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I use it for work and streaming TV and my bill is @60 a month
Is that a lot?
Is that a lot?
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that's what I have. I don't pay for a TV package but I do stream stuff. I'm with Rural WiFi. It works really well, but just wondering if I'm paying too muchWe pay a little over 60/month for broadband and VOIP phone. One of these rural broadband packages. No tv
I'm getting 1000/100 eir FTTH + phone + TV for €65 a month
have to say that so far at least i'd have been getting faster downloads on the old virgin gigabit. the eir usually is 850-900mb+ whereas VM was consistently 950mb down. On balance it's worth it to get the 2xfaster upload speed, and it's also considerably cheaper - when i rang virgin they offered to knock 50 quid a month off our bill for 9 months but that was still more expensive than the eir deal. Also got a nice 4k apple tv box from eir as part of the package, although that's their equipment not ours.
I think that's pretty normal.
Eir guy called here yesterday trying to get me to switch from Virgin Media (400/40) to Eir (500/30% of 500 - he claimed) for 39.99 a month for 2 years, rising to 75 a month after that. This was broadband only. There were add-ons for TV and mobile but I've no interest.I'm getting 1000/100 eir FTTH + phone + TV for €65 a month
have to say that so far at least i'd have been getting faster downloads on the old virgin gigabit. the eir usually is 850-900mb+ whereas VM was consistently 950mb down. On balance it's worth it to get the 2xfaster upload speed, and it's also considerably cheaper - when i rang virgin they offered to knock 50 quid a month off our bill for 9 months but that was still more expensive than the eir deal. Also got a nice 4k apple tv box from eir as part of the package, although that's their equipment not ours.
Ah city living. I'd fucking love to have fiber to the house, VOIP voice quality is poor and the mobile signal here is terrible, so I can't really have a decent phone conversation with anyone these daysI'm getting 1000/100 eir FTTH + phone + TV for €65 a month
Eir guy called here yesterday trying to get me to switch from Virgin Media (400/40) to Eir (500/30% of 500 - he claimed) for 39.99 a month for 2 years, rising to 75 a month after that. This was broadband only. There were add-ons for TV and mobile but I've no interest.
I told him I wouldn't switch to Eir because of their bad customer service reputation. He claimed they've cleaned up their act and that I should check trustpilot if I didn't believe him. I didn't believe him so I checked trustpilot. Negative review after negative review.
Its a shame cos I was definitely interested in what he was offering.
Though not sure VM are much better when it comes to customer service. I wouldn't mind getting fully away from them.
Edit: What has your experience of Eir been like?
it's not the greatest selection of channels but it's got the handful i'd watch anyway. it's delivered as an Apple TV app and it's nice and fast etc.This seems like a decent price for tv pack included.
Eir's deal was, if you sign up for 2 years there is no installation or connection fee. Sign up for one year you get a discounted monthly rate but you have to pay installation/connection.other companies are resellers of eir, so usually if eir are offering a certain speed, vodafone will also offer this, for example.
yeah i went for the 2 year contract. A Man from KN turned up (on time) and did the fibre run through the duct, drilled a hole in my house with the longest drill bit in the world, and installed the ONT and router, all in about an hour and a half.Eir's deal was, if you sign up for 2 years there is no installation or connection fee. Sign up for one year you get a discounted monthly rate but you have to pay installation/connection.
You can also try it out for 2 weeks, no commitment, which I think I'll do after some travel I have planned next month.
are the speeds as advertised?yeah i went for the 2 year contract. A Man from KN turned up (on time) and did the fibre run through the duct, drilled a hole in my house with the longest drill bit in the world, and installed the ONT and router, all in about an hour and a half.
i then put the router into bridge mode (so i could use my mesh wifi network) and broke the phone service. BUT it turns out if you put a cheap switch in between the ONT and the eir router you can connect two routers and each will be assigned an eir IP, so i have the original eir router for the phone service, and my AX1800 for everything else and OneMesh wifi.
Only problem was having to set up the PPoE stuff manually and also configure it to use VLAN10 or else it can't connect.
Eir are a nightmare, judging by everyone i know who has had the misfortune of dealing with themEir guy called here yesterday trying to get me to switch from Virgin Media (400/40) to Eir (500/30% of 500 - he claimed) for 39.99 a month for 2 years, rising to 75 a month after that. This was broadband only. There were add-ons for TV and mobile but I've no interest.
I told him I wouldn't switch to Eir because of their bad customer service reputation. He claimed they've cleaned up their act and that I should check trustpilot if I didn't believe him. I didn't believe him so I checked trustpilot. Negative review after negative review.
Its a shame cos I was definitely interested in what he was offering.
Though not sure VM are much better when it comes to customer service. I wouldn't mind getting fully away from them.
Edit: What has your experience of Eir been like?
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