Seriously upset with eircom:Can't change website

watty

When I stopped dialing up with eircom the ftp did not work, you have to be on eircom dsl or dialup.

Now they have disabled "foriegn" web page access too even though you needed a user name and password.

It's discracefull and anticompetitive.

How long till they ignore my SMTP and POP logins because I'm not using them for access, and I lose my email?. There is no dsl here. I use wireless broadband.

Is there any solution other than plugging my dialup modem into my VOIP (which does work!)?

Seems mad I have to use slow dialup when I have 512K to 1M upload available.

CuLT

It's a service provided to their residential customers, so why would they allow you to access their service if you're not a customer?

Your other solution is actually paying money for a decent service.

You get what you pay for.

regi

Do you mean that you can't FTP into your old eircom webspace?

kaizersoze

It's always been like that Watty. I stopped using Eircom about 6 years ago and webspace access was being blocked then. POP has always been fine.

Moonbeam

Nothing new at all there.

They are providing the service for free so only allowing access via their ipspace I would see as perfectly acceptable.

CuLT

regi wrote:

Do you mean that you can't FTP into your old eircom webspace?

That's what I understand, it's the only service they block logins via the web interface.

watty

regi wrote:

Do you mean that you can't FTP into your old eircom webspace?

I never could FTP unless connected to Internet via eircom. I used to be able to use the web page HTTP based file manager to update/change my site, without using eircom dialup, but that also is now blocked on non-eircom IPs. I used Esat broadband at work for a couple of years via web interface.

watty

Moonbeam wrote:

Nothing new at all there.

They are providing the service for free so only allowing access via their ipspace I would see as perfectly acceptable.

No. there is a reason too that there are 3 different 189x numbers for eircom.

Because some people have had / do have eircom subscription accounts. I certainly have had. I have a separate FTP logon password different to my email account.

I'm not talking about the micky mouse so called minutes or flat rate either. I had an account since about 1996 or so when I cancelled my IOL account. Check http://home.indigo.ie/ too. Click on Webspace there too. Site changes to eircom.

Then we were called tinet.ie once. So my email address has changed domain name maybe 3 times due to eircom, I could be confused. But I only ever had 3 ISP accounts, IOL, the eircom one (never cancelled) and Digiweb.

The material on the website is mine. Surely I have the right to edit it or take it down.


Perhaps you need not just an account now but a rip off "business account" to access your own material. It's not like that an edit costs them extra compared with all the people visiting the site. Or images on the site linked in elsewhere.

watty

Meanwhile my wife's old hijacked domain links are on this page:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~watty/jstitch/

( The link to shop and other links where pricelists used to be)

This site was replaced by one hosted elsewhere. Due to a mixup the domain for the newer site has got pinched. I'll be pointing www.jayestitch.net at a new shop. Meanwhile the www.jstitch.net is a nasty site as the domain name has been "legally" hijacked! I really really need to change the links*.

Be carefull who you use as a domain registrar!

Malicious advertisers hoover up expired domains as these will have links pointing to them and are more attractive than new domains. Also they I suppose hope someone might offer them $$$KKK cash to get it back.

(* I may shortly visit a friend with eircom dsl )

Sparky

I assumed your domain registrar was required to notify you of an expiring domain in advance and hold it for at least a month before deleting it!

Well that's what has happened with me anyway.

Watty, why not get some of that good webspace from Digiweb since you already have the wireless service?

watty

Erm.. embarrising question. Perhaps when the new Digiweb data centre in Blanchardstown gets a bit quieter.

I have plenty of webspace here http://www.wattystuf.net/ and http://members.boards.ie/watty/ and even here http://www.qsl.net/ei9feb/index.html

I maybe have another site somewhere ...
Of course I have a test webserver / SQL server which I rarely connect to the "Public", when it is connected it is http://ei9feb.shacknet.nu (probabily pingable).



but I want to fix the evil links here http://homepage.eircom.net/~watty/ and update some sat pages to my new sites.

Yakuza

If you know anyone with eircom BB you could use their connection to do it. I, too, have an old indigo account, and I can access it here fine from work as we have the business enhanced Eircom package here.