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Broadband Pricing

  • 11-07-2005 8:48pm
    #1
    jonny68
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    Im just wondering if people think in time that the price of Broadband in this country will drop considerably?I pay €36 a month for IBB and i think it's vastly overpriced,i was with UTV before on a free trial and they were slightly cheaper but i didn't stay with them as they were looking for an installation fee whereas IBB done it for free, but my main gripe is the overall cost of Broadband in Ireland is way too high,but in time is it likely to go down?


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  • #2
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,581 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    i think the prices are okay, but not for the standard of product that the irish public are getting.


  • #3
    jonny68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭jonny68


    Cremo wrote:
    i think the prices are okay, but not for the standard of product that the irish public are getting.


    I don't,when you compare the pricing to the UK we are getting shafted,i know it's a bigger place and all that but you can get Broadband over there from as little as £15 a month,that's some saving on the €36 i pay with IBB,i agree with you though about the standard of product terrible.


  • #4
    AdMMM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


    It only appears that we are getting shafted pricewise with Britian on the surface. If you do some research you will find that a lot of the cheaper English BB products are heavily capped (2gb for example) and the majority are very strict on going over the cap.

    Granted there are a few excellent deals like Bulldog but I think that Ireland is actually okay as you get pretty good bang for your buck!


  • #5
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    Personally, i think we've just about reached a decent speed/price ratio at the moment. An increase in caps would make it better. The only thing is some ISP's (such as IBB) just aren't reliable, making the products a ripoff.

    If reliability could be maintained, then we'd be flying!


  • #6
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,876 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    im paying €15 p/m on NTL for 1mb. never any connection issues at all. has always worked perfect.


    /touches wood


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  • #7
    Marcopolo85
    Closed Accounts Posts: 330 ✭✭Marcopolo85


    The_B_Man wrote:
    im paying €15 p/m on NTL for 1mb. never any connection issues at all. has always worked perfect.


    /touches wood

    €15? Thought it was €25? :confused:


  • #8
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,876 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    nope! us lucky chappies in tallaght who were on the NTL dial up got a free bump up to the 300k cable for same price as the dial up when NTL withdrew the phone lines. then they upgraded their entry level speed from 300k to 1mb. simple.

    however, if u were to sign up to NTL now, as a non ex-dialup customer, u would pay the €25 quoted on their site.


  • #9
    zuma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭zuma


    The_B_Man wrote:
    nope! us lucky chappies in tallaght who were on the NTL dial up got a free bump up to the 300k cable for same price as the dial up when NTL withdrew the phone lines. then they upgraded their entry level speed from 300k to 1mb. simple.

    however, if u were to sign up to NTL now, as a non ex-dialup customer, u would pay the €25 quoted on their site.

    You officially have the cheapest broadband in Ireland!!!


  • #10
    jonny68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,531 ✭✭✭jonny68


    The_B_Man wrote:
    im paying €15 p/m on NTL for 1mb. never any connection issues at all. has always worked perfect.


    /touches wood

    Fcuk me that's for nothing you can count yourself lucky there,NTL don't have Broadband around my area (D7) if they did id certainly go with them(even though their customer service is an absolute joke)


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