As reported in my SBP column yesterday, Eircom today announces that it is upgrading its entry-level broadband packages to 8Mbs from now on.
1Mbs, 3Mbs and 7Mbs customers will be upgraded for free, if you're in the right area. Starts in Dublin, expanded to all cities by the end of the year (by which time UPC will have a 100Mbs product in place across its network). Here are the details (from its press release)...
Next Generation Broadband Product Details
Consumer Products
There are 3 consumer NGB products. Each product provides the same
speed of up to 8Mb and has varying download allowances designed to suit
individual customers’ online usage needs:
- NGB Up to 8Mb Basic (10Gb download allowance) €24.99 inc VAT
- NGB Up to 8Mb Regular (30Gb download allowance) €29.99 inc VAT
- NGB Up to 8Mb Advanced (Unlimited download allowance)
€39.82 inc VAT
Business Products
- Business Lite Next Generation (Up to 8Mb, 10Gb download allowance) €20.65 ex VAT
- Business Lite Plus Next Generation (Up to 8Mb, 30Gb
download allowance) €24.78 ex VAT
eircom has also dropped the price of excess usage charges
from €10.24 per Gigabyte to €2 per Gigabyte. To ensure no excessive broadband
bills are received there will be a monthly bill limit for broadband usage of €50
per month.
Next Generation Broadband rollout will be expanded to all major urban areas including Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford by the end of the year. Customers can find out more on www.eircom.net/ngb.
And its rubbish, I'd be surprised of more than 20% get an improved "experience", more like extra calls to tech support, which equals more money for Eircom ?? They cannot lose.
Posted by: L | May 18, 2010 at 01:13 PM
One today is worth two tomorrows.
Posted by: cheap jordans | November 09, 2010 at 06:39 AM