Finally broadband appears to have come down my road. All my neighbours around me have been able to to sign up for it through a range of different providers. When I tried to sign up with Perlico they told me that they couldnt provide broadband as the line needed to be upgraded and I needed to contact Eircom. Our house is new and our line was only connected about 6 months ago - although strangely, the first 3 digits of our telephone number is different to those of our neighbours. I thought that ability to get broadband was dependent upon exchange capability rather than individual lines. Has anybody come across this problem before, and if so, was it possible to resolve with with eircom?