Eircom Connection fees? - 3G Mobile

visigoth · 04-04-2004 05:50PM #1

Apparently if you sign to Eircom Broadband with 3G Mobile they pay your connection fee for you. Anyone know anything more about this?

talla · 04-04-2004 07:17PM

surely this is anticompetitive?? Don't eircom own 3G??

RobertFoster · 04-04-2004 09:05PM

They give you stuff like an Xbox for €99 or an iPod at a discount rate...

alleepally · 05-04-2004 12:40AM

Yep, 3g have a promotion alright. Was in their store in Tallaght on Friday and the 99 connection/setup fee is waived when you sign up. Asked how long it was running until and they guy didn't know but thought until the end of April.

Redshift · 05-04-2004 01:25PM

Originally posted by talla
surely this is anticompetitive?? Don't eircom own 3G??

No they don't, Eircom sold their stores to 3G mobile Ltd which is an independant british comany.

Wrestlemania · 05-04-2004 08:23PM

do they have a website.....that would be handy saving dosh like that

cerbeus · 06-04-2004 01:56PM

if 3G are bearing the cost of the connection fee what's in it for them?
have they a deal with Eircom as a result of buying the stores off them??

alleepally · 06-04-2004 09:00PM

Curiosity got the better of me today so I rang Eircom and asked how they can waive the install fee and as a previous poster pointed out, the are giving an xbox for €99. Still a good deal and they are technically not doing the install for free. Sounds a bit odd though, but that's the best I could get from Eircom anyway.

visigoth · 08-04-2004 12:47PM

Went into one of the stores yesterday - Apparently if you sign up with Direct Debit in the 3G Stores they refund you the €99 connection fee that you have to pay Eircom, like as a cheque, in the post.
That's gotta be annoying to people who've signed up over the phone direct with Eircom. (ha ha)

Eircom Connection fees? - 3G Mobile

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