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"Coverage in Northern Ireland was particularly bad..."
Rub salt in an open wound, why don't you </grump>
I'm on 2Mbps over here, living about 2.5 miles outside a Northern Ireland town. I was recently overjoyed at taking delivery on a nice piece of IT kit, before finding out that the associated software would take SIX DAYS to download. Best case, with 100% utilisation of my connection.
It's a sodding joke, it really is. I'm tempted to set up a business that has shops in local town centres with popular packages pre-downloaded and stored on-site. Come in with a USB key, select a package, show proof you've already paid for it, copy over USB3 and take away. Minor charge taken for provision of service.