Broadband switch deals

Thanks. Dunno much about this stuff but isn't 3TB loads of data, more than enough for me and the missus who are only using BBC for day to day stuff. The man I was talking to did say that it was low and I would exceed it. I'll get back on to them and check it out.

Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea than in 2025 there will be limits in data usage... How old fashion

This is a deal breaker for me unfortunately:-(

I'd consider my house to be heavy usage without being involved in any downloading/uploading so plenty of devices streaming constantly. We'd go through 1-2Tb a month. Once I reached 3Tb and that was from a crazy amount of 4k streaming when covid hit and up all night.

Virgin Media Red Friday offer launched today -

If you buy 1Gb/2Gb/5Gb broadband and TV, you get a free 43" TCL TV.

1Gb BB - €45pm & TV - €17pm. €62pm for 12 months.

Must be with Virgin for 28 days, TV will then be dispatched.

I assume that's Netflix basic plan, so would have to pay extra to upgrade to premium? Likewise with Sky TV.

GoMo €12.99 a month now for black Friday

Along as it's OpenEir fibre, there's the 1Gb Digiweb offer on Switcher mentioned above for €30pm for 12 months. €45pm out of contract.

Eir shouldn't be avoided, the customer service has been quite good lately in my experience.

Was that TV or something? I've been with sky for broadband for 4 years now with no increase in price. ("New" account's every 12 months)

Edit: Maybe it's an open eir line you're on? Im on siro.

The 500Mb got a price increase but the 1Gb didn't IIRC. You have the option to leave when the price increase isn't mentioned at the outset of the contract, like Sky and Virgin Media have done in the past.

Switched to Digiweb on the 29.99 for 1gb offer this week. Openeir.
Great price so we are happy.

Just a caution - The Zyxel router they provide, whilst being Wifi 6 is on the low end, has pretty poor signal coverage and throughput. Not much better than older Wifi5 modems. I can see the signal:noise ratio is worse when compared with the Sky modem I used for the past year.

Also, it is incompatible with the existing OpenEir ONT. Max 100mb ethernet speed coming from the WAN port when connected to Huawai ONT, so internet capped at that. Digiweb support confirmed this issue is known with older ONTs and the Zyxel.. they have booked an OpenEir call out to replace the ONT.

For now, so I could get 1gb I switched back to the Fritzbox I got from Pure (2 years ago) and configured it under PPPOE over the phone to Digiweb.

Does anyone else think it's nuts that if you switch each year you get another modem left behind gathering dust when they mostly all can connect to other services?

I've got 5 modems now: Virgin, Vodafone, Sky Hub, Digiweb (Zyxel), Pure (Fritzbox)

I signed up for the same offer but my modem was sent to an address 150 miles away !

Eir disconnected my Broadband yesterday morning so I got onto Digiweb and their customer support guy was excellent, I got an Archer VR400 I have configured and its working well.

The only flaw is that it has no phone port so I cant connect my home phone. Wondering is there some adapter I can use because the Zyxel doesnt sound great at all.

So Sky dont mention any yearly price increases when signing up, but obviously they have T&C which allow them do so, and you can cancel if desired. But they dont pull that stunt every year?

Yeah exactly

I was in a 12 month contract and got hit