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blowin



Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Location: Tubbercurry , Co Sligo

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thankyou for that insight . So there really is no hope then !

Wow -- serendipity again --- I have just seen a bar graph with 58.6kbs march across my monitor for maybe 20 secs . It has now dropped back to 28ish but does that mean they can do it all the time if they really want to ? Or has everyone else just switched off in frustration ?


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quarryman



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Location: Sligo

PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd say they are just teasing you, they are in the exchange turning the power up and down  Twisted Evil
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blowin



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Location: Tubbercurry , Co Sligo

PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

blowin wrote:
.....Thank you for your e-mail received 16/1/08.
This is an automated response, a member of our team will reply to you
within two working days with information regarding your query......
eircom net.[/i]

Remember that ?
Here is the promised info regarding my query .
It was postmarked Tue 22/01/2008 15:50  .  I make that more than 2 working days .

**************
eircom Limited. Registered in Dublin. Registration Number 98789.
Registered Office - 114 St. Stephen's Green West, Dublin 2.
**************
In this instance it would appear that you are experiencing a technical
difficulty with your dial-up Internet connection. We have referred your
query to the eircom dial-up Technical Support department who will be
able to assist you further.

For future reference, Technical Support contact information is included
below:
For online assistance 24hours a day, 7 days a week, please visit:
http://support.eircom.net
Technical Support contact details:
Narrowband (eircom net Free, eircom net Flat Rate, eircom net
Subscription):
1530 277 100 (calls charged at 33c per min)
Broadband (Time, Home Starter, Home Plus, Home Professional):
1890 260 260 (lo-call charges)
Lines are open 8am to 10pm, 7 days.


Informative , isn't it .
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squirrel01



Joined: 14 Dec 2006
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Location: co. roscommon

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i got o2 BB the other day, its a bit up and down but does seem ok, most i ever got on eircom was 44kps getting 3.6 mbps with this, only changed over when the lightning blew the phone box and also buggered my modem.....
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quarryman



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Location: Sligo

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you need to be in a 3G area to get O2 BB?
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blowin



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Location: Tubbercurry , Co Sligo

PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have just tried to get into that link to the support desk . The main page is quite pretty , with graphics and links and stuff Very Happy. .  As a consequence it took feckin ages to get in Evil or Very Mad . More time and money wasted but never mind , I can now click on the link to the place I have to go to find out about " dial-up" Very Happy  .
And after a few minutes .................    Rolling Eyes  Rolling Eyes  Shocked  Wink  Very Happy

I get this : "  Knowledge server is not responding. Please try later. "
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squirrel01



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the network changes as it searches, got it on a 2 week trial so will see how it goes, so far so good....
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roiphil



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Location: Co. Limerick

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

we recently moved house, as i was not advised that i would have to tell the internet dept of eircom of the move, i was advised that the internet would just stay the same 150 hours anytime because we kept our phone number, i month later phone bill for 169 euro  Shocked  Shocked dialed 1901 billing enquiry then was told i should have infromed internet dept i was being charged everytime i connected etc, also my weekend talktime package had gone, told to dial 1530 277 100 and just give them my new eircom account number and it would all be sorted simple change of account number one would think,  Confused  Confused  Rolling Eyes

i reckon this number took me to india as the bloke on the other end of the phone had no idea how to change my account number plus he sounded foreign, and it appeared to me he had no idea what he was doing he asked me if i had a dial up internet fault, I SHOULD SAY SO any how he passed me onto another indian who was able to cancel original internet account and start a new one finally some one who understood and knew what to do at last

If this problem is not sorted in my next phone bill eircom will be getting a bill from me for phoning that 1530 number at 33 cents a minute plus cost of writing the letter and the inconvenience

have eircom internet dept emigrated to india or was i just unlucky and got a trainee  Rolling Eyes
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blowin



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Location: Tubbercurry , Co Sligo

PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

roiphil wrote:
....... or was i just unlucky and got a trainee  Rolling Eyes

Based on my own experience I'd say you were lucky to get anyone !

It is a good point about the cost to you , tho' .  
So , the costs to the customer include :
The value of his own time .
Cost of contacting support.
Loss of service you still have to pay for ( downtime ) .
??? A set minimum charge for each time the connection breaks immediately after it connects ???
I am sure there are others , and most of them are quantifiable .
I wonder whether anyone has seriously tried to test this in court ? I note that major banks in the uk have been told to refund a fortune in overcharges which most of us just accepted . Is there an Ombudsman , or similar ?

I will see where Eircom point me , if I can stay online long enough to find out .
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quarryman



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Location: Sligo

PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This will give you a link to the complaints process etc.

http://www.askcomreg.ie/tell_us/complaints_and_queries.51.LE.asp



This is the regulatory body

www.comreg.ie


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