Cyprus Broadband Forum

I made a small excel sheet with all the triple play providers in Cyprus
excluding all special offers currently available, in order to calculate the
actual monthly cost after the special offers expire.

For comparison reasons I have used the following standards
a) At least 1mbit Internet connection
b) LTV and Alpha Included in package
c) At least 1 telephone line
d) All Special offers are excluded from the prices
e) All prices include VAT

I was hopping to include no fair use policy but primetel has once which would have excluded them.

You will be surprised to find out that Primetel is the most expensive provider in Cyprus.
Cyta comes second most expensive and least expensive is Cablenet.
Have in mind that Cyta's Price can be further reduced by using an alternative/cheaper/better? ISP

Here is the excel screenshot attached and a small summary
Monthly Charges after 1st year
Cablenet 57.34 Euros
Cyta  88.14 Euros
Primetel 101.88 Euros

With these kind of prices do you expect Primetel to get any marketshare?
Who do they think they are fooling!!!
I hope the OCECPR will allow Cyta to drop the prices because primetel has been
taking advantage of the situation for far too long!!!
All of you considering PrimeTel stay clear unless they reduce
their prices significantly!!
If Cablenet can do it them primetel should be able to offer the same thing.

hmmm interesting. But What about 2mbits?

2 mbits is not available by all triple play providers hence I did not include it.

nice thanx for the comparison its good to have these things with actual prices

Thank you for the very useful research efty.

You made a small mistake though because the annual price for LTV/ALPHA for MiVision should be 307.80 and not 25.65. If you correct this then Primetel is cheaper than Cyta.

Also i-choice 1Mbps package comes with 128Kbps upload, and not 256Kbps like Primetel.

The 1st year monthly fee for Primetel in practice will be much lower because Primtel always has several special offers for new customers. These are limited time offers however, and after they expire a customer of Primetel will not be saving much in comparison with what he would be paying for a similar service from Cyta.

yeah i knew it and the other thing
Cyta: Dynamic Ip
cablenet/|Prime tel : Static IP

PRIMETEL SUCKS BIG TIME

Thanks for the corrections.

I have updated the chart with the proper pricing for Cyta and added
a features list.

Unfortunately I do not know if cablenet provides Wifi and static ip by default.
Anyone with cablenet please let me know and I will update accordingly.

Unfortunately I cannot upload excel sheets so you will have to stick to images

One more update.
Added Spidernet and Netway to the list.
Here are the revised Rankings from Cheapest to most Expensive

Monthly Fee excluding installation charges
1. Cablenet
2. Netway
3. Spidernet
4. Primetel
5. Cyta

for netway and spidernet which platformed you used? cyta's or primetels

I used primetel platform.
Netway and Spidernet do not offer triple play via Cyta's platform.

Cablenet provides Only static Ip to all connections
and they Do NOT provide wi-fi. their cable modem has ONLY 1 ethernet port and One USB port. No Wi-Fi if you want it you can buy from their shop for 60 euros or you can buy your own
(http://www.arrisi.com/product_catalog/_docs/_lowres/TM502B.jpg)

Thanks efrem I will update the comparison soon.

I think that you should add Otenet prices in your tables athought they dont offer triple play just for reference

I am planning to create a new table for 2 play packages ie telephone and internet.
I will include otenet in that table.

thanks man, good work

Updated Triple Play prices.
Netway prices did not include VAT. Added Vat
Added two play prices
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=peHlvW7Hmmg3nSTcI_aJ1Pg (http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=peHlvW7Hmmg3nSTcI_aJ1Pg)

brilliant!!!  ;) a small correction in in Two-Play comparison chart:
1. Primetel  & Cablenet have Static IP.
2. Cablenet also have NO Fair Use Policy and NO 1+ yearly Contract and i didn't noticed any Port Filtering so they don't filter  it