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Does eircom charge for exceeding

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  • 01-09-2005 1:29am
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    SqUEE
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭


    Ive gone over my limit and i blame it on the horrible checking page which is never updated!

    i've gone over by 1792 MB

    Assuming im charged 3 cent a meg thats 53 euros plus my monthy fee of 54 is 107.

    Ive heard some people dont get charged when they go over, can anyone shed some light on this?


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    #2
    astec123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭astec123


    If they charge you dont pay up and take it to court. You will win if they cant provide a working way of ensuring you dont go over. It is like having a credit card with a 1000 limit and they not stop you spending when maxedout.


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    juliuspret
    Closed Accounts Posts: 458 ✭✭juliuspret


    UTV charge and can get away with it legally because you are given the option to cut off the service when you have downloaded over your CAP.

    Such a service is not provided by eircom or BT and as such if they charge for overdownloading it is only for very extreme situations!!!

    I had eircoms 2 month trial a year ago and broke the CAP for each of the 3 months(1 full and 2 partial months) I was connected by 1-2GBytes a month!!!
    If you get charged by eircom for a measly 2GB overdownloading...most of the members of the broadband forum will go into shock, including myself.


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    SqUEE
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭SqUEE


    thanks very much for the info i'll let u know what happens


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    cgarvey
    Registered Users Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    If you're going to loosely throw out legald "advice" like that, can you at least back it up with something?


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    SqUEE
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭SqUEE


    well it seems i didnt get charged which is good :)


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    cgarvey
    Registered Users Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    They also have a discrepency in their excess charge. In their pricing PDFs they have 1.00c/min (presumably excluding VAT) in the regular BB pricing section, and on their website. However in the special offer pricing PDF, they have 3.00c/min. While there is a mention of the special offer pricing on their webpage, they still show 1.00c/min excess charge. Not that it matters if they don't charge people, I guess.


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    zuma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭zuma


    The less we speak of not getting charged for overdownloading the better as eircom must have a point, that when breached would push them to charge across the board like UTV.


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    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    It's just a tool they could use to prevent their networks from being swamped. In eircom and BT's case it's not exactly a problem as they've loads of backhaul capacity (even if their local networks are crap!)

    UTV and others may have problems with backhaul as they don't own their own networks so might be concerned about backhaul.


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    zuma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭zuma


    Solair wrote:
    It's just a tool they could use to prevent their networks from being swamped. In eircom and BT's case it's not exactly a problem as they've loads of backhaul capacity (even if their local networks are crap!)

    UTV and others may have problems with backhaul as they don't own their own networks so might be concerned about backhaul.

    Or else, UTV are a bunch of greedy $*((&Y$ who want to suck every cent they can from you once they trap you in one of their everlasting 12month contracts???

    I wonder if UTV charge their British customers for downloading over their CAP???


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