Cyprus Broadband Forum

Hi guys,

Can you recommend a broadband connection for Amathoundos Ave, Limassol which is
basically near the Grand Resort Hotel (used to be called Hawaii Beach Hotel).

After reading reviews cablenet seem the best bet for me but they only seem to serve mesa geitonia in limassol?

I'm after a "reliable" broadband service with a minimum of 2mbps down and 512k up and no traffic shapping or high contention ratio.
I have done a bit of reading and it seems all the ADSL providers traffic shape and don't offer a good contention ratio.

Does anyone know the max speed available in this area?

Go for the Cablenet package strictly recommended

Possibly the only platform available in your area is DSL Access (i-choice).

Cablenet is not available. You can check if PrimeTel is by entering your phone number at their website ( http://www.primehome.com/main/default.aspx ) but I am almost certain they do not cover the area near Grand Resort. So i-choice will be your only option.

Assuming that you do not want to get a business connection, which is way more expensive, then 512K up is not available. The speeds available are 2Mbit or 4Mbit down, and 384Kb up.

The best deal would be combining I-choice with Otenet 2Mbit package. If you don't mind to pay more then you can have a look at the 4mbit packages by Wavespeed and Netway. 

Thanks for the advice admin and efrem.

Looks like I wont be getting an office there then. Instead I will look at mesa geitonia as I thought i would have to.
Cablenet seem the only sensible-ish priced and reliable ISP on the island.

Oh and another question for you people who use cablenet. What Router are you using?
I guess cable net provide you with a cable modem with which you can bridge your own router to? correct?

I need something with QOS for VOIP so I was thinking about one of the new Draytek's...

Cablenet provides    ARRIS Touchstone TM502B is has only one Ethernet port so I use my own Linksys WRT54GC router. If you want QoS go for the expensive Linksys one's there are more efficient.

So is this right?

If I was to go down the cyta route I would need:
Cyta Self installation 39.30 - does it include a telephone line or is that just purely for the broadband connection?
cyta i-choice Home2000 2Mbps/384kbps for €25.30 a month
OTE-NET 2Mbps / 384Kbps for €16.56 a month

making 41.86 Euros a month for a 2mbps connection?

That is right.

But the telephone line is not included in that cost.

The installation of a phone line (if it is not installed already) is about 100 Euro, and then you will have to pay 16 euro per month for it.

So the total for the "2 Play" (Telephony+Internet) Service would be  €25.30 + €16.56 + €16.02 = €57.88

if you have the option stay away from Cyta. Go for Otenet or PrimeTel package  as they do not include monthly line rental fee

He will have to pay the Telephone line fee anyways, but instead of paying it to Cyta he would be paying it to Otenet or Primetel.

With Cyta + Otenet (ISP) he would be paying €57.88 for the 2Mbps / 384Kbps connection.

The 2Mbps / 512Kbps Telephony + Internet by Primetel is €59 and with Otenet is €70.70.

So actually he would be paying more, not less, but he would gain a bit of upload (512Kbps instead of 384Kbps)

back with another question..

How long does it typically take cyta to reactivate an existing phone line and put broadband on it?

I don't want to go with cyta or primetel really; but it is so difficult to find an area cablenet cover in limassol...

couple of days if you going with cyta. about 5 days if your going otenet or other isp