utv's NO OBLIGATION FREE TRIAL! - is it realy free?

LegacyUser

hi, like alot of you guys here, i'm waiting for smart telecom.

could i avail of utv's free 3 month offer in the meantime?

http://u.tv/utvclicksilver/

there has to be a catch, c'mon tell me the catch someone.

it cant be as easy as using free internet for 3 months, then saying by by, and moving to smart..............

seanogal

paperclip wrote:

hi, like alot of you guys here, i'm waiting for smart telecom.

could i avail of utv's free 3 month offer in the meantime?

http://u.tv/utvclicksilver/

there has to be a catch, c'mon tell me the catch someone.

it cant be as easy as using free internet for 3 months, then saying by by, and moving to smart..............

It appears to be as you say.You cannot have had broadband on your line before.You have to use them for your calls.I can't see any catch.

Gegerty

paperclip wrote:

hi, like alot of you guys here, i'm waiting for smart telecom.

could i avail of utv's free 3 month offer in the meantime?

http://u.tv/utvclicksilver/

there has to be a catch, c'mon tell me the catch someone.

it cant be as easy as using free internet for 3 months, then saying by by, and moving to smart..............

I stayed on past the 3 months but I can tell you that I asked them could I have a discount on the installation fee if i sent back the modem. I told them I had tried it out and didn't like it and didn't want it. They told me I couldn't because I had opened the packaging!! I asked them how am i mean't to try it out without opening the packaging and she just said they would have to pay to get it repackaged. That got me thinking, what if i decided I didn't want to take up their broadband at all and was sending back the modem and going elsewhere. Would they have told me the same c*rap? Basically don't trust them, make sure you cancel your direct debit after you tell them you're not going to take it up.

RuggieBear

there is a €99 installation fee if you keep it on after the free trial. I find that a bit of a swizz....

LegacyUser

i've already registerd with smart, this shouldn't be a problem should it?

LegacyUser

also, if i registered with utv to get the 3 month free trial, and then left them for smart, would i have to re register with eircom and then register with smart?

rymus

more than likely

Marcopolo85

rymus wrote:

more than likely

I had UTV for the three month trial with absolutely no problems. Gave it back because of the €99 self-install!!?? Absolutely no problem with their telephone service (which I kept). It's fantastic value. Moved to NTL for BB - no connection fee + 1 Meg for €25 per month. It's a no brainer.

dub45

Marcopolo85 wrote:

I had UTV for the three month trial with absolutely no problems. Gave it back because of the €99 self-install!!?? ....

RuggieBear wrote:

there is a €99 installation fee if you keep it on after the free trial. I find that a bit of a swizz....

In fairness to UTV €99 (or most of it anyways) is a fee they have to pay to Eircom for the initial connection at the exchange.

RuggieBear

dub45 wrote:

In fairness to UTV €99 (or most of it anyways) is a fee they have to pay to Eircom for the initial connection at the exchange.

fair enough...just another reason to hate eircon:mad:

Infini

Eircom strikes again! Always finding new ways to rob our money. :mad:

dub45

Infini wrote:

Eircom strikes again! Always finding new ways to rob our money. :mad:

If you are going to bash Eircom at least be rational. Connecting someone up for broadband requires labour - people have to be paid to do work - there is administration involved etc etc.

Marcopolo85

dub45 wrote:

If you are going to bash Eircom at least be rational. Connecting someone up for broadband requires labour - people have to be paid to do work - there is administration involved etc etc.

Yeah - but don't NTL send a crew out to your house....and do the install FREE??

dub45

Marcopolo85 wrote:

Yeah - but don't NTL send a crew out to your house....and do the install FREE??

That is NTL's choice. The point I was making stands there is work involved that's a real cost. Passing it on is not a 'new way to rob our money'.

For another example Irish Broadband usually have an installation charge although they currently have a special offer up to June.

Dr_MalPractice

seanogal wrote:

It appears to be as you say.You cannot have had broadband on your line before.You have to use them for your calls.I can't see any catch.

In theory, you have to use them for calls. in reality, you don't. We've had it for just over 2 months, cancelled it in writing and returned the creative broadband blaster modem they supplied. almost a week later, and we're still waiting to get our account cancellation number, so that we can move to a 2mb down, 128k up, 24gig cap service with BT. i have to say i can't fault UTV for quality of service, and we haven't had to pay them a cent. did have to fork out 130 euros to eircon just to get the phone line installed, and bi monthly line rental. but thats one of those things you have to face up to.

in fairness to eircom though, ireland has had one of the best call connections in the world for a long time. when was the last time you were connected to a number that wasn't the one you dialed? in the late 90's, italy had a connection rate of only about 54%. imagine only getting the number you dial on every other call. :eek:

Rollo Tamasi

paperclip wrote:

also, if i registered with utv to get the 3 month free trial, and then left them for smart, would i have to re register with eircom and then register with smart?

I did a similiar thing to yourself paperclip. I dropped the Eircom free trial after 3 months and went with Digiweb. Altogether it took about 3-4 weeks for eircom to remove their instance of broadband of my telephone line and for Digiweb to activate theirs. There where no additional charges either .

The only thing to be weary about is that you probably won't get a free trial with smart telecom or any other broadband provider after you have already had broadband with another ISP for free.

I suppose it has to be enforced cuz otherwise we'd all be jumping to different providers.

Digiweb, by the way, IMO, seem to have a better / more reliable/ faster connection than eircom! i can get a 120kbs upload with digiweb and was only hitting 90kbs with eircom on a 512kb package.

LegacyUser

cool, thanks for replies