Boards.ie being sold to Eircom! wtf?

Hobbes

Saw it on the news this morning whats going on?! Why has there been no annoucement here yet?!

Doctor J

Seems to be true.... what a load of bull**** tbh. I want my subscription back.

Mad Mike

Its true I'm afarid - My brother works for Eircom and he has been working on the deal for several months now.

KTRIC

Unexplained downtime, bad customer service and a total disregard for the users






































and Eircon aren't much better

Asok

Sorry lads but its actually true. Please see the announcement for details.

Ivan

Holy shít. Well, enjoy the money lads and the hookers and the cocaine. Dont worry, we all saw this coming...

Still... down with this sort of thing!

KTRIC

This was strangely announced on the 1st of April. If it does turn out to be true then I'm out of here.

D0rk

A bit obvious no? Try harder next year.

chump

lAmerS

exactiv

sad. try harder.

shame on you hobbes for being involved.

Lump

He he.....

John

**Timbuk2**

Didn't fool me for a second (well for a little second) :rolleyes:

Tom Dunne

If you said Smart Telecom, maybe I would have believed it.

mike65

This is NOT an April Fools joke, ask Cloud he's had at least a few working lunches with Philip Nolan in the last month.

Mike.

exactiv

mike65 wrote:

This is NOT an April Fools joke, ask Cloud he's had at least a few working lunches with Philip Nolan in the last month.

Mike.

eeera go away oua that.

CuLT

Talliesin

While it will come into effect today it wasn't meant to be announced until tomorrow, for exactly this reason.

I was against it at first, but it really does give us the potential to do a lot of things, and while strictly speaking Eircom are now in control, they're likely to be hands-off on the whole thing.

qz

R-D-R-R

fade2black

Was just about to post a hardy har har type message until I say the thread in the mod forum. Surprised at the admins to be honest, kinda goes against everything they've ever preached about. Maybe the mods will get paid now though! (bit silly announcing it today though)

Karl Hungus

This is a sad, sad day.

dlofnep

april fools!

Talliesin

fade2black wrote:

Surprised at the admins to be honest, kinda goes against everything they've ever preached about.

They never said they wouldn't sell boards, just that they wouldn't sell boards if it meant certain things they thought would be bad for boards.

Coke was interested in sponsoring community sites a few years back, but they wanted to essentially turn the whole thing into giant coke adverts. The Eircom change will be much subtler and not really affect users.


K-TRIC, persist in using the term "Eircon" and you will be site-banned.

fade2black

Talliesin wrote:

They never said they wouldn't sell boards, just that they wouldn't sell boards if it meant certain things they thought would be bad for boards.

Coke was interested in sponsoring community sites a few years back, but they wanted to essentially turn the whole thing into giant coke adverts. The Eircom change will be much subtler and not really affect users.


K-TRIC, persist in using the term "Eircon" and you will be site-banned.

You really think any good can come of this? :rolleyes:

KTRIC

Talliesin wrote:

K-TRIC, persist in using the term "Eircon" and you will be site-banned.

You're going to site-ban me for using the term "Eircon" !!!!. To the best of my knowledge there isn't a company called "Eircon", so its not a defamatory term.

Lump

My rates are £15 Sterling per hour.... Just incase the eircom people are watching

John

Ro: maaan!

lol @ thread

dlofnep

Talliesin wrote:

They never said they wouldn't sell boards, just that they wouldn't sell boards if it meant certain things they thought would be bad for boards.

Coke was interested in sponsoring community sites a few years back, but they wanted to essentially turn the whole thing into giant coke adverts. The Eircom change will be much subtler and not really affect users.


K-TRIC, persist in using the term "Eircon" and you will be site-banned.

Come on, this isn't even a good april fools!

mike65

How could it be any good - it involves eircom!

Mike.

koneko

dlofnep wrote:

Come on, this isn't even a good april fools!

That's because it isn't an april fools

fade2black

This is gonna be like The Simpsons constantly taking the piss out of Fox.

Gordon

Was netwhizzkid correct about the worth of boards?

TerrorFirmer

Can we get free line rental now?

Talliesin

Gordon, check the post in the S-mods forum. Under your hat, okay?

damien

We already got a notice from Stephens Green HQ that the IrelandOffline forum is surplus to requirements. We never liked this place anyway...

mike65

A-ha! :eek:

Mike.

R0ot

gotta be an april fools

god's toy

Oh come now, you really have to try harder...

:rolleyes:

fade2black

Quote from the release on the mods forum:

We're aware of the date and also aware of the backlash that will begin as soon as April Fool's Day finishes and this news still ceases to be false. Just an unfortunate coincidence, but one in which we probably could have done without.

It's gonna be fun when the shit hits the fan

dlofnep

koneko wrote:

That's because it isn't an april fools

LOL, yes, yes it is!! All you mods are in on it. You don't convince me. freeeeedom!!!

Gordon

Talliesin wrote:

Gordon, check the post in the S-mods forum. Under your hat, okay?

F*ck me!

Hopefully international bank transfers won't be a problem to them on a monthly basis.

**Timbuk2**

Gordon

Wow, just did an online check and all's well for me thanks!

When are we getting the lowdown from Eircom on our future plans and targets?

DaBreno

I, for one, welcome our new Insect Overlords. And I'd like to remind them, that as a trusted celebrity, I can be useful in rounding up slaves to toil in their underground sugar mines.

KTRIC

*cough* BS *cough*

CuLT

mike65 wrote:

A-ha! :eek:

Mike.

Take on me!

GoneShootin

CuLT wrote:

Take on me!

Take me on

DEmeant0r

Oh my, but if this is true and we do get paid for moderating, then... happy days!!

KdjaCL

Demeant0r wrote:

Oh my, but if this is true and we do get paid for moderating, then... happy days!!

Get paid per forum/traffic/postcount?


kdjac

tSubh Dearg

KdjaC wrote:

Get paid per forum/traffic/postcount?


kdjac

Check out the moderator forum, all the details are laid out there.

**Timbuk2**

The only details about this in the moderator forum is the plan to fool everyone because its 1st April

Nice try boys, but if the news was meant to be realesed tomorrow, why does the announcement stop at 12.00PM tonight

Surely it would drag longer than a day

Nice try, but I think covering boards.ie with Easyjet and stellios was more believable :rolleyes:

KdjaCL

Woot free broadband!!!



kdjac