Rural broadband customers to face price hikes

BeerWolf

Price hike is going to be €180 AND it's services are going to be slowed too...

All I can say is WTF ???

Link

Absolute ****ing joke.

I can understand the hike, even if it is beyond excessive... [75% increase], WHY THE **** PAY SO MUCH MORE WHILE THEY'RE ALSO SLOWING DOWN THE CONNECTION SPEEDS?

ED E

Thats the end of the NBS, everyone knew that was coming.

This thread is more about fixed line services.

BeerWolf

ED E wrote: »

Thats the end of the NBS, everyone knew that was coming.

This thread is more about fixed line services.

That the scheme where NBS Three customers are paying like... €20 per month ?

same ol sh1te

BeerWolf wrote: »

That the scheme where NBS Three customers are paying like... €20 per month ?

Yes, and getting 40GB limit as opposed to 15GB

ED E

BeerWolf wrote: »

That the scheme where NBS Three customers are paying like... €20 per month ?

Yeah

Get a massive 40GB usage allowance for only €20.32 per month with NBS.

Now they'll pay regular pricing and have no prioritization.

BeerWolf

So those not on that NBS scheme ain't affect... aight - confusion there. :P

Gadgetman496

Broadband customers in rural areas of Galway could face price hikes of up to 180 euro.

This is due to end of a Government subsidy to provide broadband in isolated areas, under the National Broadband Scheme.

According to today’s Irish Independent, 3 Ireland has been paid over 80 million euro to operate the National Broadband Scheme over the past 5 years.

Now that the Government funding is due to expire, it’s expected that 3 will raise the price of broadband by as much as 75 per cent for around 45 thousand customers.

This means that homeowners and businesses in rural parts of Galway, Mayo, Cork and Kerry could have to pay an extra 178 euro to keep their service.

Parts of Donegal, Clare, Tipperary and Limerick will also be affected.

Even if you downgrade your package you will still be paying 20 euro more and the company says minimum speeds cannot be guaranteed.

The Government is planning a new National Broadband Plan to bring fibre broadband to small towns and villages but this has yet to be brought before the European Commission for approval and is unlikely to be rolled out before 2016.

carpejugulum

finally

DoU Even GoatBruh

In my small village in South Tipp. we have no access to broadband in my area apart from the NBS scheme. Each of the surrounding local areas is being supplied with fast, unlimited, reliable broadband, except us. Now, 3 want to hike monthly prices up and decrease data limit while making it even slower. Surely this is not right in the slightest? As a person who spends a lot of time on YouTube, etc. I am worried that I won't even be able to afford to have possibly the worst internet access on the market.

Has anyone any reccomendations of satellite wireless providers I can check out?

same ol sh1te

DoU Even GoatBruh wrote: »

In my small village in South Tipp. we have no access to broadband in my area apart from the NBS scheme. Each of the surrounding local areas is being supplied with fast, unlimited, reliable broadband, except us. Now, 3 want to hike monthly prices up and decrease data limit while making it even slower. Surely this is not right in the slightest? As a person who spends a lot of time on YouTube, etc. I am worried that I won't even be able to afford to have possibly the worst internet access on the market.

Has anyone any reccomendations of satellite wireless providers I can check out?

No, satellite has worse limits than what you actually got

Johnboy1951

DoU Even GoatBruh wrote: »

In my small village in South Tipp. we have no access to broadband in my area apart from the NBS scheme. Each of the surrounding local areas is being supplied with fast, unlimited, reliable broadband, except us. Now, 3 want to hike monthly prices up and decrease data limit while making it even slower. Surely this is not right in the slightest? As a person who spends a lot of time on YouTube, etc. I am worried that I won't even be able to afford to have possibly the worst internet access on the market.

Has anyone any reccomendations of satellite wireless providers I can check out?

3 are not hiking up the price ...... you are losing your subsidy ...... totally different things!