Possible 1Gb connections in new estates in Dublin according to the Inquirer

BigEejit

Yeah ... I couldnt believe it either:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18788

Story:

Industria brings TV broadcasting for all

Digital Reykjavik 2004 Bloggers rejoice


By Wil Harris in Iceland: Thursday 30 September 2004, 13:38

GUDJON Mar Gudjonsoon, the charismatically-named CEO of conference host Industria, has been demonstrating his firm's technology developments this morning.
As fibre network connections become commonplace in the developed world - copper, according to the industry, is on its last legs and has a chesty cough - the bandwidth available to modern homes will be phenomenal. Industria is working with companies such as Magnet Networks, in Dublin, to provide 1Gb lines to homes in new housing developments, providing plenty of bandwidth for applications for the next 50 years. Magnet's initial offering will provide 2Mb connections for broadband, as well as TV and telephony. Users can pay for faster connections, or even upgrade line speed on demand for a set amount of time. Need a download quick? Upgrade to 10Mb for half an hour, they suggest.

Gudjon predicted that 'multiplay' services will be commonplace, with services including TV, telephony, video telephony, internet, security, video-on-demand and more.

He also demonstrated the potential of a new product called MyTV. Anyone with a video camera and a PC can jack into their fibre line and send a video stream out for other users on the content network to watch.

He showed us a demonstration of the technology at work. We never thought we'd see a Help Wizard with the line 'This wizard will help you set up your TV broadcast channel', but sure enough, the service was pretty simple to set up. The electronic programming guides of other users are updated to reflect the fact that your channel is on the air, and they can tune in and watch whatever it is you are broadcasting. MyTV even provides a means for you to charge for your station, utilising the billing structure already in place with customers.

Gudjon suggested that the technology had many uses, such as dedicated sales channels, community programming and schools - showing broadcasts of local or school football games, for example. We at the Inq, however, see a much more popular application for the technology - next-gen blogging.

History has shown that connecting people with people brings out cool stuff. The explosion of blogging has shown that people are interested in reading about the lives of other people, with popular blogger Belle du Jour landing a book deal off the back of her, often explicit, blog. TV legends Adam and Joe started by stop-motion filming Star Wars figures in their bedroom. Joel Veitch moved from creating kooky animations on B3ta to being the trendiest artist in town. The potential for user-driven reality TV and cult programming is tremendous, and the potential for that to rocket mainstream is pretty obvious. Bye bye boring-network-advertising-led-mainstream-dumbed-down programming?

We know INQ readers would pay for a channel showcasing the goings on at Inq HQ. Between Eva's trysts with Adamson, Fudo's skiing classes and Mike's intimate liasons with Mr Jack Daniels, you'd be glued to the screen. Er, wouldn't you? µ

First question that popped into my head was, "which Dublin are they talking about?" ... does anyone know anything about Magnet Networks?.

seamus

http://www.cro.ie/search/resultse.asp?number=391141&BI=C

http://www.magnetnetworks.ie/

Someone possible moving in to take some of the Residential & SME BB market? Only registered 2 weeks ago.

Anybody got anything?

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magnetnetworks.ie = [ 217.114.167.249 ]

domain: magnetnetworks.ie
descr: Hibernia Atlantic
descr: BODY CORPORATE (LTD PLC COMPANY)
descr: Discretionary Name
admin-c: AAY447-IEDR
tech-c: TDI2-IEDR
nserver: NS.IRISHDOMAINS.NET
nserver: NS2.IRISHDOMAINS.NET
source: IEDR
person: Derek Bullock
nic-hdl: AAY447-IEDR
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person: Technical Dept. Irish Domains Ltd
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http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com/hibernia/Main/Home.htm

Very much looks like someone with good connections setting up shop here...

Ripwave

BigEejit wrote:

Yeah ... I couldnt believe it either:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18788

First question that popped into my head was, "which Dublin are they talking about?" ... does anyone know anything about Magnet Networks?.

How's your Icelandic?

http://www.ruv.is/main/view.jsp?branch=2574128&e342RecordID=89618&e342DataStoreID=2213589 mentions "Magnet Networks" and "Dyflinni á Írlandi" in the same document, and http://www.vb.is/index.php?menu=in&article=2935 refers to "Magnet Networks" and "í Dublin á Írlandi".

Victor

Sounds like something from the National enquirer.

BigEejit wrote:

see a much more popular application for the technology - next-gen blogging.

I can think of other things :eek:

pete

this might be old news, but there's a new development down the road from me called Archers Wood & they've a company called e-nvi doing some rather interesting things.

Every apartment and house has lovely CAT6 cable installed & the whole development is part of a big LAN. If you pay an extra 5 grand on top of your house price, you get a 42" plasma TV, a 20 LCD TV, an XBOX & a VOIP phone. You can play XBOX live against all your neighbours & make free VOIP calls within the estate (if you opt for the package below) or to "any other VOIP enabled user worldwide".

For an extra grand, you get 'telematics' with which you can "control your house from your mobile phone" (turn on your heating & lights from via text message and stuff)

So far so world of tomorrow.

Here's the interesting bit:

For 40 quid a month you get your phone, 20 channel tv (plug in your own Digibox if you want - no dish needed) and access to an uncapped 50Mb/sec broadband connection. Nice.

Kinda sorry I don't need to move. oh yeah - the houses aren't bad either.

http://www.archerswood.com
http://www.e-nvi.com

OfflerCrocGod

pete wrote:

For 40 quid a month you get your phone, 20 channel tv (plug in your own Digibox if you want - no dish needed) and access to an uncapped 50Mb/sec broadband connection. Nice.

HOLY SH1T but that's not per home is it :eek:

pete

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

HOLY SH1T but that's not per home is it :eek:

ehhh, no. no it's not.

flamegrill

Uh this is definately why my brother works. He just spent the last 7 days in Iceland. ,He is the project manager on the first housing estate, i think they are in with 360 networks on the northside for backhaul connectivity etc.

Madness.

Paul

Nike

Magnet Networks will provide Multi Play services via a fibre to homes and businesses around Dublin. The base package includes IPTV(40 channels), IP Phone and broadband (min 2 meg up/down the pipe, thats dedicated bandwidth, with the option of turbo downloads for finite times decided upon by the user, capacity can be up to 1Gig u/d). Thats all I can tell you guys for now, the rest is hush hush...

Nike

flamegrill

Nike wrote:

Magnet Networks will provide Multi Play services via a fibre to homes and businesses around Dublin. The base package includes IPTV(40 channels), IP Phone and broadband (min 2 meg up/down the pipe, thats dedicated bandwidth, with the option of turbo downloads for finite times decided upon by the user, capacity can be up to 1Gig u/d). Thats all I can tell you guys for now, the rest is hush hush...

Nike

*cough*

Thats the brother

Welcome to boards nike

Paul

Moriarty

Taking it to PM would probably be a better idea, therecklessone.

therecklessone

Roger, post deleted.

Sorry.

spongebob

Nike wrote:

Magnet Networks will provide Multi Play services via a fibre to homes and businesses around Dublin. The base package includes IPTV(40 channels),

No barrier to entry. Chorus and NTL do not have exclusive licences for areas any more so anybody can enter the Cable TV Market.

IP Phone and broadband (min 2 meg up/down the pipe, thats dedicated bandwidth, with the option of turbo downloads for finite times decided upon by the user, capacity can be up to 1Gig u/d).

Magnet will need a General Licence to get numbers so people can call in and out. Comreg will be allocating 076 numbers for VoIP soon .

Lets hope that this kind of housing development goes nationwide soon. Magnet and the Developers appear to be leveraging the advantages of high density developments in a very intelligent way so hats off to all involved.

The greedy muppets behind most housing developments would be happy to get away with a communal MMDS aerial and a pre-split Eircom line if they could.

Thats because most local authority planners are so stupid and shortsighted that they think MMDS is high tech.

M