eircom increased prices after contract signed

eir services are total rubbish, last week I decided I had enough of this miserable company! never again!
I moved back to eir for broadband as I have them for mobile. Now get the 4 mobiles for 9.99 each per month with the BB for 35 euro. Their customer service is pretty good, huge improvement on what it was 3 years ago. Service on a par with VF but VF prices are off the wall.
 


Worth noting that eir have now given up the fig leaf of cpi + x% which they previously used to give an air of reasonableness to their price gouging, and are now going flat out. The 500mb fibre broadband offering will be subject to a 10% + price increase in April this year - according to the CSO the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.4% in the year ending December 2024.

So eir's price increases running at a t an awesome 6.5 times the rate of inflation. I wonder if they are increasing their employee's earnings at the same rate. Or is it just the directors' bonuses and the shareholders dividend.
 
Worth noting that eir have now given up the fig leaf of cpi + x% which they previously used to give an air of reasonableness to their price gouging, and are now going flat out.
To be fair, stating up front the the annual increase is a flat €4 is a lot more transparent to most punters than telling them that it will be CPI+x% even if it the former ends up being greater.
 
Think just the bb. I was on the 9.99 offer 2 years ago. I got in before 5th Feb for yhe bb so increase a bit less for me.
Yeah it seems according to Eir you're getting a €10 discount off their mobile plans
"Customers who avail of eir Mobile and eir Broadband on the same account will receive a €10 monthly discount for each active eirMobile plan."
Which if like you, have 4 mobiles is a great deal and as far as I can see once you continue to have their BB this deal will be available to you

Though I do notice that people who have entered into this contract after 6th of February seem to have a different deal
which includes a price increase on the mobile and an annual increase as well
 
I guess the high cost of repairing recent storm damage is going to be passed on in some fashion. No different than electricity.
 
Just wondering if the mobiles will be going up in April or is it just the BB??
Just got an email from Eir. Broadband increasing by €6 per month, Mobile SIM Only increasing by €2.50 per month. I had 3 mobiles in the bundle so this is an increase of €13.50 per month for me!
 
Just got an email from Eir. Broadband increasing by €6 per month, Mobile SIM Only increasing by €2.50 per month. I had 3 mobiles in the bundle so this is an increase of €13.50 per month for me!
I am in the same boat, just checked the broadband contract and it is quoting the price increase as CPI plus 3%, given the price change has moved away from CPI model to fixed price of EUR6 which is well above current CPI plus 3% , could this be argued as a contract change on their side providing an opportunity to cancel? Secondly the mobile sim only contract is only 30 days so hoping to see if I can renegotiate that element back down.
 
They said in my letter I can cancel the contract up to 17th April. I only signed up at end of January. But they are still the best value for me with 4 mobiles and bb.
 
Maybe it's the case that the contract that you are currently on uses the CPI based price increase and you are not yet signed up to one that uses the fixed price increase? What do the terms and conditions of the contract that you are currently on say about how price increases are applied?
Secondly the mobile sim only contract is only 30 days so hoping to see if I can renegotiate that element back down.
What do you mean by this?
 
They are putting everyone on the fixed increase contract, but giving you the option to cancel your existing contract without a break fee.
 

In 2020 I signed up for €49.99 for life. Got an email in Feb 2025 telling me my fixed price for life was increasing by €6. I complained, they responded with:
"Regarding the notification you receive about our annual price increase even thought you are on a price for life, under the reg89 it supersedes the previous contract."

I cancelled and moved to another supplier.
 
Yes, they were cheaper with an introductory offer. I'll just have to do the annual shopping around thing that I hate.
 
They are putting everyone on the fixed increase contract, but giving you the option to cancel your existing contract without a break fee.

They are only offering the option to cancel to those who join or recontract after 6th Feb 2025.
So, as I understand it, my 2 year contract from February 2024 stays under the old T&Cs.

 
They are only offering the option to cancel to those who join or recontract after 6th Feb 2025.
Are you sure that that's what this means?
 
They are only offering the option to cancel to those who join or recontract after 6th Feb 2025.
Nope , I joined in Jan with the cpi increase contract but got a email this week moving me to the fixed increase contract with option to cancel if I don't want it.