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Eircom announces price hike

Customers can expect price increases of more than 3 per cent – as well as an extension of more expensive peak hours.

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EIRCOM IS TO introduce a price hike from next month, which will result in many bills increasing by 3.1 per cent – as well as the length of off-peak calling hours being cut.

Businesses and home customers will see prices rise from 5.95 cent to 9.5 cent for calls made outside their monthly bundle. The charge will come into effect on 11 March, siliconerepublic reports.

Furthermore, on 11 May, calls will be rounded up to the nearest cent; on the same day peak calling times will be extended from 7am to 7pm.

Eircom customers who do not have a call plan will see an average call price increase by 3.1 per cent.

The company has announced that, because of these charges, existing residential customers have the choice of exiting their contracts early without penalty, reports the Irish Times. The same offer does not apply to business customers.

Residential customers wishing to exit their contacts must inform Eircom in writing by 10 March.

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  • They have always been a rip-off and the Consumers Association is crying out for some time now to get the powers/legislation to tackle such bad charging and activities.

    They are a perfect example of the culture called “Rip-off Ireland” (they are already the most expensive in Europe) – Crazy broadband prices alone with a line service/quality that is 10 years behind the rest of Europe. Why people are still with them as much as they are is just sad!

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  • In the highly competitive telecoms Market how can a firm with one of the worst records of service provision and an appalling value-for-money service contonence a price rise… Looks to me like a debt reduction move in an attempt to resell Eircom

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  • thankfully for most people with an ounce of sense there are alternates to eircom, canceling my service with them a number of years ago was a very satisfying experience.

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