I got a letter from UPC last week telling me that due to the additional services the prices are getting increased as of August… After they tied me into a 12 month contract! Typical! Silly me thinking I was getting something for nothing!

Craig Doyle will be eliminated

Are you tired of ordinary broadband?

UPC digital isn’t even an option in Roscommon never mind this new offering. :( It’s either Sky or Saorview here.

There are many parts of Dublin where it is not available yet. Very central parts also.

Can’t you watch these already on Internet, or am I missing something?

Still not available in a large part of Ireland, even Major towns like Dundalk dont even have UPC, so it is not nationwide it is confined to a select few places in Ireland.

Fibre Power is a pipe dream in most places in this country !

If they was ever a reason not to subsribe to UPC it would have to be that annoying Craig Doyle adverts, jesus he even pops up when you open independent.ie website. Nice all to same to see this clown getting some gigs, he’s also advertising windows in the UK, O how the once mighty poster boy of Irish TV has fallen, no doubt the equally mundane TV3 will find something for him to do in the coming months!

No matter what type of enhancement UPC make to their product, their customer service will let them down.

We have UPC On demand. Just finished watching the first ever episode of ‘A Touch of Frost’ on it. The video frezes now and again but otherwise it’s fine. Discovery Chanel has a dedicated red button on UPC. If they can give us the red button for BBC I’ll in 7th heaven. (For watching tennis at Wimbledon and choosing what disciplines to watch at the Olympics.)

Concentrate on expanding your broadband coverage first lads…

Have on demand too and its a good service. Odd blip but nothing major.Big improvement in their service. Sky isn’t perfect either.

UPC on demand only provides limited programmes on the TV players; certainly not as much as is available online. My first experience of On Demand resulted in the movie crashing 3 times. In the past 8 months I’ve had my UPC box replaced 3 times dur to failure. Google UPC problems and see for yourself the constant issues there are with UPC equipment. UPC are riding on the back of their broadband service and would be better served to invest in equipment that reliably works with the service they attempt to provide. Appalling service and cannot in all conscience recommend them. Don’t take my word for it though, take time to search the online forums and see for yourself how dreadful a service it can be.

A lot of the on demand shows are quite old. 4 or 5 years old seasons that people are unlikely to watch. Good service if they were more recent but not much as is.

What the f*ck is the internet?

I recently received a letter from UPC informing me that my bill is to increase from 1st August. They only gave me 10 working days notice about the increase, yet when I asked how soon I could cancel my subscription they told me that I would have to give 30 days notice. One rule for them and a different rule for customers it seems.

UPC need to talk to Sky about recording system. It’s pot luck in my house if something records, or when it does record if I get the full program – 10 mins can be missed at the beginning or end. Also on Demand my ass – how many hours/days do you have to wait for a soap to appear after it has aired! Broadband is brill I can’t complain, but the TV they really need to sort out. I’d take sky anyway, but can only get UPC in the development where I live :-(

I’ve seen UPC’s ‘on demand’ offering and TBH it’s pretty poor vs the offerings available in the UK (Virgin for example).

They might want to finish 1place. (eg) Dublin before moving to other places. Still not available in south Dublin

UPC On demand is appalling. I’ve had it for a couple of months now and never used it. Rte player and 3player and tv box sets are their big selling points. I can get those players through the playstation. A touch of frost sums up the box sets. Netflix has far more up to date shows. They are charging €5.99 for a hd movie, the same movies are €4.99 with iTunes through AppleTV and a fiver in xtravision (have to go out anyway to get the wine in). Now having said that their broadband is excellent. I pay for 25Mb and got a letter recently saying I was being given 30Mb at no extra charge, since that letter my speed haven’t dropped below 28Mb.

I look forward to enjoying this new service from UPC. I hope it has the same level of quality and attention to detail as the rest of their superlative service.

Until their broadband is available in my area they can stick their tv service where the sun dont shine. They have a poster on the local carphone warehouse shop window about savings if you sign up for both yet their is no broadband service.

Does nationwide include Kerry? Or do we have to revert to our Kingdom status? Switched from UPC to sky recently due to lack of services. When you stop irritating us offering services you can’t provide might reconsider.