Warning: Eircom have halfed download caps

balkieb2002

kaizersoze wrote:

Your already wasting your money on that package.
BT are €57 for 2MB including line rental, 24GB cap and no minimum contract;)

I though the minimum contract was for 12months or am i mistaken?

Ste.phen

most minimum term contracts have a get out clause if they up the price or lower the service, eircom probabyl do somewhere

oneweb

It's a typo, the press release is for a new product. Home Plus stays at 16Gigs.
Customer who signed up after 1 April 2005 are tied to a 6 month contract.

Good grief, all it takes is one sap to cry wolf and the whole lot start flailing about with wild accusations and speculation. Gonzo, just call them and ask what package they have you down for, if it's the right one there could simply be an issue with the stats page.

kaizersoze

balkieb2002 wrote:

I though the minimum contract was for 12months or am i mistaken?

Your mistaken
The old offers were 12 months but not the new ones.
Click on the link to their FAQ's
http://www.esatbt.ie/echannel/res.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=res_products&residentialProducts_actionOverride=%2Fpageflows%2FresidentialContent%2Fproducts%2FbbFAQ#15

Sponge Bob

oneweb wrote:

It's a typo, the press release is for a new product. Home Plus stays at 16Gigs.

Which is why the press release calls the product " Home Plus "

The post Apr 1 6 Month Contract is a 6 Month Rolling Contract . If you do not end the contract on the last day of the 6th month or sooner it will be automatically renewed for another 6 months and you dont have to lift a finger . At the end of that 6 months it rolls again etc etc .

http://www.eircom.ie/bveircom/pdf/bb_tcs.pdf

section 3.1

Thats the standard T and C doc not the per product one by the way.

iano

Sponge Bob wrote:

The post Apr 1 6 Month Contract is a 6 Month Rolling Contract .

After the initial period of 6 months, the agreement can be terminated by 1 months written notice. (clause 7.2) so in effect its a 1-month rolling commitment.

Infini

K yet another eircom ripoff...

Everyone Jump ship to NTL!!!

Stalfos

Gonzo wrote:

I rang up and eircom told me that it's a typo and that the cap will stay at 16gigs for the homeplus package.

That gonzo, always causin a fuss over nothin

masteroftherealm

Hey seeing as everyone is raising hell bout caps here might as well ask, whats the deal when ya break eircoms cap. Some peolple are telling me they do nothing others the opposite?? So what do they actually do.. (i'm thinkin of getting the standard pack with the 8gb cap cause i'm broke!)

Mutant_Fruit

Bah, i'd say there was such an uproar that they decided it wouldn't be worth their asses to actually proceed with dropping the cap to 8gb.

Lets hope they drop their "Time" products as fast as they dropped that "upgrade".

Stevek101

Sponge Bob wrote:

Which is why the press release calls the product " Home Plus "

The post Apr 1 6 Month Contract is a 6 Month Rolling Contract . If you do not end the contract on the last day of the 6th month or sooner it will be automatically renewed for another 6 months and you dont have to lift a finger . At the end of that 6 months it rolls again etc etc .

http://www.eircom.ie/bveircom/pdf/bb_tcs.pdf

section 3.1

Thats the standard T and C doc not the per product one by the way.

More propaganda? If the contract is rolling then how come you can cancel at anytime after the first 12 months and not get charged?

oceanclub

People, I'm simply aghast that anyone is surprised by Eircom's behaviour. Anyone who signs up for an Eircom product by now, knowing their wretched behaviour and constant lying, deserves all they get.

P.

juliuspret

Well said.

Eicom tried and partially suceeded to screw me over many months ago.
Ditched their overpriced Plus package for the BT equiv. and never looked back.

Just heard their add for the €19.99 "Time" product....they'll absolutely clean up with greenhorn wannabee Broadband customers.
Damn if I didnt know better and after hearing that add...I would get it...aah!!!

StonedParadoX

heh
Hey seeing as everyone is raising hell bout caps here might as well ask, whats the deal when ya break eircoms cap. Some peolple are telling me they do nothing others the opposite?? So what do they actually do.. (i'm thinkin of getting the standard pack with the 8gb cap cause i'm broke!)

from what i heard eircom are gonna give u a notice 2 months in advance about that billing if u go over the cap limit

iv gone over the cap limit by about 20 gigs

i'd love to actually know what the truth is

StonedParadoX

heh
Hey seeing as everyone is raising hell bout caps here might as well ask, whats the deal when ya break eircoms cap. Some peolple are telling me they do nothing others the opposite?? So what do they actually do.. (i'm thinkin of getting the standard pack with the 8gb cap cause i'm broke!)

from what i heard eircom are gonna give u a notice 2 months in advance about that billing if u go over the cap limit

iv gone over the cap limit by about 20 gigs since thursday 2 weeks ago

i'd love to actually know what the truth is

juliuspret

StonedParadoX wrote:

heh
Hey seeing as everyone is raising hell bout caps here might as well ask, whats the deal when ya break eircoms cap. Some peolple are telling me they do nothing others the opposite?? So what do they actually do.. (i'm thinkin of getting the standard pack with the 8gb cap cause i'm broke!)

from what i heard eircom are gonna give u a notice 2 months in advance about that billing if u go over the cap limit

iv gone over the cap limit by about 20 gigs since thursday 2 weeks ago

i'd love to actually know what the truth is

How much have you downloaded so far this month then???
I'm at ~30GB on BT Broadband Plus though I'm not worried as I've broken the cap by varying amounts over the last 3/4 months and havent yet got a call from them.