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do eircom charge for overuse??

  • 09-05-2006 6:14pm
    #1
    techguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I am on the €30 pm eircom BB package. I think the cap is 20GB and was wondering do they actually charge if you go over or what and what exactly do they charge? I'm just after setting up an easynews account and I feel I am going to go over this month..

    Also, I just signed up to easynews but I can't logon yet? Whats up there? I have checked my credit card it has been billed...BTW its a 3V card does this make any difference??

    Thanks,
    Hakko


Comments

  • #2
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    you wont be billed however they have full rights to bill you for it


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Some providers don't charge anything just throttle your speed to 64 or 128 till your transfer over last 30 days is below cap.

    Others charge punitive amounts of money, esp mobile phone based internet access over cap.


  • #4
    zuma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭zuma


    How much are you alocated to download on the easynews account?

    When has eircom ever throllted the connection?


  • #5
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    I don't think anyone suggested that Eircom Throttled. I think on the whole they perfer charging more :)


  • #6
    Thorbar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭Thorbar


    Any reported cases of Eircom or any other ISP actually charging for over use?


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  • #7
    zuma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭zuma


    Eircom do charge once in a while and UTV will charge for every single MBytes overdownlaoded....while BT have been known to disconnect your DSL until the start of the following month.


  • #8
    Thorbar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭Thorbar


    Well I've consistantly gone around 300 gigs a month with bt for the last 4 months and I've had no problems.


  • #9
    zuma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭zuma


    Thorbar wrote:
    Well I've consistantly gone around 300 gigs a month with bt for the last 4 months and I've had no problems.

    WTF!

    Im a heavy downloader and can sometimes break 100GB....but 300GB is an insane amount of data for a home user!


  • #10
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Thorbar wrote:
    Well I've consistantly gone around 300 gigs a month with bt for the last 4 months and I've had no problems.

    /Takes out notepad and pencel and asks: Name, user name etc etc ... :D


  • #11
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    They have been known to charge but it was for stuff like home basic dsl package in an internet cafe .


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  • #12
    Thorbar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭Thorbar


    MunsterCycling wrote:
    /Takes out notepad and pencel and asks: Name, user name etc etc ... :D

    Heh I was wondering if there would be any BT admins lurking.


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