Feck Eircom & Sky...What Other Options Are There?

I_AmThe_Walrus

I'm paying €60/month for SKY digital, add to that Eircoms ridiculous and dilusional crappy internet + phone and we have over €100/month on below par services I'm spending on.

Today, a couple of guys from UPC called around and said I could receive phone services + a special International package and 21 hours free talktime, a 15mb Internet connection (double Eircoms) as well as a TV deal comparable to Skys product for €60/month!!!!

Has anyone any experience with UPC? Or are there any other options out there?

admiralofthefleet

im with upc at home, its been great for the last while and very fast (15mb)

Biggins

Have a look at the Broadband section (http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=259)
Loads of threads about your concern OP.

Risteard

We used to be set up like you, Eircom broadband and Sky TV. Now we just have UPC phone, TV and Broadband. It's pretty good IMO.

jaffa20

Radio?

mickydoomsux

If i could get UPC in my area i'd switch to it in a heartbeat.

My Eircom/SKY combo is ok but way too overpriced.

joannaman

Read a book?

starlit

Stick with UPC if you are in Dublin, but chorus is the only other option for us folk down the country!

I_AmThe_Walrus

Risteard wrote: »

We used to be set up like you, Eircom broadband and Sky TV. Now we just have UPC phone, TV and Broadband. It's pretty good IMO.

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

im with upc at home, its been great for the last while and very fast (15mb)

I was looking through the brochure and seen UPC doesn't do Sky Sports....is this true?

Biggins wrote: »

Have a look at the Broadband section (http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=259)
Loads of threads about your concern OP.

Awesome!

minidazzler

UPC is the sh1t! I have the 15 mb package and regularily get up to 19 mb in speedtests. Upload is fairly good too!

They are really class for broadband.

That said, I don't like their TV package and don't have the phone.

But get the broadband! You won't regret it!

anniehoo

Definitely go with UPC, really quick internet speed and have not had one problem with TV connection in the 2 1/2 yrs ive had them. I have TV,DVR record thingy and the net for €60/mth.

January

I_AmThe_Walrus wrote: »

I was looking through the brochure and seen UPC doesn't do Sky Sports....is this true?



Awesome!

Eh... they do sky sports yes! It's just an add on like sky... we pay 40 euro a month for all movies and sports channels... don't have broadband in the area yet

duckysauce

dreambox all the way;)

Zillah

UPC have by far the best technology, its just that their customer service has traditionally been absolutely woeful (departments not talking to each other, missed deadlines, unanswered calls etc). However, I have heard that they've improved greatly lately. If my area could do cable internet I'd swap in a heartbeat.

admiralofthefleet

they do sky sports

Terry

I was with UPC, but the broadband service was ****ing brutal.
It was constantly going down.

My 20Mb line was 10Mb at best.
I'd get 20Mb service for about 2 hours a day. The rest of the time is was well below 10Mb.

It all depends on where you are. Ask your neighbours what their service is like.
The Eircom line was the best I've had out of them all, so I'm back to them from tomorrow.
I know it's not perfect, but it's the best of a bad bunch.
Until fibre optics are rolled out my way, I'm going to have to settle for crappy DSL. It's better than the crappy cable.

ejmaztec

I'd just like to stress that Vodafone Home Broadband is complete and utter sh1te, and the data is dragged up my old Eircom cable by a snail in a coma.

Biggins

The state of play is this: there is no decent regulation to govern download speeds.
We have in this country consumer laws that provide protection for foods, electrical goods, shopping services, drinks consumption, even laws that keep an eye on our elected officials (despite how little they are used) but when it comes to a technology that the world is crying out for, that is not tomorrows but today's necessity - there is NOTHING!

When I go out and buy three pints of milk because it says three pints on the bottle, I expect to get three full pints - not get two and a half.
When I go out and buy a pound of sausages, I expect to get a pound of sausages - not less.
...And the principle of full expectation applies to all products - again - in all but one!
Our feckin' broadband services.

Now they can say that the lines are not up to date, up to scratch, bla.. bla... but the least they should be made to do is be forced to REALISTICALLY state what range of speed we will be getting god-damn it!

But noooo... they can tell the public whatever the hell they want on their advertising, and get bloody away with it.
Like our bad banking regulations (and look what happened there), the current laws - or lack there of, are a disgrace and we have got the present situation.
(How can we attract companies to Eire if our broadband services are a joke as well!)

So OP until this state gives the laws a good boot in the arse, we are all still fcuked and thats being honest.
All the services are in the same boat - what differs is just the slight degree in badness between one and the other.

Kasabian

OP , I am with UPC , all the channels and 5Mb. Never had an issue with them.

I even work from home connected to our company ERP and mail sever via VPN. No problems , costs 60 per month.

listermint

Ive got UPC, cant fault it. But I do miss my sky box and that perfectly designed remote.

although i heard sky sports is going up on 1st September, Bunch of w*$%$rs . Always one way with sky UP!

Adyx

UPC Broadband is great most of the time but their digital TV service is crap. It's constantly freezing ("upgrading" :rolleyes: ), really slow to respond to commands and the remote is a cheap thing they bought off the shelf. Their EPG is really bad as well for wrong listings and it takes a couple of days for the time to update for daylight savings so it could be off by an hour.

Broadband is great though.

Mister men

Subs are for suckers.

Prabhu Deva

Free to air satellite + optional access module for "stealing" the signals that are falling on your house anyway

Neighbour's wifi - possibly using high-gain antenna and connect phone to your computer 99c a day prepaid internet so you won't be stuck the day your neighbour switches off his router

We have UPC 15mb broadband which is very good and Sky+ HD which is superb. Yes we could pay less and get a package from upc but sky is far far better and well worth the maybe 20 euro extra per month (shared). The thought of a messy, slow and always crashing upc box in the sitting room is enough.

squod

I_AmThe_Walrus wrote: »

I'm paying €60/month for SKY digita....................

Too rich for your own good.

KyussBishop

UPC for internet, and freeview satellite + uTorrent (disclaimer for mods: legal uses only of course :P) for TV.