UPC

LEIN · 02-01-2015 2:38pm

I've been hit with a €5 increase starting from Feb 1st.

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057353511/1#

Charlie-Bravo · 15-01-2015 12:32am

Right I think it's time to look at this again. Lein: any luck with negotiating a new contract in lieu of the increase? Mines going up 8 euro.

LEIN · 15-01-2015 8:11am

Not yet Astro.

Flat out in work. Hoping to get around to it tomorrow.

There's a good chance I'll end up @ sky as I'm going to go all the way in calling them out on this.

I will keep UPC for broadband.

loyatemu · 15-01-2015 3:31pm

LEIN wrote: »

Not yet Astro.

Flat out in work. Hoping to get around to it tomorrow.

There's a good chance I'll end up @ sky as I'm going to go all the way in calling them out on this.

I will keep UPC for broadband.

Sky are also a ripoff and jack up their prices every year - I'd love to be able to get UPC (mainly for the broadband).

LEIN · 15-01-2015 5:23pm

loyatemu wrote: »

Sky are also a ripoff and jack up their prices every year - I'd love to be able to get UPC (mainly for the broadband).

Understood. I'll be keeping broadband.

Sky TV is far superior in my opinion. I'm paying €40 a month at the moment and I don't believe it's worth anything near that.

JanneG · 15-01-2015 9:27pm

Upgraded (bb) package and downgraded price...

Robertr · 17-01-2015 4:21pm

Nice result over wifi with new router:

hamstervision · 19-01-2015 4:12pm

Anyone else experiencing appalling speeds last night?

Aronaay · 19-01-2015 11:18pm

hamstervision wrote: »

Anyone else experiencing appalling speeds last night?

This is the only reason I won't switch back to them. I had there broadband in both my home and business and there service is the most unreliable I've ever dealt with. All they ever had to say about it was either there is no fault or an engineer is looking into it. I even went over a month with 1mb down and they still tried to charge full price

Charlie-Bravo · 19-01-2015 11:24pm

I got a new router last week, and had terrible connection all weekend, and put the connection problems down to it being this new fandabidozi 500Mb-capable router. Completed a full factory reset today via UPC support and now all sorted. So perhaps it was a coincidence and actually not the router?!

@Robertr: you wouldn't have gotten that speed on wifi (your graphic suggests it wasn't a wifi connection).

@Hamstervision: I rebooted the router several times but still didn't sort it. Are you still experiencing problems?

LEIN · 19-01-2015 11:26pm

Having speed issues but not near as bad. 200Mb package.

Router had to be reset 3 times which is not normal.

Charlie-Bravo · 19-01-2015 11:48pm

Ok, well it's good to log issues here so we know what's happening. Everything looking OK for the time of evening (wired straight to router).

LEIN · 19-01-2015 11:58pm

How can they sell 240Mb when 200Mb is proving difficult at peak times...

LEIN · 20-01-2015 10:05am

Much better this morning.

Robertr · 20-01-2015 2:50pm

astrofluff wrote: »

@Robertr: you wouldn't have gotten that speed on wifi (your graphic suggests it wasn't a wifi connection).

Eh, yes it was. On my Microsoft Surface. Does not even have an ethernet port. Got a new AC band router.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-RT-AC68U-Wireless-Broadband-Router/dp/B00G323PG0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421762089&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+ac

stevestevenson · 20-01-2015 4:08pm

Watch out for that UPC 'customer loyalty' discount, it apparently expires after 12mths without notice.

Just noticed my bill has gone from €27 to €40. Called them to query and they transferred me to customer loyalty, who hung up after I was holding for 5 mins.
Sky don't seem to be much cheaper - €30 rising to €40 after 6mths.

Any other players in this space locally? Anything over €30 is a lot just for broadband - it's a basic human right these days surely? #FirstWorldProblems :-)

loyatemu · 20-01-2015 4:52pm

stevestevenson wrote: »

Watch out for that UPC 'customer loyalty' discount, it apparently expires after 12mths without notice.

Just noticed my bill has gone from €27 to €40. Called them to query and they transferred me to customer loyalty, who hung up after I was holding for 5 mins.
Sky don't seem to be much cheaper - €30 rising to €40 after 6mths.

Any other players in this space locally? Anything over €30 is a lot just for broadband - it's a basic human right these days surely? #FirstWorldProblems :-)

Vodafone €35 a month for just broadband, no phone.

Be careful if you're a very heavy user though - "unlimited" with Vodafone means 300GB per month, use more and they charge you.

LEIN · 22-01-2015 6:54pm

Rang to cancel today and got everything half price for 6 months.

Happy with that.

pixbyjohn · 22-01-2015 7:05pm

7 or 8 UPC heads walking around Greystones town today. Looking at the footpaths as if they are going to dig them up or something.

LEIN · 22-01-2015 7:45pm

Not too bad.

loyatemu · 23-01-2015 11:25am

pixbyjohn wrote: »

7 or 8 UPC heads walking around Greystones town today. Looking at the footpaths as if they are going to dig them up or something.

fingers crossed, starting to feel a bit technologically deprived with no UPC and no eFibre.

Sasso · 23-01-2015 11:32am

pixbyjohn wrote: »

7 or 8 UPC heads walking around Greystones town today. Looking at the footpaths as if they are going to dig them up or something.

Where exactly please, as wondering near my gaff. no analogue service for months

Charlie-Bravo · 23-01-2015 12:04pm

There are plenty of estates for UPC to cable up to digital standard. I count Redford, Rathdown Park, Applewood, Hillside, Bellevue, and Heathervue. If they're going to invest in upgrading the old cable system I would expect these estates to be the first estates to be upgraded.

pixbyjohn · 23-01-2015 12:15pm

Sasso wrote: »

Where exactly please, as wondering near my gaff. no analogue service for months

I saw them walking from Fenton Fires down along to the Burnaby, 7 of them with clip boards and hi vis jackets. They seemed particularly interested in the footpaths outside Café Delle Stelle and Sam McCauley's

LEIN · 23-01-2015 1:39pm

Much better results now that there aren't many on-line.

wicklowdub · 27-01-2015 5:02pm

Anyone know if the 240mb fibre is available in Charlesland? Trying to decide on whether to go with Vodafone 100mb or UPC 240mb. Its for streaming TV so would prefer the higher speed and unlimited downloads from UPC but a quick read of the thread suggests UPC not all its cracked up to be.

Aronaay · 27-01-2015 5:17pm

I've had both and have found that upc gives you the advertised speed but is unreliable and Vodafone struggle to give you the speed but is reliable. This was in wood

loyatemu · 27-01-2015 5:23pm

Vodafone have a 300GB per month limit, so not a great option if you are planning a lot of streaming.

LEIN · 27-01-2015 5:24pm

wicklowdub wrote: »

Anyone know if the 240mb fibre is available in Charlesland? Trying to decide on whether to go with Vodafone 100mb or UPC 240mb. Its for streaming TV so would prefer the higher speed and unlimited downloads from UPC but a quick read of the thread suggests UPC not all its cracked up to be.

Look at my speed test just above your last post. Taken from Charlesland Wood.

Aronaay wrote: »

I've had both and have found that upc gives you the advertised speed but is unreliable and Vodafone struggle to give you the speed but is reliable. This was in wood

I wouldn't call it unreliable. Since the cable connection it has been mainly bullet proof with just a few speed issues during peak hours.

wicklowdub · 27-01-2015 5:29pm

UPC it is

UPC

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