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BT ireland home deal

  • 25-08-2009 11:31am
    #1
    mehmeh12
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    quick question-for BT ireland on their third home broadband deal onhttp://www.btireland.ie/AtHome_bb.shtml how much GB is download-able under 'fair usage'?

    also are BT resellers of eircom? or do they operate independently?


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  • #2
    jgburke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭jgburke


    They have three different options with differnet usage allowances 10GB,30GB and unlimited, but subject to the fair usage policy which is not very clear.
    Word of warning I just moved to this service and instead of getting the 24MB promised ended up with a very slow 3MB connection.


  • #3
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    jgburke wrote: »
    They have three different options with differnet usage allowances 10GB,30GB and unlimited, but subject to the fair usage policy which is not very clear.
    Word of warning I just moved to this service and instead of getting the 24MB promised ended up with a very slow 3MB connection.

    What broadband ISP did you have before BT?


  • #4
    jgburke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭jgburke


    I was on UTV before not too bad, but wanted to upgrade to faster speed so that is why I went for BT and did not end up with a faster speed.


  • #5
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    jgburke wrote: »
    I was on UTV before not too bad, but wanted to upgrade to faster speed so that is why I went for BT and did not end up with a faster speed.

    Can you get smart telcom or chorus ntl in your area? Are you in South Dublin by any chance?


  • #6
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    mehmeh12 wrote: »
    quick question-for BT ireland on their third home broadband deal onhttp://www.btireland.ie/AtHome_bb.shtml
    how much GB is download-able under 'fair usage'?

    About 100gb of downloaded stuff is when they start to throttle you. They never cut off the access, just slow the speed right down to crawling for a week or so, then it'll go back to normal.


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  • #7
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    jenizzle wrote: »
    About 100gb of downloaded stuff is when they start to throttle you. They never cut off the access, just slow the speed right down to crawling for a week or so, then it'll go back to normal.

    100 GB a month? how do you know this for sure?


  • #8
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    Because I've done it a few times :pac:


  • #9
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    So 100 GB a month on a slow 3MB connection? hymm..not great but still better than the eircom home pro service i think.


  • #10
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    my connection wasn't 3mb - I was signed up to the 24mb package, it ran on average at about 11mb though.


  • #11
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    11MB @ 100GB a month..thats not too bad..only smart and upc can trump that.

    I take it you live in Dublin?

    Do BT care if you download a lot illegal stuff?


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  • #12
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    I used BT for a year. The service was throttled twice or three times. Some months we wouldn't be near the "fair usage" cap, other times we would be hitting 80gb+. Only ever rang them once to confirm we were getting throttled - only thing that was mentioned to me was that, yes, we were getting throttled and to just calm the downloading for a week or so and normal service would be resumed.

    I lived in Dun Laoghaire, apparently the house was right around the corner from the exchange, hence the nice speeds.


  • #13
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    Yeah i did that 24MB checker thing on the website and it turns out im on the Dun laoghaire exchange too. Though i live in the Blackrock area so it might not be as fast. Sigh.


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