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Eircom Dublin Surcharges now 'up to' €41 a month or 460%

  • 02-04-2010 11:58pm
    #1
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭


    eircom have a nominal price for BB as part of a bundle and the excess charges kick in in Dublin if you exceed the caps associated with these nominal prices.

    In Dublin most eircom customers are now in a bundle of 3mbit, typically. but many are in 1mbit bundles. These guys are in for a nasty shock!!! Thank feck this expensive old NGB crap is being tried out in Dublin first :D

    They are as follows.

    1. 1mbit costs as little as €8.97 and you can be surcharged up to €41.02 in a month or 460%.
    2. 3mbit costs as little as €13.94 and you can be surcharged up to €36.05 in a month or 260%
    3. 7mbit costs as little as €23.90 and you can be surcharged up to €26.09 in a month or 110%

    All surcharges calculated from eircoms new packages clearly detailed here.

    http://www.eircom.net/broadband/products/


Comments

  • #2
    Caliden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,982 ✭✭✭Caliden


    Is it only dublin users that see this?

    Reason I'm asking is that the past month I've downloaded so much more compared to other months and I fear for the safety of my wallet


  • #3
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Only in Dublin right now. Galway is not due to get the 8mbit reprofilling before August but for some reason Casltebar is.


  • #4
    Willbbz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭Willbbz


    Seen this posted in a thread last night. Honestly can't wait for the 8mb but hope they'll still turn a blind eye to my mass downloading ;)
    But this is very unlikely. Goodbye 1024kbps


  • #5
    Nichololas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Nichololas


    I am so glad I switched to NTL a few weeks ago. -_-


  • #6
    tom_ass19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭tom_ass19


    Yeah just rub it in to the people who's only choice is eircom :P


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  • #7
    Joseph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭Joseph


    Will this apply to the areas in dublin that doesnt have NGB?


  • #8
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,243 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    With widespread access to NTL/UPC in Dublin, I cannot understand why anyone in their right mind would stay with eircom.


  • #9
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Deaddude wrote: »
    Will this apply to the areas in dublin that doesnt have NGB?

    No.

    The affluent 'DORT' type areas are largely where this has been rolled out to date and the bills will arrive in April and May and that is when the real fun starts.

    There is a map on the NGB site. Best keep an eye on that map.


  • #10
    iMax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭iMax


    spurious wrote: »
    With widespread access to NTL/UPC in Dublin, I cannot understand why anyone in their right mind would stay with eircom.

    The very minute I hear I can avail of UPC BB, I'm on it. Was very tempted by the eircom offer, but have heard that my area is supposed to be upgraded by UPC within the next month of so, so until then, I'm gonna stick with my 2mb connection that I've been paying through the nose for, for the past five years (to BT & now Voda).


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