Digiweb SIRO 1000 mbps €10 pm for two months, then €55pm

TheBigEvil

Just saw this with Digiweb, limited time offer. I know they wont be in everyone's area, but it is a hell of a deal!

1,000mbps only 10 Euro per month for first two months, Then 55 Euro pm after that, which his till 30 Euro cheaper than it is currently as the 1,000mbps package is normally 85 Euro pm.

Link below:

https://www.digiweb.ie/product/electric-broadband-1000/

XVII

Looks very tasty. Currently paying 52.50 Virgin for standard 120/10. Is anyone with Digiweb at the moment, how are they? Last time was with them in 2005 or something, thought they don't exist anymore

btw: A once-off activation fee of €49 applies.

eurokev

XVII wrote:

Looks very tasty. Currently paying 52.50 Virgin for standard 120/10. Is anyone with Digiweb at the moment, how are they? Last time was with them in 2005 or something, thought they don't exist anymore

XVII wrote:

btw: A once-off activation fee of €49 applies.

I'm with them the last 4 months and find them great. No issues at all.

BTW if you recommend somebody to sign up both get €30 credit.

Anybody thinking of joining digiweb can pm me, and we can save a bit by passing on account numbers, if you want

Oat23

The only thing stopping me from swapping Virgin for SIRO is the cap. 1TB on a gigabit connection is absolutely ridiculous. You could use your monthly limit in a few hours if you tried.

For anyone who uses less than 1TB/month though it looks to be a great offer. I've heard positive feedback from my friends & neighbors who switched to SIRO with Vodafone here in Sligo.

TheBigEvil

XVII wrote: »

Looks very tasty. Currently paying 52.50 Virgin for standard 120/10. Is anyone with Digiweb at the moment, how are they? Last time was with them in 2005 or something, thought they don't exist anymore

btw: A once-off activation fee of €49 applies.

Yes, but if you take the phone package for €10pm extra, it is waived.

toby2111

Vodafone doing a SIRO deal, €25 for 6 months,€55 after that. Seems a slightly better deal than Digiweb.....if they're both 18 month contracts?If Digiweb is only 12,then its a better deal!

TheDriver

toby2111 wrote: »

Vodafone doing a SIRO deal, €25 for 6 months,€55 after that. Seems a slightly better deal than Digiweb.....if they're both 18 month contracts?If Digiweb is only 12,then its a better deal!

plus you get a much better modem.
The only good thing about vodafone is that the price in theory is locked in for 18 months whereas the digiweb one could rise after 12.

dingding

How do they get the fibre cable into the house. I have an underground cable from a cabinet outside and it is into the meter box. How do they bring the fibre in from the meter box / cabinet into the house.

Also the comparisn with Virgin is not completly accurate as for about 55 Euro you get a phone line with a lot of minutes including mobile minutes.

micks_address

TheDriver wrote: »

plus you get a much better modem.
The only good thing about vodafone is that the price in theory is locked in for 18 months whereas the digiweb one could rise after 12.

I've filled in the digweb form re service check but anyone know if it's available in lusk North County Dublin!

toby2111

Oat23 wrote: »

The only thing stopping me from swapping Virgin for SIRO is the cap. 1TB on a gigabit connection is absolutely ridiculous. You could use your monthly limit in a few hours if you tried.

Is 1TB low for an average user?On a gigabit connection,is data used up more quickly?

TheBigEvil

toby2111 wrote: »

Vodafone doing a SIRO deal, €25 for 6 months,€55 after that. Seems a slightly better deal than Digiweb.....if they're both 18 month contracts?If Digiweb is only 12,then its a better deal!

Digiweb is 12 months.

I'm paying €50 with SKY, and they still haven't announced their Siro launch date, so I'm seriously considering this.

toby2111

toby2111 wrote: »

Is 1TB low for an average user?On a gigabit connection,is data used up more quickly?

1TB will only be hit by extremely heavy users. I'm in a house with 5 people and ditched sky a couple of months ago, so using IPTV/Netflix/YouTube etc. Even with all streaming, we're not (quite) hitting 1TB/month.

Our main TV is 4k as well, so Netflix would stream at max bandwidth on that.

greasepalm

I had digiweb years ago but line of sight got killed as with high trees.

micks_address

Basil3 wrote: »

1TB will only be hit by extremely heavy users. I'm in a house with 5 people and ditched sky a couple of months ago, so using IPTV/Netflix/YouTube etc. Even with all streaming, we're not (quite) hitting 1TB/month.

Our main TV is 4k as well, so Netflix would stream at max bandwidth on that.

Not if you use any cloud based security cameras.. Could max out

TallGlass

Digiweb site says Dublin, but the thing is the SIRO checker says it's not available in my area.

It's great to see 1GB speeds starting to come to life in Ireland.

matchthis

Never thought I’d have to worry about a 1tb cap, but Christmas proved its possible. 5 of us in house and we all have at least iPads. I rarely watch tv at all so it’s all Netflix and 4od and the likes. Looking to move to sky as they don’t have a cap

Just good to know what happens when you hit the cap and how can it be monitored

v10

I have the 1GB (Siro) with Vodafone, great product, speeds don't drop at peak hours like fibre/dsl broadband and hasn't gone down once since installation back in January.

dingding

micks_address wrote: »

Not if you use any cloud based security cameras.. Could max out

I have a number of Nest cameras and they warn at high quality they could upload 300MB per month each. I would go 50% over on cameras alone.

dingding

dingding wrote: »

I have a number of Nest cameras and they warn at high quality they could upload 300MBGB per month each. I would go 50% over on cameras alone.

dingding

Deleted User wrote: »

Showing my age.

dingding

Deleted User wrote: »

Showing my age.

dingding

Billing period Downloaded Uploaded Total
07 Apr - 06 May 171.78 GB 504.50 GB 676.28 GB

With 5 nest cameras.

I would imagine most of the upload is the cameras.

Pique

Been with Digiweb 12 years. Letterkenny and they've consistently been the best value connection and bb + phone on normal fttc has been flawless. From 7mbps in 2006 to current 75mbps. Thought about gigabit but I don't need it. From customer service perspective I would have no qualms recommending them.

jsd1004

Pique wrote: »

Been with Digiweb 12 years. Letterkenny and they've consistently been the best value connection and bb + phone on normal fttc has been flawless. From 7mbps in 2006 to current 75mbps. Thought about gigabit but I don't need it. From customer service perspective I would have no qualms recommending them.

I have several digiweb accounts for last 10 years. No significant issues. If anyone wants account numbers for referral credit you can pm me.

Rainislove

I am using digiweb siro for 6 months. Its fantastic... If some one wishes for a referral code, PM...

go4it

micks_address wrote: »

I've filled in the digweb form re service check but anyone know if it's available in lusk North County Dublin!

check siro.ie/roll-out/#

1TB will do for the 'average user' for browsing and some light video streaming/yt/netflix

Depending on ping and latency , could be attractive for game players also

Unlimited is for the heavy downloaders : more people are waiting for the blueray/4k releases to be available for download to the personal movie database..

TerrorFirmer

I think to say 1TB is only suitable for 'light streamers' is madness.

We've 4K Netflix on in the house constantly and also somewhat regular downloading of large files and there's not a chance we'd hit 1TB a month.

I would say the only people who would need more than 1TB would be people who are downloading/uploading fairly abnormal amounts of data, anyone who does the usual streaming/some downloading/games/etc won't have to worry about it.

micks_address

go4it wrote: »

check siro.ie/roll-out/#

1TB will do for the 'average user' for browsing and some light video streaming/yt/netflix

Depending on ping and latency , could be attractive for game players also

Unlimited is for the heavy downloaders : more people are waiting for the blueray/4k releases to be available for download to the personal movie database..

Nest camera upload be my biggest usage

Oat23

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

I think to say 1TB is only suitable for 'light streamers' is madness.

We've 4K Netflix on in the house constantly and also somewhat regular downloading of large files and there's not a chance we'd hit 1TB a month.

I would say the only people who would need more than 1TB would be people who are downloading/uploading fairly abnormal amounts of data, anyone who does the usual streaming/some downloading/games/etc won't have to worry about it.

It depends on the bitrate of what you're streaming, not just the length of time it's running.

For example my IPTV runs the 1080p channels at 4500kbps. That's 2GB per hour and we have 4 boxes in the house.

The Plex server I use is loaded with blu ray remuxes and 4K remuxes. These are anywhere between 20GB and 60GB per movie but it tends to average around 40GB. 1 remux movie and lets say 5 hours of live tv across the 4 boxes is 50GB in a day or 1TB in 3 weeks.

That's before we even talk about browsing, youtube and all the other stuff that goes on.

1TB just isn't enough now and anyone who thinks it is really doesn't need gigabit internet.

Blazer

Can’t believe the 1tb cap.
On eircom’s 7meg dsl broadband myself and a mate were downloading over 600gb a month and that was back in 2007-2012.
On fiber now something like 60/15 and my usage is easily a 1tb as I have a plex server for streaming as well.
Add in iCloud backups every month as well as one drive and it all adds up.

TerrorFirmer

Having 4 high bitrate boxes in one household and streaming 40-60GB flawless movies is not even remotely indicative of an average user, to be even vaguely realistic about it.

4K Netflix uses a fraction of that and would be far more representative of a normal user.

You haven't really disputed my comment at all....which was that to say 1TB is only for light streaming is pretty mad.

I stream a lot of 4K netflix, download a lot of video files that would probably average about 8GB per file, as well as the usual browsing/gaming/youtube/whatever as part of a shared 360MB connection, and we're not hitting 1TB a month even factoring in other housemates who also watch Netflix/download.

Oat23

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Having 4 high bitrate boxes in one household and streaming 40-60GB flawless movies is not even remotely indicative of an average user, to be even vaguely realistic about it.

4K Netflix uses a fraction of that and would be far more representative of a normal user.

You haven't really disputed my comment at all....which was that to say 1TB is only for light streaming is pretty mad.

I stream a lot of 4K netflix, download a lot of video files that would probably average about 8GB per file, as well as the usual browsing/gaming/youtube/whatever as part of a shared 360MB connection, and we're not hitting 1TB a month even factoring in other housemates who also watch Netflix/download.

Never said it was indicative of the average user. I was showing how simple it is to go over a TB without even trying to by downloading huge files on a computer. Streaming uses a lot.

The whole point of gigabit internet is so you can download and upload large amounts of data quicker. If it was for people downloading a 250MB torrent of some TV show it would be pointless. On Virgin's 240MB internet that only takes about a minute as it is. Same story for Netflix 4k. It works perfectly on existing packages available from Eir, Virgin, Magnet and Sky. You don't need gigabit for it.

A 1TB cap is mad.

Fingers Mcginty

My alarm is tied in with my phone line. Do they disconnect the phone line completely when installing siro?

bertie4evr

We have a house of 5 with 2 very light internet users (Facebook, the very occasional Netflix, etc.) and 2 who stream video daily (But never 4K). The other just uses it for gaming. In the past 6 months, we haven't dipped below 1.3TB with the highest being 1.6TB.

Granted it's a big household and all that, but to say that 1TB is fine is a bit of a stretch if a house with 2 moderate internet users is hitting those numbers.

bertie4evr

bertie4evr wrote: »

We have a house of 5 with 2 very light internet users (Facebook, the very occasional Netflix, etc.) and 2 who stream video daily (But never 4K). The other just uses it for gaming. In the past 6 months, we haven't dipped below 1.3TB with the highest being 1.6TB.

Granted it's a big household and all that, but to say that 1TB is fine is a bit of a stretch if a house with 2 moderate internet users is hitting those numbers.

Even if the two 'heavy' users watched 3 hours of HD Netflix every single day, they'd only hit 600GB between them for the month. That's some serious work being put in there.

bertie4evr

Basil3 wrote: »

Even if the two 'heavy' users watched 3 hours of HD Netflix every single day, they'd only hit 600GB between them for the month. That's some serious work being put in there.

There’s not just Netflix YouTube being constantly streamed on consoles or tablets, YouTube Kids on the TV for hours, console and game updates in the GBs, phone and PC updates, online backups for all the phones, tablets and computers, FaceTime calls, countless Snapchat videos and of course IPTV streams which I forgot about. Edit: and it looks like Spotify just on my phone has used 5.3GB in the last 3 days...

Apart from the IPTV it’s safe to say that most families will have most of the above use cases.

Mountjoy Mugger

Basil3 wrote: »

Even if the two 'heavy' users watched 3 hours of HD Netflix every single day, they'd only hit 600GB between them for the month. That's some serious work being put in there.

3 hours of Netflix is bugger all.

monkeybutter

Oat23 wrote: »

It depends on the bitrate of what you're streaming, not just the length of time it's running.

For example my IPTV runs the 1080p channels at 4500kbps. That's 2GB per hour and we have 4 boxes in the house.

The Plex server I use is loaded with blu ray remuxes and 4K remuxes. These are anywhere between 20GB and 60GB per movie but it tends to average around 40GB. 1 remux movie and lets say 5 hours of live tv across the 4 boxes is 50GB in a day or 1TB in 3 weeks.

That's before we even talk about browsing, youtube and all the other stuff that goes on.

1TB just isn't enough now and anyone who thinks it is really doesn't need gigabit internet.

1tb is fine for most people they don't want you basically so that's why it's there

You could destroy the 1tb with 100m broadband in a couple of days, so that makes no difference

just recompress all the remuxes to HEVC and you'll stretch it to the 4weeks no bother

ED E

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

My alarm is tied in with my phone line. Do they disconnect the phone line completely when installing siro?

You'd be paying for two accounts to maintain the copper line. A Broadband account via SIRO and a POTS account via OpenEir. Wasting €30-40/mo.

You can route your alarm into the Digiweb modem and it'll work the same way except it won't be able to override an off the hook/in use phone.

Mountjoy Mugger

Mountjoy Mugger wrote: »

3 hours of Netflix is bugger all.

On top of having a job/life/family/hobbies?

I'm doing something wrong.

ED E

Regarding the cap look at the the snow in. Families that were surviving on 300GB limits blew threw 1TB over a 5 day period when everyone was stuck in. Many homes would be fine with the limit 9 months of the year but be crucified when the schools are off.

monkeybutter

ED E wrote: »

Regarding the cap look at the the snow in. Families that were surviving on 300GB limits blew threw 1TB over a 5 day period when everyone was stuck in. Many homes would be fine with the limit 9 months of the year but be crucified when the schools are off.

It's there to stop people likely Oaty23, from hogging all the burger bytes with his crippling p0rn habit

his 60g bluray remuxes to capture all the detail. Say no more

Oat23

monkeybutter wrote: »

It's there to stop people likely Oaty23, from hogging all the burger bytes with his crippling p0rn habit

his 60g bluray remuxes to capture all the detail. Say no more

We use around 2TB per month. There's nothing ridiculous about that these days.

I have a camera using around 150GB/month. I am always uploading files overnight for work and all of our media comes via streaming.

And yes. Please say no more as you're clearly a fruitcake.

TheValeyard

Oat23 wrote: »

The only thing stopping me from swapping Virgin for SIRO is the cap. 1TB on a gigabit connection is absolutely ridiculous. You could use your monthly limit in a few hours if you tried.

For anyone who uses less than 1TB/month though it looks to be a great offer. I've heard positive feedback from my friends & neighbors who switched to SIRO with Vodafone here in Sligo.

This is the only thing preventing me switching. I blow through a huge amount of Data from Steam, online gaming, streaming, work.

ED E

Last 31 days: 1.7TB.

Thats a slow month.

digiman

ED E wrote: »

Regarding the cap look at the the snow in. Families that were surviving on 300GB limits blew threw 1TB over a 5 day period when everyone was stuck in. Many homes would be fine with the limit 9 months of the year but be crucified when the schools are off.

Seriously that's just nonsense. How does a family who uses on average or 10GB a day suddenly go to 200GB a day because of some snow?

Look at the comreg quarterly report and you will see that average residents use less than 300GB per month.

It certainly something that heavy users need to consider but for 95% of people will be nowhere near the 1TB cap.

As a few have pointed out Nest cameras are the biggest consumer of your cap, I've got 2 and they are uploading around 500GB a month so I'm a bit concerned for the coming year that I will go over the limit but I still think it's unlikely I will and I genuinely feel that these caps will start to increase in the next 12 months also, as data caps will be more what people buy their broadband package on rather than just peak top speed in a similar way to how the mobile networks sell data today.

dingding

Lent my mobile hotspot to my sister and they used 20 GB in one day and they were complaining it was slow. What would they have downloaded normally

pm.

Called VF today and was told it's for new customers only.... I'm on the 300 meg package and wanted to upgrade to 1000meg but was told it would cost 90 per month

Pity they don't look after existing customers too

TheDriver

Air wire are offering it to existing customers

dingding

dingding wrote: »

Lent my mobile hotspot to my sister and they used 20 GB in one day and they were complaining it was slow. What would they have downloaded normally

Windows 10 Updates

dingding

NoDrama wrote: »

Windows 10 Updates

XBox games, 3 watching Netflix simultaneously.