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Vodafone home broadband 7mb offpeak package .. €48

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  • 06-08-2009 1:52pm
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    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭


    Including line rental .. it's not to shabby!

    60GB download limit
    Up to 672 Kbps upload speed
    No upload limit (unlike Digiweb)
    200 off-peak minutes free to 3 Vodafone Friends


    Anyone know if they are strict on the download cap ?

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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Your best bet is to ask Vodafone this :)
    Nobody here can tell you with 100% certainty that they will or will not charge you during the lifetime of your contract with them.


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    zod wrote: »
    Anyone know if they are strict on the download cap ?

    Yes. I don't see anything that special about this. Just another bundle.


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    snaps
    Registered Users Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    im certainly thinking of going for this.


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    #5
    therokerroar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭therokerroar


    Vodafone absolutely rape you on the download limit.


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    snaps
    Registered Users Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    therokerroar wrote: »
    Vodafone absolutely rape you on the download limit.

    What 60GB? Whats wrong with that, I thought that was good?


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    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,501 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    ditto, 60gb is a massive limit for nearly everyone bar very serious downloaders. Think they are setting up packages to get ready for all the BT switchover people


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    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    At the risk of hijacking zod's thread, anyone express an opinion on the actual quality of the fixed Vodafone service?

    Just looking at their packages now including a discount to their mobile phone customers they're offering for E35 a 3MB package including line rental with free off peak local and national calls, 200 off peak mins to any vf mobile, 40 GB download limit.

    Surely good value, equivelent Eircom setup is E56.


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    JohnDigital
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭JohnDigital


    Ive had it for a year now, no problems with it for me. On the 3Mb my cap was 30GB and I went over a couple of times but didn't get charged. I'm now moving to the 7Mb / 60Gb. I've never noticed any traffic shaping on it and I've regularly used 1/3 of my total cap in a single day.


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    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    JohnDigital wrote: »
    ... I've never noticed any traffic shaping on it and I've regularly used 1/3 of my total cap in a single day...

    Answers another question I didn't want to ask..


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    Bluefish
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Bluefish


    How do you find out your usage? it would be good to know when you are approaching your cap?


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    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,501 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    I changed from BT to vodafone and got a letter saying its max 10 days to get phone line changed and then 21 days max to get broadband activated. Surely the broadband connection would be simply transferred too or will I be without bb for a few days? confused!


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    TheDriver wrote: »
    I changed from BT to vodafone and got a letter saying its max 10 days to get phone line changed and then 21 days max to get broadband activated. Surely the broadband connection would be simply transferred too or will I be without bb for a few days? confused!

    There shouldn't be any delay. Once DSL is already active on your line, all you need is a username and password for the 2nd supplier. Everything else remains the same.


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    JohnDigital
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭JohnDigital


    Bluefish wrote: »
    How do you find out your usage? it would be good to know when you are approaching your cap?

    On vodafone.ie you can log into you account on the "My Vodafone At Home" section, I think you have to fill in some details to register for it the first time. It's got all your bills and usage stats since the beginning.


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    Bluefish
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Bluefish


    Cheers - John. Will try that out.


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    Abelloid
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Abelloid


    therokerroar wrote: »
    Vodafone absolutely rape you on the download limit.

    What do you mean by that? I've gone 18gigs over without noticing.


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    capal4321
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭capal4321


    to JohnDigital who said there is no traffic shaping. I believe there is by vodafone. how can I explain that my 3mb line goes down to 200kB/s whenever i start using astraweb? thanks, m


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    JohnDigital
    Registered Users Posts: 513 ✭✭✭JohnDigital


    I didn't say there wasn't any, I said I never noticed any.

    I use Vuse for Torrents and I use Rapidshare with a download manager, I get usually around 300-350kB/s which was the same as I got on Eircom for years. I don't use astraweb or any newsgroup stuff.

    You do know that your 3Mb/s connection is only capable of around 375kB/s download speed and depending on how many other users are online at the same time contention will reduce that further?


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    capal4321
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭capal4321


    John, thanks for clarifying. M


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