Eircom Discussion on Liveline (now with mp3 link)

mike65 · 14-01-2004 2:47pm #1

Quick!

Mike.

Ronan|Raven · 14-01-2004 2:51pm

Listening to it now. Should be an interesting show.

sceptre · 14-01-2004 2:53pm

Contact details
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/afternoon/liveline/

Why not phone them or send them a quick (coherent) mail (I have)

dahamsta · 14-01-2004 2:56pm

Can't get a stream, which is encouraging.

mike65 · 14-01-2004 3:00pm

Good to hear that Joe Duffy is being competely biased!

When asked could Comreg stop the price hike you'd swear the interviewee had been challanged to deny he was a kiddie fiddler! Eircom have the regulator by the short and curlies.

Mike.

talla · 14-01-2004 3:01pm

Best quote i've ever heard from Joe Duffy.

"Its like reducing the price of milk but raising the price of the carton it comes in, yet the milk carton is still the same as last week"

shinzon · 14-01-2004 3:04pm

im listening to the recording now, at what part of the programme is the eircom thing, im listening to nuns at the mo

shin

Ronan|Raven · 14-01-2004 3:06pm

Originally posted by shinzon
im listening to the recording now, at what part of the programme is the eircom thing, im listening to nuns at the mo

shin

It is running since the beginning of the show...

parasite · 14-01-2004 3:07pm

shinzon, that's yesterdays show !
just turn on your radio ffs

Valentia · 14-01-2004 3:07pm

Originally posted by shinzon
im listening to the recording now, at what part of the programme is the eircom thing, im listening to nuns at the mo

shin

That's yesterdays show. Go to live stream.

Valentia

mike65 · 14-01-2004 3:09pm

http://www.rte.ie/rams/radio/latest/rte-liveline.smil live stream server crashed - using yesterdays show.

Mike.

Washout · 14-01-2004 3:11pm

Joe Duffy just made a great point

If milk companies reduce the cost of milk but then say they are gonna increase the cost of the carton even thought the carton is the same. then the increase is unjustifiable.

similarly if eircom reduce the price of calls and then say oops to offset to decrese in call costs we are gonna increase the line rental ...thats unjustifiable.

The probably will make more money between the differance.

robo · 14-01-2004 3:12pm

LOL at the milk carton pont!

Yeh have to give it to Joe, he is making great points!!!

And also, give back the old phones that we don't use!!!

shinzon · 14-01-2004 3:13pm

Originally posted by Valentia
That's yesterdays show. Go to live stream.

Valentia

shin turns on radio

:rolleyes:

robo · 14-01-2004 3:15pm

Protect consumers...my foot!!!
What the hell!!! That guy from Comreg is full of cr@p!!!

viking · 14-01-2004 3:18pm

info@comreg.ie

Let them know what you think...

viking

talla · 14-01-2004 3:19pm

The guy from comreg hasnt got a clue, he keeps waffling on about prices dropping on call costs, he just doesnt see a problem with eircom taking back the money with line rental.

Frank Grimes · 14-01-2004 3:25pm

Originally posted by talla
The guy from comreg hasnt got a clue, he keeps waffling on about prices dropping on call costs, he just doesnt see a problem with eircom taking back the money with line rental.

Was it brought up that not everyone uses Eircom for voice calls?
Surely they shouldn't be coming out with stuff like that as a defense?

talla · 14-01-2004 3:29pm

he just kept on referring to the fact that call costs had dropped 35% since 1997 due to competition, he cannot get into his head its not about call costs.

capistrano · 14-01-2004 3:34pm

A quick comparison with our nearest neighbours shows how high Eircom's line rental is.

The residential line rental from BT is £26.63 per quarter, which works out as about €12.62 per month - compare that with Eircom's approximately €25 per month.

Shame on ComReg for not looking after the consumer's interest!

lampsie · 14-01-2004 3:37pm

By the sounds of it, this could be the straw that broke the camels back for eircom consumers..
Sorry for pointless post, but I'm listening to the radio and cheering

- lamps

Valentia · 14-01-2004 3:38pm

Will someone ring in quick aboutb how they double their income by splitting the line. Quick. They wont let me on again!

shinzon · 14-01-2004 3:46pm

Very good show, theres a hell of a lot of anger over this issue and well done for joe for highlighting the problem

Shin

mike65 · 14-01-2004 3:47pm

Pity the line splitting did'nt get covered, still the calls and the fact thier live stream server crashed out show this is now a live issue....

Mike.

dahamsta · 14-01-2004 3:49pm

Heh, couldn't get through on the phone either, good work folks.

I was reduced to emailing my questions, which hadn't a hope of getting on the air, but here they are anyway:

Joe, John has mentioned LLU several time now, please ask him HOW MANY VOICE LINES HAVE BEEN UNBUNDLED You might find the answer interesting.

(As far as I'm aware the answer is none. Esat are only unbundling the data portion of the line, and of course Esat is the only company unbundling lines.)

Another very simple question for John Doherty: We have the highest line rental in Europe, how does Comreg propose to bring it down to at least a European average? Price rises in line with inflation will NOT do that.

adam

capistrano · 14-01-2004 4:02pm

Somebody on the phone-in said that if you made your Eircom account a business account then the line rental is cheaper. I don't think it is, it's just that they don't include VAT on the business price, but they do on the Resisdential price.

magick · 14-01-2004 4:07pm

just listened to it myself, it was a brillant show really highlights Eircons total disrespect for the customer.

capistrano · 14-01-2004 4:17pm

The basic line rental price in Germany (Deutsche Telekom) is €15.66 link
ISDN line rental is even cheaper than Eircom's standard analog line rental.

UK is €12.62 link

Just to put in context how much of a rip-off Eircom really is.

Ripwave · 14-01-2004 4:26pm

Originally posted by capistrano
UK is €12.62 link

Just to put in context how much of a rip-off Eircom really is.

Capistrano, that BT link is from 1997!!!! (The last time I checked, BT was something like €18 a month, but currency fluctuations have pushed that down since then).

Ripwave · 14-01-2004 4:27pm

Originally posted by mike65
the fact thier live stream server crashed out show this is now a live issue....

The server didn't crash - it reached it's capacity. I was listening to the stream until 2:30, without interruption. (I had to leave at 2:30, so I gave up my session so someone else could get on!).

mike65 · 14-01-2004 4:30pm

Crashed sounds better!

Mike.

Eircom Discussion on Liveline (now with mp3 link)

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