an antenna which is part of the problem too. I've a separate router too for the wireless but you can only have one active STP and have no splitter for the coax cable. UPC cutting corners and taking short-cuts to get the box out to customers. It is pure rubbish, as are the Technicolor routers they send you if you are taking broadband only for them, I sent it straight back and got a Cisco which can be put in to gateway only mode and use my own router. Using your own router with the Horizon box means you'll be double NAT for anything connecting to it the second box, makes certain things unusable such as online gaming, not as much an issue for other things but it'll slow up your network.

You are not double NATing anything.

I use a splitter for the STP and one for the router, as I said you can only have one active box, so the horizon box from a network perspective is idle and deactivated. (If you plug a cable into the horizon box with an active router, you will not get out to the internal because it's disabled).

I use the horizon box now as the WAP as I am waiting for my electrician to wire up the splitter so I can use other router that I have.

Yes it's not great. The horizon box doesn't have an antenna which is part of the problem too.

I've a separate router too for the wireless but you can only have one active STP and have no splitter for the coax cable.

UPC cutting corners and taking short-cuts to get the box out to customers.

Some channels operate better than others. So manually set the channel to either 1 or 14, most default to 4-8.

There are different types of WIFI frequencies primarily 2.4 & 5 GHz.

You could try changing either of these -

2.4 - longer range - slower speeds.
5GHz - shorter range but higher speeds

I've a horizon box and couldn't be arsed f**king around with these settings so bought the Belkin extender for 25e

horsebox wrote: How do you know it's not your phone? You could manually try and chance the channel or frequency. If you have rock-wool insulation the signal will not travel correctly and will reduce the signal. I bought the following to resolve a similar issue - Belkin N300 WiFi Range Extender.

Well I presume it's not my phone as it's generally ok when logging onto other wifi networks in cafes and restaurants etc..

What does changing the frequency do?


Edited by Trap junior - 05 Jan 2016 at 2:22pm

The wifi signal is poor from Horizon.  My phone doesn't pick up the signal well and it doesn't work upstairs.

heighway2heaven wrote: Finally getting out of our contract with these utter bastards. sh*t service, sh*t technology and even sh*ttier customer relations. Anyway, long story short, we were all paid up until today which is when the contract ends. 6pm last Friday, on a new years fookin day of all days, the coonts cut us off. TV and internet. Having managed to get hold of an engineer on the phone, he said that he could see that we were fully paid til today but couldn't (or wouldn't?) turn us back on. He wouldn't give his name when asked and said that he could see that the 'customer loyalty section' had instructed it to be turned off. Has anyone heard the f**king likes of it?! Missed all the football, UFC, darts and movies over the weekend and could only send emails through my phone, which isn't ideal as I own an ecommerce business. Shower of absolute scum. Who even gets the blame, UPC or Branson?? Felt like heading over to East Point business park to stab a random employee in the neck with a pen. Yes, I did just write that last sentence.

****s of the highest order. I cancelled my contract providing the required 30 days notice upon them changing their T&C's around this time last year. As such, I was entitled to terminate my contract with no penalty as they changed the T&Cs. Despite this, and receiving assurances on the phone, my next bill bore a €200 penalty for breaking the contract. I immediately cancelled the direct debit so even when the went to collect the few quid that was owed they didn't get it. Let them chase me for a while and see how they like it. Eventually I paid the last few quid owed less the €200 charge. 

Edited by Sham157 - 05 Jan 2016 at 9:06am

Finally getting out of our contract with these utter bastards. sh*t service, sh*t technology and even sh*ttier customer relations. Anyway, long story short, we were all paid up until today which is when the contract ends. 6pm last Friday, on a new years fookin day of all days, the coonts cut us off. TV and internet. Having managed to get hold of an engineer on the phone, he said that he could see that we were fully paid til today but couldn't (or wouldn't?) turn us back on. He wouldn't give his name when asked and said that he could see that the 'customer loyalty section' had instructed it to be turned off. Has anyone heard the f**king likes of it?! Missed all the football, UFC, darts and movies over the weekend and could only send emails through my phone, which isn't ideal as I own an ecommerce business.

Bob Hoskins wrote: Trap junior wrote: What's an Android box? It's what Denis Erwin tries to get into every weekend at the local Discobot