New broadband prices from Eircom

Eircom has bumped up its DSL broadband speeds while cutting some of its prices. Its 1MB, 2MB, 3MB and 4MB products all rise by 1MB download speed (except for one package, which gets a 20 per cent price cut instead). Upload speeds have also doubled, albeit in most cases from a measly 128k to 256k. Its entry-level time-based broadband, much criticised by internet lobbies, stays at 1MB up and 128k down but drops to €20 per month. The new speeds and monthly prices are:

Speed                 Monthly cost
1MB (128k up):      €30
2MB (256k up):      €40
3MB (384k up):      €55
4MB (384k up):      €108
5MB (512k up):      €205