Eircom about to launch new DSL product , only €930 a month incl VAT

spongebob

It is in this 200k PDF file Here on page 25 , 1024/256 and uncapped as one would hope for at €930 a month.

I'm sure all the lines will pass the test first time

M

bizmark

cant wait to sign up to that service! :rolleyes:

CyberGhost

€930 a month!!!? are they fking crazy?

Tazzle

Is that including VAT?

PHB

I get that for rougly 40 euro a month.
They really havn't got a clue have they.

the_syco

YO MEAN THEY (€IRCELL) FOUND A WAY TO CAP IT?

Chowley

That is actually hilarious, they never cease to amaze me with their supidity.LMFAO

crowbar

did any of you actually read the document before posting?

€930 inc vat for a temporary 1024/256 uncapped i-stream connection for up to one month, and includes wiring from the nearest eircom socket to wherever you need it. obviously not aimed at the consumer market, more for a conference or exhibition at the rds or something. the equivalent long-term service would cost you €165 + 12 x €169 = €2193 (12 month minimum contract). still, point taken, €930 is expensive, but for completely different reasons to any of the ones made in this thread so far ...

sReq | uTeK

Granted they may be trying to provide something for pure convienience but still who in the right mind would be ****ing stupid enough to pay that sorta money for a ****ing connection any were they wanted it ?

crowbar

if you were organising a networking conference at the rds that went for a week and you need to provide bb internet there for the duration of the conference, then, assuming you have decided to go with eircom, what do you do?

a) buy temporary i-stream for the week, for €930
b) buy a 12 month minimum contract i-stream enhanced, for a total of €2653 over 12 months (forgot to add VAT in my last post)
c) get isdn dial-up internet for $$ + call costs
d) get a leased line for $$$$

as you have no interest in having the line after your conference is over, you would definitely go for the temporary i-stream link. but at that price i would start to wonder whether other bb types such as microwave would end up cheaper.

Meadows

oh please
crowbar are you an eircom employee or something or possibly you bought an awful lot of shares

nobody can back up that price
Eircoms a joke

Eircom is the result of some mystical curse that was give to Ireland by some evil restless sprit and will continue to punish us and make our lives hell until the end of time.

I would love to turn on the telly tomorrow and hear that Eircom and filed for liquidation and that the evil force keeping eircom alive has returned to hell

bugler

I think Crowbar is just not jumping on the bandwagon.

I have no idea what other short-term solutions are available in this market area so I can't comment on how expensive the price is by comparison. However, Crowbar is right, almost everyone on this thread is just jumping on the figure of €930 a month and thinking 'OMG How could anyone keep paying that?'

Someone will, and why? Because it's a once off expenditure, and as already pointed out, for short-term solutions none of the other products may be suitable or appropriate. As I said already, I have no idea how the price compares to any other possible solutions, so I can't comment on value.

Now don't let me distract you from your hysterical rant, but try not to give people who are a little more rational than yourself grief when they don't play along.

Meadows

oh god not another Eircom employee who thinks a grand a month is ok. You would be better off signing up for broadband and then getting the number changed to a different location and then changed back again. Thats what we let people do here in AOL at no charge to the customer.

bugler

I see. And what if you don't want the BB for longer than a month at all? What if you are acting on behalf of a client who won't even be in the country for a month?

MrPinK

oh god not another Eircom employee who thinks a grand a month is ok. You would be better off signing up for broadband and then getting the number changed to a different location and then changed back again

That makes no sence at all. If you only need the connection for a month the why the hell would you get the number changed to a different location? You'll end up paying more for a service you don't need. It's not ment to be a grand every month, it's ment to be a once of payment

Meadows

that price is too high, a good example of where Eircom charge what they like because they can.

MrPinK

It includes laying down wiring to any location. Do you know how much that costs? Cause I don't have a clue. Then you have the costs of enabling the line at the exchange. I'm sure eircom will have a nice profit margin on it, but it's not like they're just giving an engineer €30 to flip a switch and sticking the other €900 in their pockets.

Meadows

if thats true then it aint so bad. Laying down a line can be costly. But are you sure they do that included in the price. Dont be too shocked if its a letdown and has hidden costs, it is Eircom after all.

MrPinK

From the document, "without internal wiring €579.18"

I'd say they make as much money from it as a normal 1Mb line does in 3 or 4 months

Cabaal

Originally posted by Muck
It is in this 200k PDF file Here on page 25 , 1024/256 and uncapped as one would hope for at €930 a month.

I'm sure all the lines will pass the test first time

M

Oh dear god this is the funniest thing I've EVER seen, to be honest Eircom need a serious kicking!

This is crazy...

El_MUERkO

Could you not get 2 phone lines and netsource SME on both of them?

Stormfox1020

Hold on does that mean even tho ur exchange isnt enabled, they will come and activated it for you anyway? Jesus christ its like a frigin Bribe, **** those Eircom **** but i have no other choice

crowbar

Originally posted by El_MUERkO
Could you not get 2 phone lines and netsource SME on both of them?

now that is a good idea.

you would still be up for underlying eircom exchange line rental though, so you can't quite get away from the rat. actually, it seems that the temporary line needs one too. is line rental under a 12 month minimum contract too? i've never had to relocate a line within 12 months.

Originally posted by Stormfox1020
Hold on does that mean even tho ur exchange isnt enabled, they will come and activated it for you anyway?

no, they say in the footnotes that the service is offered 'at regular venues (list available on request)' only. so presumably that means enabled exchanges. i would have thought it costs a lot more than the one €930 order to activate an exchange.

btw meadows: i don't work for the rat, never have, and i don't have any eircom shares. (thanks bugler) i have just had to order stuff like this before and know well that bean counters prefer fixed costs in their budgets. obviously i'm not a very good jumper