Broadband switch deals

Appreciate that @OmegaGene I'll stick with this plan then, thanks.

Have you switched to your wife for a new account?

Mine is up as well and considering doing this.

I assumed the same. Or that they want to retire old cabinet, because fibre finally came to the village and they also offering wireless broadband.

Just wanted to warn OP about potential danger of getting disconnected and trying get reconnect again under new name.

You do send back the router usually.

You were robbed. 1gb is only 30 euro online with sky😃

But 50 is also the online price for the package.

I need to call eir tomorrow and cancel. I'm out of contract. It's not normal for me to be late cancelling but it's been a busy month.

If you're out of contract just move to another provider they'll handle the switch for you no need to contact Eir.

You might do depending on the service. If your new provider is phoneline as VOIP you you connect your phone line in the back of the router and the other provider then might be more traditional so you connect into the socket on the wall then the Engineer does need to go to the cabinet. This happened to me twice when moving between providers, certainly did anyway with a Vodafone connection and then when leaving.

with Sky and contract up mid sept- i was already on to them and they said call closer to the time.

options

Eir- poor feedback on here but was with them previously and not too bad

VF - pricier than other two but ok service

ideally would like 1GB FTTH as i have Sky "up to 500mb" FTTH atm

Been with eir 6 years in this house. Never an issue. Any time an optics cable broke due to vibration from tractors at the house they had someone out in 24 hours.

new customers get it for 30 though.

Out of contract with VF on 20 Aug. On €35pm for 500mb which increased to €40.70 in Apri due to inflation based increase on the original €75pm contract...what a swizz!

Will only offer €35pm for 1st 6 months and €45 per month thereafter on renewal so tempted to switch to Eir or Sky as the saving would contribute to the cost of my overpriced new detailing products just purchased😄

As I've rolled over VF contract the last couple of years can I check if there is a potential of downtime when moving provider and will I receive a new router by post and have to return the VF one? Being a qualified tech luddite, I'm always fearful of messing with routers as my OH would shoot me first and ask questions after if I messed with her ability to wfh

Just FYI, I'm with Eir the last few years and rang them this morning, as my contract is up soon - having seen what a couple of people had said about them being unprepared to offer their Switcher deals to existing customers, I fully expected to be cancelling - sure enough, they told me the best they could do was €70 (500mb plus two mobiles) on a 24-month contract (which would mean two price hikes in April 2025 & 2026).

I told them to cancel, citing the €30 1gb deal with Sky, and the fact that GoMo or 48 had comparable phone plans for €15p.m. on a rolling contract, so they were not at the races, in terms of price or contract duration.

When I ended up with the cancellation team, they offered to up me to the 1gb (€40pm), plus the two mobiles (€10x2), and a 12- or 24-month contract. I am putting the outcome down to the fact that I specifically told them what offers I was moving to and then they matched them, coincidentally on terms equivalent to their own new business offers!

Edit: I see you've posted since and you got a slightly better deal than I did, dammit 😅

not bad,can you confirm the speeds with ookla etc? i have "up to" 500mb FTTH realistically half that absolute Max.

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It works to do a transfer, you need to give the new provider your siro/eir/whoever account number. It'll be in a similar place as your customer account number on your bill probably.

That's on my sky bill for example, the middle one is what i used to switch to them from Vodafone siro. SISK i think it starts with and numbers.

Currently with Pure, just entered last 30 days of my minimum term. Their retention offer was new 18 month contract with 6 months at €35 and remainder at €50.

I won't be staying, I'll likely go with Sky again as their €30pm offer is best I can find currently. The perpetual game of musical chairs because Telco's allocate more to new customer offers than to retention is bloody exhausting. Same with other utility providers too TBF. Customers have to stay on top of their offer terms & periods.

Thank feck for Google calendar and task reminders 😉

If they'd offered me that? I'd have happily stayed and I told them as much. Their retention offer to me was as I mentioned, 18mths with 6 at €35 & 12 at €50. I'm not going to bother following up, better deals out there without having to chase them.

thanks for above!

VF offer 30 for first 6 months and 40 for the next 6 for up to 500mb.

interestingly they give a free upgrade to 1gb.

i think this is where i will be going.

For anyone who switched to Vodafone, does the yearly April price increase still apply during the initial 12 month contract? If so is it easy to get them to remove it?

I'm in my third renewal year with them @35pm, 35pm and now 30pm. Never had any increase applied.

Had a look on switcher.ie and am not clear why Eir only provides 1gb 24 month contract in area. Looking at options it appears Virgin Media at €35pm for 12 months plus €100 oneforall voucher seems to be the best deal.