Eircom 50 GB limit.

Sparticle

I just upgraded from an 8 mb/s unlimited usage package to a 12 mb/s package but have discovered that a 50 GB limit has appeared. Do Eircom charge if you go over this limit?

truedoom

found this after a quick google:

At the moment eircom do not charge any excess download charges on the standard broadband packages. Although eircom do reserve the right to charge as per the broadband terms and conditions - "to charge for exceeding the download allowance on a customers package". Effectively what that means is that a customer is free to exceed the download allowance without penalty.

So they can, but they generally don't.

ED E

Not true, they do apply the fees. We had them in the past before we escaped to UPC and somebody I know was hit with them only yesterday.

Michael D Not Higgins

It's usually determined by fair use. Most people won't have a problem but it's the small minority who tie up the bandwidth for other people that cause problems and ISPs tend to focus on that minority.

polaris68

We generally download ~100GB on a 50GB package and have not yet been charged for exceeding this limit.