UPC 240mb broadband and telephone package €45/month

bromley52

I just signed up to this as it is such a good package.

Limitless 240mb broadband
unlimited anytime mobile, and landlines calls.
400min international calls to 22 countries (including USA & Canadian mobiles).

The unlimited mobile calls can be used via an app on your smartphone from anywhere as long as your have WiFi access.

On my previous package I was getting less and paying more.

There are packages including TV as well.

Timberrrrrrrr

bromley52 wrote: »

I just signed up to this as it is such a good package.

Limitless 240mb broadband
unlimited anytime mobile, and landlines calls.
400min international calls to 22 countries.

The unlimited mobile calls can be used via an app on your smartphone from anywhere as long as your have WiFi access.

On my previous package I was getting less and paying more.

There are packages including TV as well.

So



Viber.

KrakityJones

bromley52 wrote: »

I just signed up to this as it is such a good package.

Limitless 240mb broadband
unlimited anytime mobile, and landlines calls.
400min international calls to 22 countries.

Thats very good, I'm paying €43 per month for 120mb. I'm out of contract as such so wonder if they'll move me to that deal...I also see it's 25 a month for the first 4 months but new customer's only so doubt I'd get that. Nice one for the heads up though, will see what I can get!

pippip

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

So



Viber.

Not quite the same thing.

unklerosco

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

So



Viber.

So if you want to make calls from your landline number instead of your mobile number it's fairly handy.. might move my business number to this, save me a good few €€€

Duggy747

Did you ring them up to do it or online through their site?

I'm on the 120mb deal and saw on their site I'd be expected to pay a one-off €60 fee.

Tinder Surprise

Probably not the best place to ask but...

Would the UPC supplied Cisco 3925 handle the 200mb if I got upgraded?

Invincible

KrakityJones wrote: »

Thats very good, I'm paying €43 per month for 120mb. I'm out of contract as such so wonder if they'll move me to that deal...I also see it's 25 a month for the first 4 months but new customer's only so doubt I'd get that. Nice one for the heads up though, will see what I can get!

Sign up with your wifes/partners details to quality as new customer.

Mr Bloat

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

Probably not the best place to ask but...

Would the UPC supplied Cisco 3925 handle the 200mb if I got upgraded?

Yep, I have that router from UPC and well, just look at my sig

Tinder Surprise

Mr Bloat wrote: »

Yep, I have that router from UPC and well, just look at my sig

Thanks for the quick reply!

cjlawlor

Tinder Surprise wrote: »

Probably not the best place to ask but...

Would the UPC supplied Cisco 3925 handle the 200mb if I got upgraded?

They told me the cisco supports 240Mb so happy days... I requested the upgrade earlier so I'll be able to check how well it works soon. They waived the €60 fee as the price had gone up on my contract which allowed me to change plan without penalty. Probably best to avoid the online sign up as they seem to charge €60 by default for some bundles... Get in touch by email or give them a call instead

Feidhlim

I think I was paying 45 for their 60mb connection so I just got the free upgrade!

Cheers OP!

Aquos76

bromley52 wrote: »

I just signed up to this as it is such a good package.

Limitless 240mb broadband
unlimited anytime mobile, and landlines calls.
400min international calls to 22 countries.

The unlimited mobile calls can be used via an app on your smartphone from anywhere as long as your have WiFi access.

On my previous package I was getting less and paying more.

There are packages including TV as well.

By any chance do you know what the app is called?

Mountjoy Mugger

It's the Horizon Phone app.

ArtyM

Whats the contract length on these - 12/18/24 months?

stimpson

ArtyM wrote: »

Whats the contract length on these - 12/18/24 months?

12 months. I upgraded on Monday. I was still in contract paying €55 for 200mb.

It makes you wonder why the made such a fanfare about the rise in TV prices and very little about the drop in cost for broadband.

pah

Lads, 120, 150, 200 ,240 doesn't matter . best you'll get on WiFi is around 70 anyway.

Even if you run a wired connection all the time, how many servers will you be connecting to that will provide enough bandwidth to utilise a 240Mbs download speed to it's capacity.

Into The Blue

pah wrote: »

Lads, 120, 150, 200 ,240 doesn't matter . best you'll get on WiFi is around 70 anyway.

Even if you run a wired connection all the time, how many servers will you be connecting to that will provide enough bandwidth to utilise a 240Mbs download speed to it's capacity.

The shït router upc supply is good for 50mbps alright, I got one on adverts for €60 and wifi is good for 450mbps n, so just waiting on upc to catch up

As for bandwidth, depends on the number of seeders

bromley52

Iv just been messing with the Horizon Phone app and it's really very handy. Not only can you make calls using your home package but you can also receive calls made to your home phone. Calls can be made by up to 3 users of the app at the same time as well as the main phone. This is like having 4 outgoing landlines. I'm not sure if the same applies to incoming calls.

unklerosco

pah wrote: »

Lads, 120, 150, 200 ,240 doesn't matter . best you'll get on WiFi is around 70 anyway.

Even if you run a wired connection all the time, how many servers will you be connecting to that will provide enough bandwidth to utilise a 240Mbs download speed to it's capacity.

For day to day browsing and streaming I agree, you can't tell the difference.. It's the same as driving a micra or a ferrari down the M50... Speed limit is still the same..

I'm more interested in upload speeds getting better... handy for sending large files

bromley52

unklerosco wrote: »

For day to day browsing and streaming I agree, you can't tell the difference.. It's the same as driving a micra or a ferrari down the M50... Speed limit is still the same..

I'm more interested in upload speeds getting better... handy for sending large files

I would still like to the drive a Ferrari though.

Corholio

stimpson wrote: »

12 months. I upgraded on Monday. I was still in contract paying €55 for 200mb.

It makes you wonder why the made such a fanfare about the rise in TV prices and very little about the drop in cost for broadband.

New contract though right? So cheaper monthly but more expensive to pay than you would have been already contracted to.

duffman13

Corholio wrote: »

New contract though right? So cheaper monthly but more expensive to pay than you would have been already contracted to.

New contract is always part of a new deal. is there a cheaper comparable offer available? Because if there is I'm sure it will involve a contract aswell.

Dr Bolouswki

I upgraded on this earlier before seeing this thread - my monthly price has gone down while I get double the speed and unlimited calls instead of offpeak - happy days! I did it over the phone as I too was unsettled by the €60 charge online - no charge over the phone!

shamelessidiot

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

So



Viber.

Viber can only call other people with Viber as far as I'm aware, this is VoIP, completely different.

Corholio

duffman13 wrote: »

New contract is always part of a new deal. is there a cheaper comparable offer available? Because if there is I'm sure it will involve a contract aswell.

In just taking it as a deal yes. But if you were, let's say, 6 months into your current contract and then they changed their terms like they have and offered you the better deal signings a new 12 month contract. They'd then have you for 18 months instead of your original 12 months, which is 6 more than they might have had you. I mean it's fine if you were completely happy with everything but 18 months isn't always agreeable to everyone.

It's like the 'scam' they pulled on a few people with the overcharging on the bill and then 'fixing' their mistake and putting the amount that was overcharged as credit on the bill so your monthly cost eats it up faster then the deal amount would. So instead of it cheaper for 6 months and then normal for 6, it ended up being that no month was actually charged at the special rate. People like to budget for the months ahead, its not always about the current deal.

Moreilly

now im depressed...... over 50 euro a month for 0.8 MB broadband and a home phone i dont want....... eircom....... what id give to be able to get UPC....

timetogo

There's also their 120mb package and free calls for €40.

I'll be moving to that as I'm currently on 120mb and its more than I need. Saves me about €48 a year. Yeah its a new contract. No other bb comes close where I live so I've no problem signing up for another year.

Edit: I just rang them. The €40 package I mentioned only gives free landline calls. I hadn't noticed that. So I went with the €45 one.

stimpson

Corholio wrote: »

New contract though right? So cheaper monthly but more expensive to pay than you would have been already contracted to.

I'm not going anywhere and I have no plans to cancel. I've been with UPC for 5 years or more and have never had a problem. I think I can remember one day when the service was down. Who would I go to anyway? Eircom? Lol.

Pablo1802

I upgraded to that Limitless 240 broadband with mobile calls package for €45 with a 12 months new contract + €10 off for the first 6 months.
So it's slightly better deal then it is available for new customers.

What is important is the great upload speed of about 24 Mbps which is very useful if you got google drive or similar services in the cloud.
And actually I am getting those connection speeds but only on cable as you can see on attached screenshot

stimpson

You need a router and device that supports 802.11ac. I'm getting the full 240 wirelessly with a Netgear R7000.