Smart announces stuff

bealtine

This just came in the email I thought it might be of interest to readers here:

Hopefully the nationwide spread is better than just a few exchanges?
How about it Smart,when will it be more widespread?
All the same it's nice to see some movement in this bb area.


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Smart welcomes Comreg’s Paper on Wholesale unbundled access with launch of lowest cost broadband in Ireland at only 7.64 euro per month

Dublin, Ireland, June 2008 – Smart Telecom, the next generation Irish telecommunications company has greatly welcomed the publication of Comreg’s consultation paper on wholesale unbundled access and see it as the first sign for potential renewed investment in LLU (Local Loop Unbundling) and NGN for Smart Telecom in Ireland.



To further demonstrate Smart’s commitment to LLU the Company has today announced Ireland’s lowest cost broadband and phone bundle for only €38 in total per month which includes:-



Line Rental (€25.36)
1Mbps un-contended (not shared) Broadband (only €7.64)
All Local and National evening & weekend landline calls in Ireland (€5.00)
FREE connection or transfer from another provider
FREE Modem
SAVING €155 per annum over eircom’s lowest cost bundle offer
Available to 500,000 homes and businesses within Smart’s LLU footprint


Smart Telecom has also today confirmed that the Company has finalised plans to dramatically increase their LLU coverage in Ireland, pending future changes in LLU and in the regulatory environment which brings Ireland more in line with other European Countries.



Commenting on the news, John Quinn, Regulatory and Development Director commented “We welcome the publication of Comreg’s consultation paper on wholesale unbundled access and see it as a step to bring Ireland in line with other European Countries where LLU is thriving. The next [John Quinn] wave of regulatory decisions on LLU will have a profound impact on the market and will confirm our own plans to dramatically increase our LLU coverage and indeed our Next Generation Network (NGN). Our launch today of Ireland’s best value Broadband and voice bundle demonstrates our commitment to the people of Ireland and shows what can be achieved when LLU is allowed to work”



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paulm17781

This looks to be good news. More LLU can only be good.

cgarvey

bealtine wrote: »

Available to 500,000 homes and businesses within Smart’s LLU footprint

?? In eircom terms, or in acutal no-lies-no-warping-no-complete-fabrication terms?

byte

Interesting news. I wonder if they'll release a list of exchanges they intend to unbundle...

Sponge Bob

The same ones BT has done would be a start 8)

thefinalstage

Sponge Bob wrote: »

The same ones BT has done would be a start 8)

Dammit! My exchange will never be unbundled

PixelTrawler

Its related to this story...

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Sponge Bob

Fibre/NGN/Vlan Unbundling is years away because eircom deliberately has no Metro cloud in mind save that it will not be MPLS !!!

Therefore a carrier will be faced with breakout in Dublin

Why not try unbundling Roscahill in Galway as an experiment, it has GigE backhaul rather than ATM.