Code of Practice

Code of Practice

CODE OF PRACTICE

Echo Systems Communications Ltd (trading as Echo IT Broadband) strive to bring all our customers a high-quality service. Despite our best efforts from time-to-time service may not be up to standard in cases like these it is important that we hear from you allowing us to investigate and correct the problem.

  1. How to contact us with a complaint.

If you have a complaint, we have a number of ways to contact us.

 

Telephone.

Our Customer Service Team are available on 067 56888, Monday to Friday 0900 – 1300 1400 –1700 if you call outside of these hours, just leave us a voicemail and we’ll call you back on the next working day. When we talk to you, the agent will give you their name and your ticket number and will acknowledge your complaint on the phone. We do our best to resolve your complaint on the spot, and to your satisfaction. Of course, sometimes we won’t be able to do this, and if this is the case, we’ll let you know how long we expect it to take, to have your issue resolved.

In Writing

If you wish to contact by writing please include the account holder name address and telephone number once we have received your complaint, we will process it and contact you within 24hours of receipt of the complaint to try and resolve the issue.  Please use the below methods to contact us.

Letter” please address any letters to

Echo Systems Communications LTD

℅ Echo IT

29/30 Mitchell Street,

Nenagh,

Co. Tipperary.

E45 W883

Email

Our support email is broadband@echoit.ie

  1. How to contact us for Cancellation

            If you wish to cancel your broadband, we require this in writing.

Letter” please address any letters to

Echo Systems Communications LTD

℅ Echo IT

29/30 Mitchell Street,

Nenagh,

Co. Tipperary.

E45 W883

Email

Plese send any cancelation mails to  broadband@echoit.ie

 

 

  1. Resolution Time Frames

Below are a list of complaint categories and time frames. If we can’t resolve your query there and then, these are the guideline times for resolution.

Billing: 7 working days

Network or Service issues: 3 to 5 working days

Miscellaneous: 10 working days

Occasionally more complicated issues may take longer to resolve than the time frames above. We will endeavour to keep you updated with any progress reports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Escalation

Our support team is in place to deal with any of your queries if you are unhappy with the support teams answers or how they handled your case you can have the matter escalated to a manager who will discuss the issue with you and try to come to a satisfactory resolution. If the complaint has not been dealt with to your satisfaction in 10days from when the complaint was first reported you may escalate the issue to ComReg  by contacting them via the options at the end of the document.

  1. Disconnection Policy

            The Bill for you service id paid for via direct Debit if the Direct debit is missed, we may

Suspend your service until the balance is paid. If the Bill is not paid within 3 months, we    may terminate your account meaning a charge may be applied for reconnection.

  1. Useful Contacts.

 

Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)

Abbey Court,

Irish Life Centre,

Lower Abbey Street,

Dublin 1

Tel: 1890 229 668 or Fax: 01 804 9680

E-mail: consumerline@comreg.ie

Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs (ODCA)

4 Harcourt Road,

Dublin 2

Tel: 01 402 5500 or Fax: 01 402 5501

Website: www.odca.ie

 

 

 

Advertising Standards Authority

IPC House,

5/39 Shelbourne Road,

Dublin 4

Tel: 01 6608766 or Fax: 01 6608113

E-mail: info@asai.ie

Small Claims Courts

Information is available from your local District Court Offices.

Illegal Images and Reporting.

If you have any reason to believe that a particular image you have received might be illegal, such as child pornography, you should report it immediately to the Gardai. The Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 makes it illegal for anyone to produce, forward, publish, send, show or possess any child pornography in Ireland. Illegal images of this nature should be reported to www.hotline.ie. This service is provided by the Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI) for reporting any instances of child pornography on the Internet in a secure and confidential environment. Internet Service Provider Association of Ireland Echo Systems Echo Systems Communications Ltd (trading as Echo IT Broadband) is a member of the Internet Service Provider Association of Ireland that was formed in January 1998. The ISPAI is the leading industry representative on the Internet Advisory Board (IAB) established by the Government, which maintains a self-regulatory approach to Internet service provision in Ireland.

Members of the ISPAI are bound by a Code of Practice which requires that operators have an acceptable use policy that prohibits customers from sending messages that are likely to cause offence or any other material which is distressing, grossly offensive, indecent, obscene, menacing or in any other way unlawful. In addition, the ISPAI supports and funds the www.hotline.ie reporting line for uncovering illegal child pornography on the Internet. For further information contact the ISPAI at www.ispai.ie or alternatively:

Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland Ltd. (ISPAI)

Address Unit 24 Sandyford Office Park, Dublin 18

Tel. +353 (0)1 294 5280

Fax +353 (0)1 294 5282

E-mail info@ispai.ie

Web www.ispai.ie

Hotline.ie reporting service Launched in November 1999, the hotline.ie service provides an anonymous reporting service to members of the public who accidentally uncover illegal child pornography on the Internet. The www.hotline.ie service is supported and funded by the Internet Service Provider Association of Ireland (www.ispai.ie) Who are committed to ensuring that Internet Services are not used to spread illegal child pornography on the Internet. The www.hotline.ie service is a founding member of the INHOPE Association (www.inhope.org) – Internet Hotline Providers in Europe. The INHOPE Association co-ordinates the activities of the individual hotlines and through regular meetings ensure the extensive sharing of information on the best practices for the operation of an Internet Hotline and tracing of illegal child pornography.

To report suspected cases of child pornography or other forms of illegal material please report it to:

www.hotline.ie

Email report@hotline.ie

Tel. 1890 610 710

Fax 1890 520 720

Post Hotline.ie, Unit 24 Sandyford Office Park, Dublin 18

Our Full terms and conditions may be found at http://www.echoitbroadband.ie