Cyprus Broadband

I have been in Cyprus for about 5 years and need a high speed connection for my work. I started with multiple ISDN lines.

I went for MyVision went it arrived and really struggled to get it to work properly. Eventually Cyta rewired outside and I rewired inside and we managed to get a decent internet service but the TV often had problems. 

About six months ago cablenet announced they had wired up my location so I decided to give them a try whilst keeping a double CYTA ISDN line as backup. I went for the 2mb download and 512k upload option. I had quite a few problems with Cyta just getting them to disconnect me from Myvision/netrunner ...

The cablenet install was efficient but what impressed me most was the speed. On average I get 4% above the declared speed before accounting for TCP/IP overheads whilst with ADSL lines I was lucky to get 85% of declared speed. The TV quality is very good too.

There were problems however :-

To start with the modem needed rebooting every other day. A friend had the same issue too but after a few months they fixed it and I don't think I have rebooted since.

A few months ago two channels disappeared without warning or any communication - I think they must conflict with the new LTV channels - but not to say anything ?!

When I decided to ditch my ISDN and put the number through cablenet (which is free), in changing it, they accidently cut my rate down to 512k/128k. A couple of phone calls fixed it but ...

My view : They are far from perfect but having experienced most of the other providers they are the least frustrating. If you are lucky to be covered then cablenet is probably the best value for money and in my experience the most stable service at the moment.