WellyJ wrote: » Well i went through the sign up on a whim, And got an email saying they will ship the starter pack soon?? Though I reckon Eircom will just stop it from going through.
AlmightyCushion wrote: » They'll try their best to scupper it by denying the request because the address you give them isn't exactly the same as is in their database apparently. It'll be worth it in the end though.
briantwin wrote: » A) Close the contract with a penalty
briantwin wrote: » eircom TOS Now i used to work for them and i dont recall ever hearing of them actually excercising their right to demand payment of the monthly contract to completion. I may be wrong. ring the sales department or customer services and see what they say. Remember to be as direct as possible. ie. "I want to terminate my contract with eircom for my broadband,will i incur the cancelation charge in the form being charged the monthly rental for the balance of theunexpired contract period?"
BaldiePablo wrote: » I have it on good authority that the reason is because the billing system is yet to be put in place. Once this come in you'll all get hit!! Nasty!!
WellyJ wrote: » Yeh it does take over 4 years to implement a simple billing system...... :rolleyes:
BaldiePablo wrote: » .... SMART BB is supplied by eircom by the way .....
BaldiePablo wrote: » Simple?
AlmightyCushion wrote: » Are they? Smart put their own equipment into the exchanges. They have to pay eircom rental to have the equipment in their but I don't see how smart broadband is supplied by eircom.
WellyJ wrote: » You're right its not, Baldie doesnt know what he is talking about.
BaldiePablo wrote: » haha ... I think Briantwin said it best "Just more prattle from someone who doesn't know what they're talking about!!" Depending if you're talking about unbundling the copper pair you MAY have an ISP utilising their own equipment but in the VAST majority of cases it's simple Wholesale Line Rental which is eircom supplying the BB via SMART ... but please Welly do continue.... facinate me with more of your insight .....we're having a bit of a laugh at your development skills here!!! Ever consider maybe putting your dev skills to paper? You'd make a fortune .... :rolleyes:
WellyJ wrote: » Who is this "we" you refer to?
ian_m wrote: » How do you know this?
Cabaal wrote: » BaldiePablo is talking nonsense imho, I especially love the comments regarding Smart using eircom to supply Broadband, either he has a poor understanding of LLU or he/she is clueless.
WellyJ wrote: » Agreed, And it has to be said that if Eircon were to actually start charging they would make sure to inform their customers.
Cabaal wrote: » Certainly from a PR stand point of view it would make sense as otherwise it could cause them alot of complaints But given their T&C's they can do so without the need to inform customers given that people accepted that if they go over they will be charged.
WellyJ wrote: » Yes of course they can technically start charging whenever they want, But I think it would be a bad move on their part not giving a warning. Lots of customers will be pretty annoyed, I know I would leave them the second i received a bill charging for excess usage.
WellyJ wrote: » I know I would leave them the second i received a bill charging for excess usage.
BaldiePablo wrote: » I find this truely amazing! When you sign up to BB it CLEARLY STATES that there is a cap and afterwards there will be charges. When eircom begin to charge it will simply mean there are bringing into effect what they have been saying for ages now. How could that warrent complaints?? If you all wish to hide behind the door with your hands over your ears then thats fine but please please please take a picture of yourself when you get your bill in a few months because I'd love to see the look on your faces!!! :D:D
WellyJ wrote: » Actually I am currently moving to Smart, Eircom didnt even try to block it despite me being under contract. The above post was merely hypothetical, in that if i was STILL an ericom customer and they tried to charge me it would be all the incentive i need to leave them, And YES everyone is aware of the charges outlined in the contract, HOWEVER, not charging anyone for what must be almost 5 years now and suddenly deciding to charge with no warning would cause uproar. Really Baldie what the hell is your problem with all this, You come out with stupid predicitions and have nothing to back them up. They are not going to charge anyone "soon". And to be honest its more likely that they would remove the cap at this stage than start enforcing it. Take your bull**** elsewhere.
Cabaal wrote: » Ok lets give an example Joe Soap has a family and he is subscribed to a Eircom Broadband package that has a cap, his kids visit youtube alot and because of this he goes 2-3GB over his cap each month. This has been happening for almost 3 years now and Joe Soap isn't aware of it because he's never gottten any bills from Eircom with extra charges, suddenly he finds he's been billed 30.72e (3x 10.24e*) extra for the month of December for going 3GB over his cap. Yes the customer agreed to the T&C's when he signed up but he's been using the service like this for years and now finds he's being charged. He has a few options, first of these is bitching about this extra charge - Move to a higher capped package - Move to another ISP. From a PR standpoint eircom would be muppets if they did this wrong and suddenly charging without any pre-warning will result in ALOT of pissed off customers I'm not saying Eircom is in the wrong, there not but it'll look like they are from the averge customers viewpoint * Excess usage on the eircom broadband time packages will be charged at 4c per minute, eircom also reserve the right to charge an additional 1c per MB for excessive usage on the always on home starter, home plus and home professional broadband packages
Cabaal wrote: » On a related note to WellyJ's post, BaldiePablo your posting here with claim upon claim with regards to Eircom and there packages and also how "you believe" how eircom and smart supply broadband :rolleyes: Now there's sides to this 1. Your making stuff up to wind people up and in which case your trolling 2. Your a eircom employee posting potentially internal info without your employers consent in which case you could be fired if they found out. Care to confirm which you are?
