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BROADBAND PLATFORM
DSL Access (i-choice) ADSL Platform
DSL ACCESS (I-CHOICE)
Note: I-choice is now renamed to DSL Access The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) is the main telecom carrier in Cyprus, owned partly by the government, and until recently it had a monopoly of this sector. I-choice, recently renamed to DSL Access, is an ADSL Platform only. You will also need to buy a connection package from an Internet Service Provider. i-choice CoverageCYTA owns most of the telecom infrastructure in Cyprus and its ADSL service has the widest coverage. If you live in a rural area then i-choice is the only ADSL platform that might be available. To find out if i-choice is available in your area visit the i-choice coverage map and enter your telephone number in the input box at the lower left corner of the page. If you do not have a fixed phone yet, you can select your district in the map to see if your area is listed. Note: The above mentioned website will tell you whether the telephone exchange of your area is quipped with the necessary ADSL technology. This doesn't necessarily mean that ADSL will be available to you since this depends on other factors, such as the distance of your home from the telephone exchange and the quality of your telephone line. i-choice productsFor the i-choice platform there is a one time installation fee and a monthly rental fee. The installation can be done by CYTA or, in the case of home users, you may do a self installation by obtaining the necessary equipment and an installation guide from one of the cytashops available in all districts.
Internet Services Providers offering Internet connectivity over the i-choice platformThe table below lists all ISPs that offer ADSL services by utilizing CYTA's i-choice platform. A price comparison of some of the most popular products for home users is done here. Click on the name of an ISP to see more details as well as read and write reviews about them.
CytaVision (Digital TV)CytaVision (formerly known as Mivision) is the Digital TV option available to the subscribers of i-choice. Installation of CytaVision costs €98.24 and the monthly fee is an additional €23 (full pack) or €11.50 (Value Pack) added to your i-choice bill. By paying extra fees you can gain access to premium channels and movies on demand and play games with the included game-pad. i-choice CostsTo obtain the i-choice service a pre-requisite is to have at your premises a fixed phone line provided by CYTA. The cost of telephone connection with CYTA is €117.30 (once off) with a monthly subscription fee of €16.02. The other costs, for the i-choice platform and for the Internet Service Provider of your choice, are provided in the two tables above. Cost scenarios:
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I-CHOICE USER REVIEWSIf you have tried the i-choice platform by CYTA please write a review about your positive and/or negative experiences. If your review is based on past experiences please include the time period you have been using this service. Please post reviews about i-choice only, and not about any ISP (e.g. Cytanet) or another service. However feel free to compare i-choice with similar products of other companies. Please note that i-choice is an ADSL platform only. If you experienced Internet connectivity problems they might be due to your Internet Service Provider and not due to i-choice. Don't forget to cast your vote with your rating for i-choice. reviewer: English Squaddienovember 18 2009 11:01am I am so glad I have found this forum, somewhere to vent my anger at the pathetic excuse for a telecomms provider such as i-choice. 11
reviewer: falconcyfebruary 15 2010 10:01am I really don't get it, I'm surprised at the level of vitriol that is heaped on Cyta. 12
reviewer: cypriotfebruary 23 2010 10:59am 1. AN I SINDESI ITAN PIO ARGI ITAN NA PIENNE PISINI! 13
reviewer: cypriotfebruary 23 2010 11:05am I really don't get it, I'm surprised at the level of vitriol that is heaped on Cyta. I'm running a 2 meg home package and manage to do a substantial amount of torrent downloading as well as getting BBC/ITV iPlayer running fine through it. I play DDO with no real issues as well as the usual browsing etc. Download speeds are usually up to 230k/sec which is OK for this package. The odd disconnects are most likely down to having the upload set too high whilst seeding - my fault, not Cyta's. Support is certainly no worse than anything you'd get in the UK, at least it's local and certainly not some call centre in India. Explaining the problem effectively can also help you get to the right person and solve the issue. I support 2-way VSAT connections for a living. Lots of times we get people complaining of slow connections. In 90% of cases it's down to P2P, Viruses, bad configuration or simply too many users connected to an unsuitable package. It's so easy to point the finger at the provider. A friend was complaining of a slow connection and had put it down to Cyta. When I checked it out, their daughter was running Bitorrent and was seeding everything she'd ever downloaded in over a year. Funny how things speeded up the second I killed Bitorrent. In any connection, if you're hammering the upload, it will slow things down to a crawl. This is especially the case with multi-threaded processes like all the flavors of P2P. Maybe you are of the few lucky ones but from my experience, and in general(by asking others) the connection is really bad. No torrent downloading just trying to download a web-page and it's so annoying it's slow I feel like I own a 56k modem. Also I have tried Cablenet in my previous apartment and it was excellent! 14
reviewer: loiziaslmay 04 2010 08:38pm why everybody blame cyta? do you know why we dont have faster internet? because of primetel and cablenet, shakolas and mr foulis cyta when they brought dsl to cyprus they brought servers of milions of pounds to provide up to 20mb to the price of 16euros but then primetel and cablenet cry to eu and they put in charge a persons to control the competition and because cyta is a goverment company whatever the person who cheque the competinio say they do it. because if cyta was aloud to upgrade there systems mr shakolas and foulis was going to loose there money so now we stuck in this situation cyta has servers in there storage for 4 years now and they are not aloud to use them because primetel and cablenet mustprovide first the 20mb lines so cyta can provide 19mb lines so mr shakolas can have the first hand on competition. SO STOP BLAMING CYTA and blame some fools that they take money on white envelops. cyta try to avoid the person who control the competition by applying to eu court but this cases take long periods even 10 years they won the first court case last year and it was about the hsda on mobile phones thats why now we have high speed internet. thats the true so get used to it to have 4mb internet and when primetel and cable net will be able to provide 20mb internet then cyta will be able to provide 19mb 15
reviewer: Gambitmay 10 2010 07:18am Δεν γνωρίζω αν όντως η ΑΤΗΚ έχει πραγματοποιήσει η όχι τόσο μεγάλη επένδυση ή κατά πόσον έχει την δυνατότητα να παρέχει τις υπηρεσίες που αναφέρει ο loiziasl αλλά αυτό που αναφέρει όσων αφορά τον ανταγωνισμό είναι κοινή πρακτική σε όλες τις χώρες του κόσμου. 16
reviewer: stheodotouoctober 23 2010 08:57am CYTA is introducing upgrades as of 1st of January 2011. 512kbps will become 2Mbps, 1 to 3 etc.. 17
reviewer: koullisoctober 23 2010 10:52am pou to ides tuto? gia dekevri itan na ta kamun tora epian genari? 18
reviewer: paliometoxodecember 05 2010 11:39am egw potte den exw problimata me to internet mou ... th eonly bad is the huge price 50 euro for 4mbit. klefkoun mas.. alla me oti isp ise stin kypro etsi eni 19
reviewer: paliometoxodecember 05 2010 11:50am pou to ides tuto? gia dekevri itan na ta kamun tora epian genari? en kala pou lalei de ti mou eipan se email en en eipan pote... Quote Dear Mr. Grigoris,
Thank you for your e-mail. The speeds will be upgraded as it is showed in the below table with the montly price : Current ADSL Speed New Speed Montly Price for Adsl Access + Netrunner (included v.a.t) € 512Kbps/192Kpbs - 2000Mbps/512Kbps €26,45 1000Mbps/256Kbps - 3000Mbps/512Kbps €33,36 2000Mbps/384Kbps - 4000Mbps/512Kbps €43,70 4000Mbps/384Kbps - 8000Mbps/768Kbps €58,00 20
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