6month FREE BROADBAND (perfectly legal!)

wiseguy

i had netsource for 9 months,then i told them to shove their bb up their ....
so heres what i did in july

1. ring EsatBT get ur 3 month free 512k broadband (or register online)
2. before ur 3 month end,send the modem back and they disconnect ur line (do this before start of november, to get another 3 month)
3. get connected to UTV broadband for another 3 month free 512k broadband (or register online) (dont worry they don't care that u already had broadband,their offer ends middle of november,)
4. after 2.5 month sen ur utv modem back

By this stage itl probably be January/February and hopefully by this time NTL rollout their 1.5Mb broadband for €50 in galway city

anyways im currently doing this in two houses

spongebob

Not a ridiculous proposition if NTL also give u 3 months free and free install .

M

dahamsta

Won't work I'm afraid. The trials are ultimately controlled by Eircom and tied to the line for the duration of the promotion. See the Ts & Cs:

http://webdev.eircom.net/eircomwholesale/dynamic/pdf/bitpricev1.6mark.pdf

I think Eircom might actually be a little bit offended that you thought they didn't think of this.

adam

Cabaal

Its retarted scumbags like this who abuse the system that cause promotions like this not to be offfered.
tbh wiseguy I hope your caught and have to pay back service charges

Lenny

Yea it is annoying when people abuse free offers and ruin it for the lot.

oeNeo

Such a pig.

(Do it)

wiseguy

Won't work I'm afraid. The trials are ultimately controlled by Eircom and tied to the line for the duration of the promotion. See the Ts & Cs:

it does work ive done it, ive been with every adsl provider i can get in galway in the last 2 years

Its retarted scumbags like this who abuse the system that cause promotions like this not to be offfered.

hey no strings attached

ur jealos u were probably one of the fools who signed up for the eircom crapy 4gb month package and now stuck with 12month contract

Cabaal

wiseguy wrote:

ur jealos u were probably one of the fools who signed up for the eircom crapy 4gb month package and now stuck with 12month contract

hehe, rightt if you say so...
Actually I have Esat Business 1MB (uncapped) for the price of 512K with a 1 Year Contract
jealous I DON'T have a 16GB cap

not really much of a wiseguy are you?
Why not change your nick to cheapskate its abit more fitting

aphex™

In fairness, i think the only people he is ripping off is Eircon, becuase they don't charge utv, esat etc for the trial anyway. The cost to esat, utv etc is minimal.

So who cares?

Blaster99

Probably the dumbest thing you can ever do is post about it here, but whatever.

Repli

wiseguy wrote:

it does work ive done it, ive been with every adsl provider i can get in galway in the last 2 years

No you havent. The 3 month free trial is only available for people whos lines have never been dsl activated before. Eircom flag your line as having being activated after you receive dsl. Hard luck. So unless you have a few lines in your house and are getting the free broadband trial on each of them, you're talking through your arse.

Turner

Keep it civil please.

aphex™

Repli wrote:

No you havent. The 3 month free trial is only available for people whos lines have never been dsl activated before. Eircom flag your line as having being activated after you receive dsl. Hard luck. So unless you have a few lines in your house and are getting the free broadband trial on each of them, you're talking through your arse.

Maybe Eircom made a mistake with him? Anything new there?

Iago

they can't have made a mistake, the line number is registered, and in order for him to switch provider they have to make a change on the number. ONce the number is activated you can't avail of the promotion and it's outlined in the t's & c's of every operator in the market....

sceptre

wiseguy wrote:

it does work ive done it, ive been with every adsl provider i can get in galway in the last 2 years

On the free promotion that's only been running for the last two-months odd?

rabbitinlights

I think its the account they flag, if the line is ceased and a new account number is generated this is cleared, even if it is the same number?

But dont boast on these boards, eircom staff watch this site and ones like it. Also your IP is logged and eircom can just get in contact with the ISP....... Oh wait....

Sean

dahamsta

sceptre wrote:

On the free promotion that's only been running for the last two-months odd?

Precisely. Thank you sceptre.

adam

stevejazzx

repli is 100% right, the story of getting different free trials is ********
once the line is activated at the local exchange thats it. any attempts of applying elesewhere for free bb trials will be futile. don't you think that the very first thing the companies involved in giving free trials would of thought of is this, people ready to take abuse. its even in the adds for free bb if you listen carefully they say for "first timers" as they are well aware of who is and who isnt

Ripwave

Eircom wholesale are giving a rebate to their customers (IOL, eircom retail, UTV, etc) 3 months after a newly activated line is ordered. They're only giving 1 rebate per line.

These DSL resellers are using this rebate to make a variety of different offers - some of them specify as a term of the contract that the offer only applies to new connections (IOL, for example), some don't have this condition (eircom, for example).

In the case of those companies that don't have a free trial (eircom and digiweb both sign you up to a 12 month contract from day one, but don't charge for the for couple of months - this is not a "free trial") providing the same price for everyone is probably cheaper than trying to manage different prices for old and new lines. But companies like IOL and UTV have actual "free trials", and they lose money on every user that doesn't stay with them after the trial (because they still have to pay eircom the connection charge, and the 3 months connectivity, which costs more than the rebate they get from eircom). They'd lose money on users who aren't eligible for the rebate.

(I can't remember whether the UTV contract specifies this - the IOL contract definitely does say that the "free trial" is only available on lines that have never had DSL, but I don't know how, or if, they check).

wiseguy

repli is 100% right, the story of getting different free trials is ********
once the line is activated at the local exchange thats it. any attempts of applying elesewhere for free bb trials will be futile. don't you think that the very first thing the companies involved in giving free trials would of thought of is this, people ready to take abuse. its even in the adds for free bb if you listen carefully they say for "first timers" as they are well aware of who is and who isnt

nope as i said at the start of the thread i used to have netsource.

i had trouble connecting to esatbt as netsource blamed eircom for not cloasing my service ports.

ESAT KNOW I ALREADY HAD BROADBAND!!!
i still got the trial

But dont boast on these boards, eircom staff watch this site and ones like it.

i dont care im doing this until i can get Cable or Wireless sattelite im my area which would be hopefuly by end of year. then ill tell Esat/UTV/Eircom to shove their ADSL so far up their telephone lines!

Also your IP is logged and eircom can just get in contact with the ISP....... Oh wait....

my ip is random

Originally Posted by wiseguy
it does work ive done it, ive been with every adsl provider i can get in galway in the last 2 years


On the free promotion that's only been running for the last two-months odd?

no i had eircom then netsource (had to pay for their great service) just finishing up with esat next few weeks then im off getting utv

Ripwave

wiseguy wrote:

just finishing up with esat next few weeks then im off getting utv

From the Clicksilver Terms and Conditions 8. This Offer is only available to you if your phone line is not currently, and has never been, enabled with a broadband service (ADSL/DSL).

wiseguy

From the Clicksilver Terms and Conditions 8. This Offer is only available to you if your phone line is not currently, and has never been, enabled with a broadband service (ADSL/DSL).

esat have the same clause they knew i had broadband before they still let me have the triall
anyways my voice call were going thru utv for the last 2/3 years (i used to have utvip back in 2002) i had a chat with one of the people from utv bout the trial they said i wouldnt have a prob connecting (unlike my eirscum bills i pay my utv voice calls bills on time)

Anyways u can always say u just bought the house and u didnt know that the house used to be connected to adsl

Anyways i had netsource as well before i got my esat trial, nothing was said, esat know that i already had ADSL (I told them when i was appliyin that there was no problems with my line as i ALREADY HAD ADSL they said nothing...)

seems to be im not the only one who they let have the trial after already having broadband

spongebob

wiseguy wrote:

Anyways u can always say u just bought the house and u didnt know that the house used to be connected to adsl

Indeed.

Dunno what anyone has to lose by trying Wiseguys plan. Do remember that he is only arsedragging until NTL show up

What has he to lose apart from €24.20 a month line rental and €50 a month for a decent DSL package , and a 12 month contract that he must buy his ass outta too ?

I'd do what he sez like a shot if I lived in Dublin Bray Galway Waterford (NTL idue within a year max in most of them) or even in Cork and Limerick where there are some stirrings of life deep in the bowels of Chorus ..........or so I am told.

Some of the reactions in here smack of shooting the messenger

M

Turner

People hate to see someone getting something for nothing when everybody else is paying for it.

Natural reaction.

Fair play to him if he pulls it off.

chump

couldn't agree more chief...
good luck to u wiseguy...

kin9pin

wiseguy wrote:

my ip is random

......and that means you can't be traced?
LOL, I've heard it all now
:rolleyes:

GreyAlien

Hopefully you get the free trial. I say try to get what you can for free before they start milking you for cash

tomk

Muck wrote:

I'd do what he sez like a shot if I lived in Bray (NTL due within a year max)

NTL BB in Bray in a year? I thought I was keeping up with BB stuff around here, but it seems I've missed something. Any references you can point me towards, Muck?

spongebob

They are upgrading all their cable areas , is Bray not one such ?

M

Paddy20

About time someone ripped - off. The Ripper- Offers, especially EirCoN if possible, as they robbed me blind and I will never forgive the Bastar** for that. :cool:

Cabaal

wiseguy wrote:

my ip is random

kin9pin wrote:

......and that means you can't be traced?
LOL, I've heard it all now
:rolleyes:

I almost split myself laughing when I read that
Funniest thing I've read all day tbh

Wiseguy you certainly have ALOT to learn

GerardKeating

wiseguy wrote:

hopefully by this time NTL rollout their 1.5Mb broadband for €45 in galway city

Yeah right.

NTL BB for Galway is at least 18 months out. Don't except anything before March 2006...

wiseguy wrote:

anyways im currently doing this in two houses

Hmmm, so it's not just a once off gift....

wiseguy wrote:

my ip is random

But the system will record whom was using which IP address at the time of your posting. Remember dial-up internet had dymanic IP address as well, and they could still trace IP's to specific phone lines.

GerardKeating

Muck wrote:

They are upgrading all their cable areas , is Bray not one/QUOTE]

They havent event upgraded all areas for Digitial TV yet.

wiseguy

They havent event upgraded all areas for Digitial TV yet.

i already have digital tv from ntl, theres new cable lines laid outside my house all they have to do is flick a switch and install few routers

Quote:
Originally Posted by wiseguy
my ip is random



......and that means you can't be traced?
LOL, I've heard it all now

sure what can they do cut me off???

OH BIG LOSS

its free i have nothing to lose, anyways with proper cable broadband around the corner why should i get locked into a 12 month contract?!. look how far broadband in ireland has come in last 12 months.

IM DONE WITH ADSL
to be honest whats the difference with having diall up where u have to count the minutes or having broadband where u have to count the bytes???

i/we/evrybody whenever we log on to our adsl have the evil eircom/utv/esat counter counting down our GENEROUS download allowance


P.S. Mods u are welcome to delete this thread, it is geting bitchy....

AdMMM

IOL dont care if you have had Broadband before. They just ask you to get a cancellation number!

Fenster

wiseguy wrote:

By this stage itl probably be January/February and hopefully by this time NTL rollout their 1.5Mb broadband for €50 in galway city

linkplzkthx

Fenster

fidel wrote:

hereugo



http://www.ntl.com/locales/ie/en/athome/internet_cable.html

Damm..I...*looks down*...I need to change pants now.

the_syco

http://www.ntl.com/locales/ie/en/athome/internet_cable.html wrote:

You must be a subscriber to ntl's basic tv pack in order to upgrade to ntl's Broadband service.

With NTL, there's a catch. "Free" is €18 a month.

Basic tv pack 17 tv channels and a range of FM radio stations €18.00 per month
Standard Basic TV Install (never connected home) €100.00

manufan

Fair Play to Wiseguy. We live in a Rip off Ireland as it is and there are to many do-gooders condeming him for LEGALLY using the free service for a couple of months and then giving his Modem back. Geez, some people need to get a life.

Is it fair to force people into a 12 month contract where your downloads are capped. I don't think so. The broadband suppliers and ISP's are the real problem in this Country with their poxy contracts. The guy is just using his head and who can blame him.

sceptre

I doubt you'll be able to get away with it wiseguy - but if you do, good luck to you.

Placebo

LMAO

this has to be the WORST idea ever, it takes bleeding weeks to sign up with broadband as is, never mind ****ing changing providers !

Scruff

Placebo wrote:

it takes bleeding weeks to sign up with broadband as is, never mind ****ing changing providers !

this was the flaw in his mighty plan i was going to point out. 8 weeks 3 days and still nothing.... :rolleyes:

Wanton

not to put u off, and i am probably completely wrong bout this. but dont isp's keep have to keep a record of who was is using what isp at what time, so even if ur ip changes, they can still say u where using it at this particular time.

is that not how they are catch all these file sharers in the states and now europe?

wiseguy

send back my modem 2weeks a go.

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Overall DSL Traffic Summary for xxxxx
This is a summary of all traffic since you first logged in
First Login Thu Jul 29 12:12:04 2004
Last Login Tue Oct 12 09:53:03 2004
Last Login Duration 1440 minutes
Logins 80
Offpeak Traffic 29517 minutes
Peak Traffic 10397 minutes
Data uploaded 2.70 GB [2894003004 bytes]
Data downloaded 61.24 GB [65753180797 bytes]
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60gb for free, god bless IOL



just signed up for another 3 month with utv! had no problems!

to all people who doubted that ill pull it of hope your sickened, my scam works

Shiny

to all people who doubted that ill pull it of hope your sickened, my scam works

Its not really a scam, you are just "using" the system.



glad it worked

mancman

Ripwave wrote:

(I can't remember whether the UTV contract specifies this - the IOL contract definitely does say that the "free trial" is only available on lines that have never had DSL, but I don't know how, or if, they check).

The UTV T&C's contain this but am sure the FAQ section does also.

wiseguy wrote:

sure what can they do cut me off???

OH BIG LOSS

its free i have nothing to lose, anyways with proper cable broadband around the corner why should i get locked into a 12 month contract?!. look how far broadband in ireland has come in last 12 months.)

Actually...seeing as you have signed up to a service that states in its T&C's that the free trial is only available to users that have never had broadband and you quite openly state that you have had this...then you can be held to a 12 month contract.

You agreed to this when you signed up for the service irrespective of what ISp you chose

Fair play for trying to work the system...but always remember the system can work you better.

Have you been downloading anything you shouldn't be?

Big brother is watching YOU! :cool:

AdMMM

I to have been taking part in this scheme. My trial for IOL ended a week ago, so I signed up for Eircoms 2 months, I wouldve picked UTV, but I want the line for gaming.

Im going to actually go with Esat when the eircom trial is over, just need money first

bridigo

wiseguy wrote:

i dont care im doing this until i can get Cable or Wireless sattelite im my area which would be hopefuly by end of year.

I heard there is a company bringing Satellite broadband out that can work/share with a Sky Minidish (no or little equipment expense) 1MB no limit and competitive with other broadband prices. Forget the name but will find out more. Sounds exciting as terresterial wireless aint very reliable and with this you don't have line rental costs. Anyone else heard about this?

Ciaran500

The biggest problem with satellite BB is that you download from the satellite at high speed from the dish but to upload you have to use a phone line, or a seperate dish. And the pings are normally around 1000ms min.

mancman

wiseguy wrote:

send back my modem 2weeks a go.

---

Overall DSL Traffic Summary for xxxxx
This is a summary of all traffic since you first logged in
First Login Thu Jul 29 12:12:04 2004
Last Login Tue Oct 12 09:53:03 2004
Last Login Duration 1440 minutes
Logins 80
Offpeak Traffic 29517 minutes
Peak Traffic 10397 minutes
Data uploaded 2.70 GB [2894003004 bytes]
Data downloaded 61.24 GB [65753180797 bytes]
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60gb for free, god bless IOL



just signed up for another 3 month with utv! had no problems!

to all people who doubted that ill pull it of hope your sickened, my scam works

Has your account with UTV gone live yet or have you just submitted an application?