Selecting a broadband supplier under NBI?

Eir are forcing NBI customers to the 1GB and 24 month contract while non NBI customers can avail of the cheaper 12months and 500mb contract. Vodadone can offer it though so it seems like a money grab, as unvoidable increases will occur in April and will still be in contract

I learned the hard way. NEVER sign up to anyone via door to door. Especially Eir. 2 year at 45 is bullshit. You have been taken for a ride.

Sky Offering 30p/m for 500mb. 12 month

Eir themselves offering 35p/m for 12 month contract.

Sky offering 1gb for 40p/m

Maybe if your getting 1gb it's not that bad, but do you definitely need 1gb?

Your calculations don't account for changing suppliers or negotiating for new contract with existing provider after 12 months. Why would you continue to pay 60p/m after contract is up?

When I input my eircode it gives me option for 500@ 12 mnths with eir. I'm in nbi area, nowhere near eirs own network area.

EDIT: seems the Eir 500mb 12 month option is only available through bonkers.

I have the same questions. I have just been told I can pre-order for NBI, though I am not sure what advantage there is in pre-ordering, it will be about 12 months according to previous information, for some reason they are not saying when connection is due now.

So there is a list of about 22 providers. One is Eir who completely lost me with their messing when I was last trying to close my account when I moved house. Vodafone is another that I have experience of, also messers to some extent but maybe not to Eir standards. The rest are a mystery. It t looks as though I have time to work through them and figure them out. To some extent the cost is slightly less important than efficient service that does not involve hours listening to phone music or inane ads when I try to contact them.

There have been Vodofone vans around the place, saw one a couple of times today. There have been numerous NBI vans around for the past 6 months or more, and rolls of cable attached to telegraph poles nearby. The last word was Jan to June of 2024 so presumably it will be on time for that.

Vodafone recently changed my phone 'contract' - its only me has the contract I think, they don't seem to be held by it - saying that in response to my agreement they were charging me a higher fee. Only a €5 but I was annoyed because I had had no notification. They tried to tell me that I had had a n email and messages but when I insisted I had not they checked it up and agreed that I had not. So they gave me some sort of amazing deal that meant I ended up continuing with my current charge for 12 months, then it will go up. Their argument was that since I had not responded to the email etc (that I didn't get) I was by default agreeing to them changing my contract.

The other smaller players all seem to be offering the same deal so its really just a matter of guessing which one looks most reliable, or has the prettiest logo or something.

It occurs to me that going through the list and omitting all the ones that are not actually in or near the area would be a good start, even though they claim to do the whole country.

Fibre from NBI replaces traditional copper landline. Copper will be phased out over coming years and likely operators won't supply you with copper in rural areas if you have fibre available.

Not correct, once your contract period has passed you can go where you want.

Just get onto your new service provider who will do the port over.

I presume the operator you spoke to thinks this is true. As its a common issue that sky are unable to port onto their system from any other provider.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058266271/fibre-switching-issue-vodafone-sky-nbi/p1

Thanks. Is that 30 a month for 12 months. It says 35 online. When you say calls is that for a landline?

By any chance could you pm me a picture of this card, maybe i could get in on this deal aswell lol!

This is more of a technical question, but it's about selecting an ISP on NBI, so I reckon it's better here than a new thread.

Does anybody know which, if any ISPs do NOT require PPPoE on NBI? I believe Eir can use DHCP/IPoE, but are there any others? I am considering Blacknight, but they use PPPoE.

This is not a deal-breaker or anything like it. I'm just curious if anyone knows.

Thanks for the info. As expected really.