Broadband speed increases
Word (i.e. a post on the UTV newsgroups) has it that Eircom are upping the speed of wholesale broadband products on the 21st of January. The changes should be as follows:
> 1m/128k goes to 2m/256k
> 2m/128k goes to 3m/384k
> 3m/256k goes to 4m/384k
> 4m/256k goes to 5m/512k
I’ll have some of that! UTV, you had better increase your smelly 8 gig cap, and maybe while you’re at it, drop the ridiculous per megabyte fees for going over it. Magnet charge 50c/gigabyte over the cap which is fair. UTV charge about 11 EUROS per gigabyte.
UPDATE: From this thread at boards.ie - inside information from eircom apparently. They are finally upping the download caps to more realistic levels.
> 1m/128k goes to 2m/256k - Cap going from 8GB/month to 24GB
> 2m/128k goes to 3m/384k - Cap going from 16GB/month to 30GB
> 3m/256k goes to 4m/384k - Cap going from 20GB/month to 40GB
> 4m/256k goes to 5m/512k - Don’t think this was capped anyway, was it?
No change to the miserly “time” packages. You’re a sucker if you went for one of these anyway.
UTV, I’m looking at you now! Caps - sort it!
The Community At Large » Broadband speed increases 21st January? on January 12th, 2006
[...] Feckoff.net reports: Word (i.e. a post on the UTV newsgroups) has it that Eircom are upping the speed of wholesale broadband products on the 21st of January. The changes should be as follows: [...]
Michael O'Leary on January 12th, 2006
Holy Fuck 11 Euros? Thats crazy!!
Steve on January 12th, 2006
Its one point something cents per megabyte, so it adds up pretty damn fast.