Esat No Limits

Jake303 · 03-09-2003 4:37am #1

Have just cut me off!
But I still owe em a few bob so its not so bad!:D

What other reasonable packages are on the market at the moment?

I live in Wicklow and theres no broadband yet so thats out of the question!

What are Eircoms packages like at the moment, is there any other options to Eircom and BT Esat?

Many thanks in advance

bk · 03-09-2003 8:00am

What do you mean Esat havecut you off?

Other options you have are:

Esat/IOL Anytime - 180 hours per month 24/7 for e30

UTV XL - 180 hours per month 24/7 for e25 (you need to also take UTV's phone service to get this, not a bad thing, their phone service is a lot cheaper then Eircom).

corkie · 03-09-2003 9:03am

Hi Jake303,

Why did Esat cut you off "SNL". Is it because they are no longer providing the service or because you didn't make the payments.

Anyway their is comparison of the "Dialup Flat Rate" products now available here

Cabaal · 03-09-2003 2:57pm

Originally posted by Jake303

What are Eircoms packages like at the moment, is there any other options to Eircom and BT Esat?

Don't even go near Eircom with the longest pole in the world!!!

Yes UTV now have a package available more info available @ www.u.tv

Esat and UTV are your best bet

Shamo · 03-09-2003 7:38pm

Did they give you any reason for cutting you off?

I'm on NoLimits too but I haven't been cut of (yet!).

Urban Weigl · 03-09-2003 10:11pm

I have not been cut off either. Is it possible you were cut off because you didn't pay?

I ask as you mention you owe them money...

Moriarty · 03-09-2003 10:37pm

When i spoke to esat about something a week or two ago they said that no limits will be continued. I suspect its because you didnt pay your bill.

ElNino · 04-09-2003 12:30am

Originally posted by Moriarty
When i spoke to esat about something a week or two ago they said that no limits will be continued.

Ditto although I have now switched to Anytime as it suits me to have internet access available during the day when I am home.

EyesOnly · 04-09-2003 5:11pm

Are they still accepting accounts as im thinking of getting 64k isdn.
i put it of for ages because i thought they weren't

^whitey^ · 04-09-2003 5:27pm

AFAIK you can't use ISDN with No-Limits.

Tried to get it in the house before , had the modem bought engineeers out to the house only to discover we couldn't use it with No-Limits.

That was 2 or 3 years ago though so it might have changed.

phobos · 04-09-2003 5:40pm

Yep you can't use ISDN with NoLimits.

http://iiu.taint.org/details/offpeakunmeteredisps.html

But I'm not too sure how up to date my source (above) is either, so things could have changed. But I doubt it, considering they are doing their best to phase people from that service ot IOL Anytime.

;-phobos-)

sceptre · 04-09-2003 5:40pm

Originally posted by TheRealEyesOnly
Are they still accepting accounts as im thinking of getting 64k isdn.

No new NoLimits accounts have been set up in the last 30 months. Out of luck on that front I'm afraid.

It works with ISDN now apparently according to a few users (since round about when NetSmart started), last I heard it wasn't officially /supported/ on NoLimits though.

Anytime, UTV and the new Eircom offer support ISDN (Eircom's product will support it using both channels though your allowance will get used up twice as fast giving you half the time allowance though)

Moriarty · 04-09-2003 6:37pm

isdn has worked with nolimits for the past year or so. The same account can be used for either 56k modem or 64k single channel isdn. Im using isdn on nolimits myself, and its working perfectly litterly >99.9% of the time.

tuxy · 04-09-2003 6:47pm

iv noticed im able to connect to nolimits using isdn and 56k at the same time hmmm

Urban Weigl · 04-09-2003 7:09pm

Originally posted by ^whitey^
AFAIK you can't use ISDN with No-Limits.

I think that used to be the case last year, but NoLimits fully supports ISDN now. Before I got satellite, I was using NoLimits with ISDN for 6 months, clocking up an average of up to 500 hours a month (some of it during the day so they made money there at least).

oeNeo · 04-09-2003 9:51pm

Just echoing that NoLimits does work with ISDN: (DialUp) EsatNoLimits via ISDNLink-00-Line01 @ 64Kb/s for 40m 26s (1.28MB up, 15.88MB down)

Jake303 · 05-09-2003 2:58am

Originally posted by Urban Weigl
I have not been cut off either. Is it possible you were cut off because you didn't pay? I ask as you mention you owe them money...

Well yes and no!

I set up a direct debit account ages ago, but for some reason they screwed up on their end and the debit wouldnt work so I ended up paying them about a year later 400ish I think by credit card!
They still didnt sort it out and then about 8 months later I gave them another lump sum for that 8 months over the phone by credit card, with no problems at either end.....seems to be a situation the didnt mind

Then a few weeks ago they cut me off, without warning with only 110 owed!

corkie · 05-09-2003 6:37am

As the SNL product is service that EsatBT, would like to have discontinued. They will find what ever way they legaly can to move people to their Anytime/Netsmart products.

I recommend you ring them up and ask to speak to supervisor or higher up if possible.

Settle your bill with them. Even if you are not going to take up one of their other products at this time. Other companies may not accept you if that bill gives you a bad credit rating. Sometime in the future you might want, to be reconnect to an EsatBT product.

PaulMagrath · 06-09-2003 10:24pm

I used to be on Esat NoLimits but last month I switched to IOL Broadband.

It is only a couple of euro more a month (it's €49.49) and it is sooo worth it.

To those of you considering/using ISDN I can only say that I think you are insane. It is a total rip-off! Switch to ADSL if you are in range of the exchange, otherwise seriously look into satelite and wireless internet access.

Esat No Limits

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