Looking for broadband only plan [Cork city]

If you have a landline number from EIR currently and you want to keep it - then keep it for now - but contact the Irish VoIP and get them to PORT THE NUMBER over to them.

In that way you will keep your landline number but pay a very low amount for the use.

(If you don't have any attachment to the number and just want a new number they can do that also)

Are you able to get FTTH or are you limited to FTTC?

There is no comparison between 4G mobile broadband and fibre-based Broadband such as FTTC or FTTH. Don't just compare download speeds. There are other parameters that are just as important for perfomance - particularly latency. Latency is particularly difficult to control on mobile networks when there are a lot of other users sharing the bandwidth. Even FTTC gives you a rock-steady latency of 6ms, while you could expect anything from 20ms-100ms or worse on 4G. This is a particular problem for certain applications - eg gaming, Zoom calls etc. Even if you find performance ok on mobile when you sign up, if you are locked in to a 24 month contract, it will likely deteriorate later when more users are on the network.

It is a mistake to assume that the landline phone is adding to the cost of your bundle. The infrastructure that costs money to build is the line (most of the cost is the duct that contains the line). The line is needed for Broadband, and once it is there it doesn't cost the provider significantly more to put a phone on it. Providers take the view that customers might occasionally use the phone if it is there, and if they do, then the provider makes more revenue from the calls. Even though most local calls are free, people who use the landline for calls are most likely to do so for international calls, even incoming - so that gives the provider an opportunity to earn extra revenue. Don't expect a discount for dropping the landline phone - as the provider is losing an opportunity to make additional revenue.

Instead, see if you can get an additional discount by adding other services to your bundle. Eir offer 5G SIM-only mobile service for €9.99pm, This is an extremely competitive price for mobile. If you add mobile(s) to your bundle, you will probably cut the cost vs your existing provider. Eir also offer TV for €9.99pm, so if you are paying another provider for TV service, this will almost certainly save you money. Also - eir don't advertise it, but you can do multi-room TV without paying any additional monthly fee, unlike the other TV providers - if you purchase your own Apple TV boxes outright for the extra rooms.

EIR- I'd rather listen to chalk being screeched across a blackboard than even talk with EIR