What is a "normal" price for a monthly broadband bill? (1 Viewer)

[therealjohnny]

I use it for work and streaming TV and my bill is @60 a month

Is that a lot?

 

[rettucs]

I'd say sometimes. Right now with two of us working from home, two laptops and a PC & a few other devices connected it's not, but other times it'll be maxing out at 950 or so.

the upload being 30% of download is obviously bollox, but those numbers are still impressive.

 

[pete]

the upload being 30% of download is obviously bollox, but those numbers are still impressive.

it's sold as 1gig down 100 up - there's no 30% involved. Vm is 1gig/50

 

[rettucs]

it's sold as 1gig down 100 up - there's no 30% involved. Vm is 1gig/50

thats what the Eir lad told me. I kind of didn't believe him at the time, but he was insistent.

 

[pete]

just ran a Speedtest while connected to the work VPN - 425Mbps down and 77Mbps up from my armchair by the window.

Mental when you think back to the days of 10Mbps 10BASE-T LANs

 

[chris d]

Lazy dummy checking in.

240MB unlimited broadband
Virgin shitty TV horizon standard channels
Phone (not used)

€96 a month

Have been with them for years and dont do that ring up and threaten to cancel thing.

 

[pete]

Lazy dummy checking in.

240MB unlimited broadband
Virgin shitty TV horizon standard channels
Phone (not used)

€96 a month

Have been with them for years and dont do that ring up and threaten to cancel thing.

You should. They offered to knock 50 off our bill….

 

[ernesto]

Lazy dummy checking in.

240MB unlimited broadband
Virgin shitty TV horizon standard channels
Phone (not used)

€96 a month

Have been with them for years and dont do that ring up and threaten to cancel thing.

Getting rode etc etc

 

[pete]

I'd say sometimes. Right now with two of us working from home, two laptops and a PC & a few other devices connected it's not, but other times it'll be maxing out at 950 or so.

Just fyi on these results - I had QoS enabled so when I disable that again i’m getting 929/94

edit: just ran it now

 

[Space]

Lazy dummy checking in.

240MB unlimited broadband
Virgin shitty TV horizon standard channels
Phone (not used)

€96 a month

Have been with them for years and dont do that ring up and threaten to cancel thing.

Defo get it changed. You should get a better speed for less money but it does involve a phone call. I had internet and phone with them and changed to internet, with twice the speed, and no phone and it worked out cheaper than what I was paying previously.

 

[chris d]

Defo get it changed. You should get a better speed for less money but it does involve a phone call. I had internet and phone with them and changed to internet, with twice the speed, and no phone and it worked out cheaper than what I was paying previously.

I'm so rubbish at lying though.

"I want to cancel my subscription."
"Do you?"
"No, not really "

 

[Space]

I'm so rubbish at lying though.

"I want to cancel my subscription."
"Do you?"
"No, not really "

I didn't have to lie. Just got rid of the phone and changed the package I was on for a better speed.

 

[ann post]

Just fyi on these results - I had QoS enabled so when I disable that again i’m getting 929/94

edit: just ran it now

 

[pete]

I'm so rubbish at lying though.

"I want to cancel my subscription."
"Do you?"
"No, not really "

Get on to bonkers.ie and check everything

 

[pete]

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Thoughts and prayers.

 

[rettucs]

signed up for eir in mid-May. Scheduled installation for this week as I'm out of the country til later today. So, it came as a big surprise when I received an Eir bill for ~40 euro, despite not currently having a single service with them.

So, I called them fully ready for a fight, and fully ready to cancel the whole shooting match. I had the terms and conditions document beside me while in the queue to talk to a customer service agent.

They answered, I explained that I felt I shouldn't be getting billed as as I don't actually use anything from Eir, yet. The lady at the other end went, ok, thats disputed, it will take 7 days to resolve.

No fight was necessary. It was a minor pain in the hole having to ring them to get it sorted, and they've messed up a couple of times regarding installation appointments, but overall I'm impressed with how quickly they sort everything. I wonder will it be as quick once they have me locked in.....

I feel, weird.

 

[pete]

signed up for eir in mid-May. Scheduled installation for this week as I'm out of the country til later today. So, it came as a big surprise when I received an Eir bill for ~40 euro, despite not currently having a single service with them.

So, I called them fully ready for a fight, and fully ready to cancel the whole shooting match. I had the terms and conditions document beside me while in the queue to talk to a customer service agent.

They answered, I explained that I felt I shouldn't be getting billed as as I don't actually use anything from Eir, yet. The lady at the other end went, ok, thats disputed, it will take 7 days to resolve.

No fight was necessary. It was a minor pain in the hole having to ring them to get it sorted, and they've messed up a couple of times regarding installation appointments, but overall I'm impressed with how quickly they sort everything. I wonder will it be as quick once they have me locked in.....

I feel, weird.

They’ve been fine so far for me.

 

[rettucs]

Eir installed today. This is during working hours and a lot are working from home around me. I'll get more numbers later in the evening, but even these are impressive. 6 times better than I was getting with Virgin Media, even though the advertised bump should only be 2x

 

[pete]

Eir installed today. This is during working hours and a lot are working from home around me. I'll get more numbers later in the evening, but even these are impressive. 6 times better than I was getting with Virgin Media, even though the advertised bump should only be 2x


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I found that turning on QoS had quite a negative effect on the max download speed.

 

[Lili Marlene]

They're saying they'll connect us via the national broadband plan next April, although it wouldn't be the first time they've threatened us with a good time.

Even if it works I wonder how fast it'd be? The box will probably be way down the road, right? Getting this unholy speed on 4G Eir mobile broadband

 

[ann post]

They're saying they'll connect us via the national broadband plan next April, although it wouldn't be the first time they've threatened us with a good time.

Even if it works I wonder how fast it'd be? The box will probably be way down the road, right? Getting this unholy speed on 4G Eir mobile broadband

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Believe nothing till you see the contractors around the place. they just passed us here a week or two ago - they do a certain distance a day and hang the excess cable on telephone posts for the evening. now that they've put hardware in, we are being told september at the worst.