“We have also been working closely with our business customers of all sizes to ensure their connectivity needs are met during this time of uncertainty.” Three “Our focus during the initial stages of this crisis was on ensuring continuity for Vodafone customers by adding additional capacity to our fixed, broadband and mobile networks, as well as providing an increased level of support to critical infrastructure customers,” a spokeswoman for Vodafone said. If you are a fixed broadband customer with Vodafone, the telco is not implementing fair use policies at the moment. The company is also offering a prepay plan aimed at younger users, with unlimited data at 10Mbps, unlimited texts and 100 national minutes to use Monday to Friday, and unlimited national minutes each weekend.
The Unlimited Lite handset plan gives you a phone and unlimited data, Vodafone to Vodafone calls and text messages, plus 100 minutes to any other Irish network, but also limits data speeds to 10Mbps. It’s properly unlimited data the company says, with no fair usage limits imposed, Even better, Vodafone customers can switch to an unlimited plan even if you are in the middle of a contract – as long as it is equivalent to your existing plan – and it won’t cost you any more than you are already paying.įor consumers, there are two Red Unlimited sim-only plans: Max, which includes unlimited data, unlimited calls and SMS in Ireland and to Europe, Australia, US, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico and 500 worldwide minutes and the regular Red Unlimited plan, which offers unlimited data, calls and SMS in Ireland and to Europe with an additional 100 minutes worldwide, with a maximim data speed of 10Mbps. The company has just announced unlimited data for its plans, covering both consumer and business plans. If you are a mobile customer with Vodafone – or are planning to become one – there’s a bit of good news.
It has also removed the data cap on one of its business plans. Where possible, access to healthcare and educational sites identified by the Government will be zero-rated, meaning they don’t count towards a data cap. The company said it would not be applying fair usages charges automatically to its unlimited packages but “traffic management” may be applied to networks if things get a bit busy.
That means customers who are not already on unlimited usage plans have the opportunity to upgrade – even temporarily – to an unlimited plan. Like the other telcos in the State, Eir has signed up to the Covid-19 Consumer Commitments. So what exactly is your mobile provider offering? Eir But in recent weeks, the mobile service providers have moved to reassure customers that some concessions are being made.
Under normal circumstances, that could mean racking up some expensive charges once you had blasted through your data allowance for the month. When lockdown was introduced, there was concern about how the broadband and mobile networks would cope.įor broadband, not only would there be increased demand from a combination of home-working and home-schooling, there would also be the compulsion to stream every programme on Netflix, and that was before Disney+ was launched here on March 24th.įor mobile plans, meanwhile, increased data usage might mean the plan that served you well when you were in the office and had access to reliable wifi is suddenly inadequate.