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exceeding eircom quota/cap...

wheatln2 · 2007-12-27 09:39:37

howdy all. i'm almost up at the monthly broadband allowance basically due to it being christmas and having more time than usual. Anyway, say if it does get up yo 22 or 23 gigabytes out with a monthly cap of 20 gigabytes, what is the usual routine with Eircom? Do they impose a charge or just throttle traffic once you go…

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27-12-2007 10:39am

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wheatln2

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howdy all.
i'm almost up at the monthly broadband allowance basically due to it being christmas and having more time than usual.

Anyway, say if it does get up yo 22 or 23 gigabytes out with a monthly cap of 20 gigabytes, what is the usual routine with Eircom? Do they impose a charge or just throttle traffic once you go over it?

The eircom page says that:

Excess usage charge 1c (ex VAT) per MB (i)
If you exceed your download allowance, eircom do reserve the right to charge you for any additional usage for that given month. You can always check how much of your capacity you have used in a given month here www.broadbandsupport.eircom.net

Is this always the case? Thanks in advance.

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#2 27-12-2007 10:51am
robinph

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I've gone over my cap with them plenty of times in the past and have not been charged for it, admittedly not in the last couple of months though. Don't worry about it as no one has been charged yet.

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#3 27-12-2007 10:51am
Firetrap

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That question has been asked here before a few times. Nobody's ever been done for going over the cap or had their speeds throttled. They did write a letter to one guy who posted here because he was raping the system and going wayyyy over his cap every month and suggested he change to a different package. And he complained about it :eek:

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#4 27-12-2007 12:35pm
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