Esats New Offer Broadband and Line Rental 49 Euro

Tweaky

While driving home this evening I passed a billboard with Esats new offer - Broadband and line rental for 49 euro a month . It was also being advertised under the BT brand - Esat BT are currently in the process of rebranding under the BT name.
I cannot find any other details anywhere else. I know they were due to announce an offer in Mid April. Has somebody put up one of the billboards a little early.
If you have any further details please post here !

Thanks,

julius

So they finally decided to use BT instead of esatBT....well I hope they offer us in Ireland similar products that they have in the UK.

I suppose the €49 offer is only given when you sign up to their Telephone service...similar to UTV???
Is this limited to esatBT's...sorry.....BT's unbundled exchanges or all exchanges????

zod

Can't find anything on their website!

Tweaky

Has anyone else seen one of these billboards. The one I saw was on the lower glanmire road in cork coming out of town as you turn back down on to the quays.

byte

Get the camera ready next time you pass it!

julius

Yeah take a pic next time.

It could be confuseing if there is no distinction...even Tesco use Tesco Ireland and such.

A O Malley

You pretty much get that if sign up for standard broadband and there line rental with €5 off for online billing.

So I would say that is the package they set-up.

MarVeL

Saw something like it on a bus but didn't get the details, sorry

julius

What are you talking about A O Malley???

EsatBT have their basic Package at €39(€33 with their telephone service).

€24(line Rental) + €33 + €(whatever package of calls you are forced to signup to)
= Far more than €49 a month.

A O Malley

If you get on-line billing you get €5 of your bill a month 33+24-5=52 they just took €3 off to get below €50 not much more of a saving then you can get right now.

Skyuser

julius wrote:

So they finally decided to use BT instead of esatBT

They were always going to use the BT name. They were just familiarising people with BT.
Vodafone done the same, remember they were called "Eircell Vodafone" for about a year.

digitaldeath

Switch over yer phone service - €25 a month for line rental and get IOL Broadband Plus (2Mb connection with a 24Gb cap) for €49.99. Self installation is €80 and ya gotta pay 2 months broadband in advance.

Tweaky

Check out their website - it has just been updated
www.esatbt.ie

dancin

digitaldeath wrote:

Switch over yer phone service - €25 a month for line rental and get IOL Broadband Plus (2Mb connection with a 24Gb cap) for €49.99. Self installation is €80 and ya gotta pay 2 months broadband in advance.

I wonder what way they treat existing broadband users? Would we have to pay the connection fee and 2 months in advance? Would there downtime (disconnect and re-connect the broadband after a few days)?

damien

Site not working properly yet. Terms and Conditions page won't load, even after I fixed the url. I heard on the radio that there is no minimum contract. That would be pretty cool.

halenger

It's still BitStream. There'd be no reason for downtime, that I can see.

What you do with your phone provider (assuming not unbundled) wont effect whatever BitStream operator you're with, and vice versa.

stiofanD

No minimum term and a 12GB download allowance looks mighty good to me!

Praetorian

https://esatbt.com/echannel/res.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=res_Products_&residentialProducts_actionOverride=/pageflows/residentialContent/products/broadbandPlus

For just €57 per month with line rental, our premium Broadband Plus service gives you all of the features of regular Broadband, plus these additional benefits:

Line rental discounted to €10 a month

We’ve increased the Broadband Plus download
speed by up to 2Mb per second.

A huge 24GB monthly data-transfer allowance is more than
enough to download plenty of quality broadband content

A dual USB/Ethernet modem lets you connect
to the Internet with your PC and a games console.
It also means that any system with an Ethernet card
can be used on the service

Order online and save €50 on self-install (normally €80)

Note: Broadband Plus without phone line rental is €47.

Cryos

there is a phase out period for companys changing names, Eircell Vodafone was like that for about a year i think, esat bt has been around around the same afaik.

julius

Broadband + Line Rental + Using there Telephone System

Rang up there and you must switch Voice calls over to them to avail of this offer!

Smarts free calls to other smart customers is too good a deal to leave Im afraid!

-Al-

ya when you ring them too, they say welcome to BT, you would have known us as esat BT previously blah blah blah...

jm2k

Will everyone get this automatically or will you have to ring them to set it up? Currently pay ~€57 (BB @ €33.15 & line rental) ...so I could have BB+ for the same price

-Al-

well everyone has the cap increase (rang this morning to confirm, and thats effective of this morning) but the line rental I dont have a clue about.

Sarsfield

I phoned BT Ireland to enquire about transferring to the service. The recorder spiel at the beginning of the call says existing customers will automatically get the discount.

There's also a €5/bill discount for opting for online billing.

If you're transferring from Eircom don't listen to anything Eircom says. They told me a few minutes ago that I'd have to cancel Eircom before I could apply to BT. This is NOT TRUE if you are out of your 12 month contract. BT will send a "broadband transfer authorisation form" which provides for a transfer with no downtime.

I am really, REALLY annoyed with Eircom after being given incorrect information, and this has given me the final incentive necessary to transfer provider. :mad:

Cabaal

I'm trying to check out Esats site and btireland.ie, esatbt.ie & esatbt.com are all dead
www.iol.ie is the only site working at the moment

btireland.ie gives me the following result http://www.btireland.ie/bridgeerror.html

Seems their transfering sites over atm

flop71

Sarsfield wrote:

I phoned BT Ireland to enquire about transferring to the service. The recorder spiel at the beginning of the call says existing customers will automatically get the discount.

There's also a €5/bill discount for opting for online billing.

If you're transferring from Eircom don't listen to anything Eircom says. They told me a few minutes ago that I'd have to cancel Eircom before I could apply to BT. This is NOT TRUE if you are out of your 12 month contract. BT will send a "broadband transfer authorisation form" which provides for a transfer with no downtime.

I am really, REALLY annoyed with Eircom after being given incorrect information, and this has given me the final incentive necessary to transfer provider. :mad:

I was told the same thing from Eircom, when i enquired about moving my BB and Calls back to Eircom, they told me i'd have to cancel first and then wait 10-15 working days to get connected!! LOL!

I think i'll dump UTV at the end of the month and signup with Esat/BT/IOL/whoever

Flop

radiospan

Cabaal wrote:

I'm trying to check out Esats site and btireland.ie, esatbt.ie & esatbt.com are all dead
www.iol.ie is the only site working at the moment

btireland.ie gives me the following result http://www.btireland.ie/bridgeerror.html

Seems their transfering sites over atm

It was down for a while all right, but seems to be back up now:

http://www.btireland.ie/

qBot

Was just talking to one of those live support help guys on there website and he tells me that ill have to run the lenght of my current contract before being able to take up that new offer. I don't hold much faith in what he has to say though as, he told me that even if i had been over my 12 month contract i would still have to pay the connection charge associated with the new deal and therefore i wouldnt make a saving. Which to me doesn't make any sense, as i'm already connected, why would there be another connection charge. Seriously, these guys are muppets.

halkar

gBot. does that mean existing customers of IOLBB+esat phone can not get the discounts? I can not find their terms and conditions anywhere on the web though their website is mess .

qBot

Well, thats what the rep was implying but i don't if I should believe him. I'd imagine though if your contract is over the 12 months and u wish to avail of teh new deal u won't have to pay for the connection again. Whether u get the discount if your still in your current contract i don't know. When eircom reduced there broadband costs a couple of years ago, they also reduced the cost for current customers, however that wasn't a bundled deal like the one BT are offering now.. Whether BT will do something similar, I guess well just have to wait and see.

cgarvey

Standard practice qBot, same with mobile phone networks, etc.. it's an incentive to encourage new customers, not retain existing ones. That's not to say it's not fair/nice!

So if you're with a non-BTIre DSL provider, then you're joining their service to which being part of another service makes no difference (an engineer still has to call to an exchange to swap you over).

If you're already with BTIre DSL, then you're just being screwed so that they can concentrate on getting new customers in.

.cg

Sarsfield

halkar wrote:

gBot. does that mean existing customers of IOLBB+esat phone can not get the discounts? I can not find their terms and conditions anywhere on the web though their website is mess .

Dial 1800 923923 and listen to what the lady says. "If you already have broadband and line rental with us, you will automatically avail of one of our new packages".

qBot wrote:

even if i had been over my 12 month contract i would still have to pay the connection charge associated with the new deal and therefore i wouldnt make a saving

When I called, the chap checked this for me - came back after less than a minute and said NO connection charge for a broadband transfer. If you're already with BT, dial 1800 923923 for the real story.

damien

Saw this in a press release:

DOWNLOAD LIMITS INCREASED BY 50%
- new download limits automatically apply to all customers (existing and new) from today

NEW LINE RENTAL/BROADBAND BUNDLE PRICE 49 (BB 1Meg) or 57 (BB+ 2Meg)
- new pricing automatically applies to all existing Line Rental/Broadband bundle customers from their next bill going forward
- existing BB customers who choose Voice will get Line Rental for €10 from date of signup
- existing Voice (WLR) customers who choose BB will get their Line Rental discounted to €10 when their BB goes live
- e.g. customers on 8/6 bill run will see new price going forward from that date

CONTRACT TERM
- new customers from today will have no minimum term contract,
- existing customers will remain on the contract term they originally signed up to (12 months).
- Existing customers will not have to sign up to a new contract

ONLINE DISCOUNT
- online discount of €5 per bill applies to all customers who register for online billing. This is over and above any other discounts.

CONNECTION FEE
- 90 (BB 1Meg) or 80 (BB+ 2Meg)
- Discounted by €50 to 40 (BB 1Meg) or 30 (BB+ 2Meg) if ordered online

qBot

Sarsfield wrote:

When I called, the chap checked this for me - came back after less than a minute and said NO connection charge for a broadband transfer. If you're already with BT, dial 1800 923923 for the real story.

Think u misquoted me lad. I was saying that the rep didn't know what he was talking about and that he shouldn't be believed.

julius

From damien.m

CONNECTION FEE
- 90 (BB 1Meg) or 80 (BB+ 2Meg)
- Discounted by €50 to 40 (BB 1Meg) or 30 (BB+ 2Meg) if ordered online

As I am currently on the trial....would it be possible for me to cancel the trial now, order it online AGAIN and then get away with paying €40 (BB 1Meg) or €30 (BB+ 2Meg) for my connection????

It seems logical in my view....or will this new connection price be the reduced rate when i have to pay it in a couple of months???

As eircom connect for free the cheaper the better?!?!?

awhir

do esat have to update there exchange after eircom do it or do they upgrade at the same time

JimiMac

damien.m wrote:

Saw this in a press release:

DOWNLOAD LIMITS INCREASED BY 50%
- new download limits automatically apply to all customers (existing and new) from today

NEW LINE RENTAL/BROADBAND BUNDLE PRICE 49 (BB 1Meg) or 57 (BB+ 2Meg)
- new pricing automatically applies to all existing Line Rental/Broadband bundle customers from their next bill going forward
- existing BB customers who choose Voice will get Line Rental for €10 from date of signup
- existing Voice (WLR) customers who choose BB will get their Line Rental discounted to €10 when their BB goes live
- e.g. customers on 8/6 bill run will see new price going forward from that date

CONTRACT TERM
- new customers from today will have no minimum term contract,
- existing customers will remain on the contract term they originally signed up to (12 months).
- Existing customers will not have to sign up to a new contract

ONLINE DISCOUNT
- online discount of €5 per bill applies to all customers who register for online billing. This is over and above any other discounts.

CONNECTION FEE
- 90 (BB 1Meg) or 80 (BB+ 2Meg)
- Discounted by €50 to 40 (BB 1Meg) or 30 (BB+ 2Meg) if ordered online

When I spoke to tech. support I was told that the connection had already been upgreded from 0.5Meg to 1Meg even though the new pricing is affective from today. I can't say I've noticed much of a difference.

Has it already been upgraded?

mag

whats the contention on the esat 2mb broadband+ package, i cant see it anywhere on their site...

julius

JimiMac wrote:

When I spoke to tech. support I was told that the connection had already been upgreded from 0.5Meg to 1Meg even though the new pricing is affective from today. I can't say I've noticed much of a difference.

Has it already been upgraded?

Well thats nice...but I assume you have read previous posts about the speed upgrades over the last month???
The bandwidth upgrade has been talked to death.

What I expressed concern earlier is over the connection charge as it has decreased for online signups and will it take effect for those still on the trial, who have as yet not payed for it, or just those who signup online from today??

Sarsfield

qBot wrote:

Think u misquoted me lad. I was saying that the rep didn't know what he was talking about and that he shouldn't be believed.

Whoops, careless selection of where to start & stop the quote! I should have been a journalist

jor el

julius wrote:

As I am currently on the trial....would it be possible for me to cancel the trial now, order it online AGAIN and then get away with paying €40 (BB 1Meg) or €30 (BB+ 2Meg) for my connection????

I was thinking the same thing as I'm currently on trial too and will be hit with an €80 connection fee in two months.

mag wrote:

whats the contention on the esat 2mb broadband+ package, i cant see it anywhere on their site...

24:1 for BBplus (2Mb), 48:1 on BB (1Mb)

awhir wrote:

do esat have to update there exchange after eircom do it or do they upgrade at the same time

Unless you're an Esat business customer on one of the few exchanges they've unbundled then Esat are just re-selling Eircom's product. Also, I don't know if there was actually any upgrade as it's still RADSL and not ADSL2+ or anything like that. Either way, Esat got the upgraded speeds as soon as Eircom made it available and have now passed that on to all their customers.

Knob

I'm on the €47 per month IOLBB+ 2mb package (no line rental just basic internet access)

Whats the deal with us particular customers? Does everything remain the same, do we get new caps, same prices?

Oh, here's one to really highlight my ignorance, whats all this 'line rental' stuff about? I've allways assumed line rental was paying for that little box your telephone/pc plugs into which is supplied by eircom. Do esat supply them now?

As I said, ignorance....

bk

Knob wrote:

I'm on the €47 per month IOLBB+ 2mb package (no line rental just basic internet access)

Whats the deal with us particular customers? Does everything remain the same, do we get new caps, same prices?

Oh, here's one to really highlight my ignorance, whats all this 'line rental' stuff about? I've allways assumed line rental was paying for that little box your telephone/pc plugs into which is supplied by eircom. Do esat supply them now?

As I said, ignorance....

Ignorance is bliss!!

For people currently on the €47 you will be upgraded from 512k to 2mb download (this was done last week) and your cap has been increased from 16GB to 24GB from today.

If you like you can also get line rental from Esat for an extra €10 per month. Line rental is what you currently pay Eircom to have a telephone line into your house. This normally costs €24 odd per month and you must laready be paying it.

Knob

bk wrote:

Ignorance is bliss!!

For people currently on the €47 you will be upgraded from 512k to 2mb download (this was done last week) and your cap has been increased from 16GB to 24GB from today.

If you like you can also get line rental from Esat for an extra €10 per month. Line rental is what you currently pay Eircom to have a telephone line into your house. This normally costs €24 odd per month and you must laready be paying it.

Certainly is. Thanks.

Cabaal

damien.m wrote:

CONTRACT TERM
- new customers from today will have no minimum term contract,
- existing customers will remain on the contract term they originally signed up to (12 months).
- Existing customers will not have to sign up to a new contract

Maybe it applys to phone services only,
Or is it for BB,
Can somebody get Esat BB and then cancel 6 months in?

Knob

Hah! I'm finally rid of Eircom

Rang BT just now and had them upgrade my current 2mb package to the 2mb+line rental deal. It too easy. Only takes about a week for the transfer to take place, line rental now only costs €10 per month and best of all I'll never recieve another bill from 'them' again.

Surely it can't have been this straightforward? There's got to be a hideous catch somewhere?

bk

Knob wrote:

Surely it can't have been this straightforward? There's got to be a hideous catch somewhere?

It is not hideous, but a small catch is that you can't use UTV Talk with it, you have to use Esat phone charges (which are still cheaper then Eircom).

LFCFan

Goddamn it. Won't be holding my breath waiting for UTV to come up with a similar deal. Still got 10 months left on my contract with them and they STILL haven't transferred line rental over. Do all the other Phone Companies provide single billing now or are they all in the same boat?

halkar

Got a letter today from EsatBT saying they changed their name to BT bla bla and from next bill I will be getting the new prices. Instead of paying €64.13 it will be €57 including phone line and IOLBB+. Niiiiice
Now me waiting for my 2MB, still getting 1MB even though I am on IOLBB+.

impr0v

New name, same old muppets, their support mail address from the site is bouncing mails. Ring up and you get 48 seconds of bull**** sales speak from some stock voice model who sounds like an elf who just won the elf-lottery such is her joy. Get through to the business line help desk where there is multiple sighing and 'i don't know's, before she palms me off to my sales rep for whom she doesn't have either a number or an e-mail address.

Any interaction with esat/esatBT/BTIreland/BT administration or accounts personnel makes my ****ing blood boil.

impr0v

And furthermore, what the hell has models jumping over each other and a model smelling a bunch of roses got to do with providing low quality and over-priced telecommunications and backing that up with poor service? There should be a law against stock photography being used on corporate sites.