UPC told me "no Digital+ in SCR area" !

sparkman

Hi - anyone aware of this? Just rang Chorus or UPC or whoever they are to buy Digital TV with the "+" box and he told me that "+" wasn't available in my area (I live just off the south circular road). Sound ridiculous? I already have Choris broadband - would that make any difference?

talkingclock

From my experience with callcenters: ring again and you will get mostlikely someone different and hopefully a different information.

source

He's talking bollocks, I'm on Courtbrack Ave and I have the + box installed and working fine. In fact if I remember correctly I was contacted by chorus/upc to be informed that it was available in the area, and asked if I wanted it.

sparkman

Ye're both right! I rang back and got a different guy who actually went to the trouble of double-checking my address. No problems. Just ordered it including the +box. Thanks a million!

wildrover444

im living in rhebogue and cant get upc broadband or + box.eventually got peeved off with them and switched to Sky.

TestTransmission

wildrover444 wrote: »

im living in rhebogue and cant get upc broadband or + box.eventually got peeved off with them and switched to Sky.

I've had this issue with UPC before,apparently it was all down to the "wiring" that was laid when the estates were built.
Its entirely up to management companies to rectify this with upc,I miss having their broadband

jamezy

I wouldn't wish Chorus/NTL/UPC or whatever the hell they go by nowadays on my worst enemy. They are notorious.

Runs Cold

jamezy wrote: »

I wouldn't wish Chorus/NTL/UPC or whatever the hell they go by nowadays on my worst enemy. They are notorious.

they are notorious for what?
providing high speed broadband or perhaps notorious for giving value?

ziggystar

Would have to agree the broadband is excellent, but the TV package is rubbish, software on the digital is brutal, not a patch on Sky, I moved from sky last year and will be going back once my 12 months were over. pity sky are not allowed to do the broadband here in ireland

Runs Cold

ziggystar wrote: »

Would have to agree the broadband is excellent, but the TV package is rubbish, software on the digital is brutal, not a patch on Sky, I moved from sky last year and will be going back once my 12 months were over. pity sky are not allowed to do the broadband here in ireland

Of course sky are allowed to do the same thing no-one is stopping them.. they won't do it which is a different thing altogether from not being allowed. The HD box I have is fine and includes setanta Ireland and Espn. but You Are entitled to Your Opinion..

Karmafaerie

ziggystar wrote: »

Would have to agree the broadband is excellent, but the TV package is rubbish, software on the digital is brutal, not a patch on Sky, I moved from sky last year and will be going back once my 12 months were over. pity sky are not allowed to do the broadband here in ireland

Sky can do whatever they want.
Sky just aren't willing to spend the hundreds of millions that UPC have in the last few years to lay a cable network that can offer (soon) 100MB BB.
Even in England Sky don't have their own Network.
They're a reseller of DSL broadband, so even if Sky ever did decide to come into the Irish market, it would effectively be Eircom BB with a Sky name, and Sky's unique brand of customer "service".
I prefer not to pay for my service calls thank you.

But of course if they did come in with the same sevice as Eircom with the Sky name, everyone would say that it's great cause it's Sky.