Johnboy1951 wrote: » Is that a copy & paste from their email?
daraghwal wrote: » When it's available I will definitely be using pure telecom instead. I emailed them about FUP and I got this back "Just to confirm there is know fair use policy, you are able to use as much usage as possible."
Fitz54 wrote: » I live in Rosslare Strand, Wexford and according to the eir FTTH map there are 350 premises able to access 1000Mbs fibre. Our house is in a estate on the fibre line about 250 metres from the cabinet. According to the fibre checker we can get FTTC with speeds of 30Mb but according to the eir Fibre checker "Your premises is not on the rural fibre rollout programme". I cant find any premises in Rosslare Strand that can get the FTTH. Does anybody have any information abour FTTH in Rosslare Strand?
Gonzo wrote: » the monthly cap is by billing period and not month? .
Bored Accountant wrote: » From what other people have said on here, the installers won't use your copper to pull it through. And then the other question is, what is the cost of the VoIP services, reliability etc?
Grumpypants wrote: » At the very least they should have a few fail safes built into the system. Like send a text/email you when you hit 900GB, then lower your speed at 980Gb and text again, and the first time you go over 1TB send a letter but don't charge you. After that you can argue the limit is too low, but not that you didn't know about it. The bigger concerns though, a few people have mentioned, is that the online data usage checker doesn't track your billing period which is what Eir charge on. It resets at the start of the month to 0. So if you have a billing date in the middle of the month you have no way to check that you are getting close to the limit. It seems crazy to have a limit that you have no way of tracking and such expensive costs. Especially when you are buying their most expensive package to get speeds that can download 1TB in just over 2 hours.
garroff wrote: » Many thanks Cush and Johnboy. Looks like I will be getting rid of copper line. Holding it would make fibre too expensive for me.
garroff wrote: » If I want to maintain a phone MUST I have 2 lines....the existing Eir line and the new fibre cable?
garroff wrote: » Question: can I use existing Eircom cable to pull fibre cable into house.?
If I want to maintain a phone MUST I have 2 lines....the existing Eir line and the new fibre cable?
rob808 wrote: » Data use per min video 144p - 1.90mb 240p - 2.70mb 360p - 4.40mb 480p - 7.70mb 720p - 14.50mb 1080p - 27.67mb Im not surprised you used 105Gb if you watch 4 HD video and download a game and watched some youtube.
Johnboy1951 wrote: » Did I read, maybe on this thread, that there is a limit to the amount a customer can be charged for going over the FUP?
Gonzo wrote: » just after logging in to my eir with my new details for the first time. It's been installed since Friday and i've only really had a chance to use it since Saturday morning. Since then I have downloaded 1 game (Starcraft 2) about 30 gigs, streamed some Netflix, watched some Youtube, downloaded a HD movie with Sky on demand, several hours of online gaming and some speedtests. My useage already is a whopping 105.32 GB, I thought my usage would be around 50gb at the most. Really scary how stuff adds up quickly when you have FTTH. My monthly useage when I had my ADSL connection was averaging 200-400 gigs per month. It really won't take much to break that 1tb allowance per month!.
Gonzo wrote: » You are charged several euros per gig over the limit. There are recently an increasing number of people complaining on the Eir forum over past 2 months about being charged extra for going over the limit, which most of them had no idea of because they thought the service was unlimited. The most recent complaint saw a customer billed an extra 188 euros for exceeding his data by an extra 800gigs. I reckon this is starting to happen more regularly, not everyone who gets billed excess charges suddenly runs to boards.ie and complains about it, so I reckon quite a few are getting this. I do agree that a download allowance should be in place, otherwise we could download half the internet in an afternoon, but 1tb is very small for such connections. Eir may have to look at increasing the fup soon to at least 2tb at a minimum. When FTTH first launched, the fup was only 500gigs, moved up to 1tb allowance a year ago.
plodder wrote: » What will happen when/if you do break the 1Tb limit?
ratracer wrote: » Most of the FTTH exchange won't be live until 3rd May. They are taking Pre-orders over the phone but won't install until after that date.
Grumpypants wrote: » Map now shows 150 houses in Kinvara can access up to 1000mbps. I think there was about 750 proposed houses listed in Kinvara. So still a bit of work to do.
banjopeter wrote: » I presume the 150 houses are outside the village on the FTTH, with the 580 premises within 1.5 km of village, and able to get FTTC. That leaves 20 houses, if there is no double-counting. "580 premises in this exchange can now access up to 100Mb/s fibre broadband with 150 premises able to access 1000Mb/s fibre"
knipex wrote: » I have had two separate calls from vodafone recently re by broadband. I have explained the FTTH is now or will shortly be available at my address. They are insistent that they can provide me with FTTH if its available. When I explain its an openeir install they tell me it must be wireless. Apparently only SIRO offer fiber to the home.. I hung up.
