Net protests mount in Ireland

fed up with paying per minute for net

[Mike_Mackin]

US multinationals, which form the backbone of the Irish economy, are thinking long and hard about locating in Ireland because the infrastructure just isn't there

bbc [news.bbc.co.uk]

[curlykarl]

Its coming

[ntl.com...]

I think

[jmccormac]

Nah. NTL's cable offering is only available in a very small area of Dublin. EsatBT is rolling out ADSL. Eircom does not seem to want to roll out ADSL outside of Dublin. A few WiFi based operations are also rolling out, again in Dublin.

The main perps in this are Eircom and the Irish government. Ireland lags behind the rest of the world as regards consumer broadband. Eircom was allowed to get away with not rolling out broadband (it is the main telco in Ireland). Meanwhile the government was going around Europe trying to portray Ireland as being the 'e-hub' of Europe. E-hole more like!

Regards...jmcc
(In Ireland and paying somewhere around 5832 Euros per year for a 128K leased line.)

[curlykarl]

"In Ireland and paying somewhere around 5832 Euros per year for a 128K leased line"

That is a mad amount of money :-(

I have two BB connections

Home = 128k £14.99 per month (23.52 Euros)
Work = 512k £49.00 per month (76.90 Euros)

Both connections are from NTL one is a home tariff, the other is business.

[mat_bastian]

that seems about on point with american pricing or perhaps you folks are getting an even better deal...

[Tor]

The Irish perception of going online is governed by the fact they pay per minute

David Long, IrelandOffline

If it`s really that bad in Ireland, then you surely have big trouble ahead of you...

A technology graduate himself, Mr Long is considering moving out of the Republic due to the poor level of connectivity.