Eircom to begin throttling and disconnecting pirates... yarr

Wibbs wrote: »

BT can be a serious pain IMHO. I deal with this stuff on a daily basis and I have found in the last few years, in Dublin anyway, that while Eircom are pricey gits, I would have far fewer callouts for internet problems with them. Far fewer. To the extent that if a client is using eircom I usually look to the computer settings first.

BT will also throttle you back if you go over their cap and it seems to be variable too. Then you're stuck at dialup speeds for the rest of the month.

I get a lot of people asking me to also sort out their net problems due to some serious training I have in the technology field.
While I can't speak for Dublin where seemingly according to Wibbs, they seem to be keeping up some sort of resemblance of a good company, beyond the Dublin borders, a hell of a lot of time they are pretty useless to a lot of folk.

For the fore mentioned reasons above (post no. 9) and others, outside the Capital, its a different story, far, far different. When people are having problems, the first question from me and others in the I.T. field is always "Are you with Eircom?" - 9 out of 10 times the answer is "yes" and subsequently upon investigation of the problems people are having, are found to be at the feet of Eircom and their poor service.
I know of many, many people that never have trouble with BT just as Wibbs might suggest he know many that don't have trouble with Eircom. There is good and bad on both sides. I can tell of stories abut Eircoms accountancy methods and roughness that could make your hair stand on end.

Beyond the capital though from one side of this country to another where I get around to (some will have already kopped this by reading "Location: I currently move around (work)" under my avartar) I and others along with me whom I've had lengthy conversations, Eircom are a disaster from beginning to end to deal with.

They say the proof is in the pudding. Well as already suggested, go look for oneself at Irish net forums and seek out the relevant computer sections. By far one will see many more complaining abut Eircom alone in ratio to any other or all alternative available service providers together, but its not just about the numbers. Read about their methods, their consistent same problems with their service, line speed drops, cut outs, etc besides their consistent finance department problems with their customers too! Same problems repeating over and over and over again...

BT might cap ones speed if ye go over a limit. Shock horror - only to be expected if you download more than you paid for. Others so similar including Eircom.
However BT with their "third option" package give a person an UNLIMITED allowance and in some cases that option is still cheaper than Eircoms LESSER packages!

At the end of the day, there is good and bad on both sides.
For that good and bad though, by far, you are paying a lot more with Eircom!
Just compare the prices, them compare the services and the alternatives, not just with BT.
Read the forums...