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Wimax Has Arrived Have the prices be Dropped by other Companys ?

  • 20-11-2009 12:53pm
    #1
    cable842
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭


    Wimax Broadband is here and there prices are really good

    25 Euro for broadband

    5 Euro for a mobile broadband dongle

    All of our packages include a free digital phone line with NO line rental

    Heres the thing the prices havent dropped with the other companys at all

    Why Not ? Why is this


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  • #2
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Nope because WiMax has not yet made any impact on the market in any decent way and is only available in very selected areas, until things change prices will not change.

    Its not yet seen is competition in the market


  • #3
    azzeretti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭azzeretti


    cable842 wrote: »
    Wimax Broadband is here and there prices are really good

    25 Euro for broadband

    5 Euro for a mobile broadband dongle

    All of our packages include a free digital phone line with NO line rental

    Heres the thing the prices havent dropped with the other companys at all

    Why Not ? Why is this

    Where is the WiMax site that Imagine had gone to. When the press release came out their front page was WiMax everything, now I can't find any info on WiMax at all on the page?


  • #4
    IrishTonyO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,321 ✭✭✭IrishTonyO


    cable842 wrote: »
    Heres the thing the prices havent dropped with the other companys at all

    Why Not ? Why is this

    A few reasons may be :-

    • Wimax only live in very very limited areas
    • No one knows when their area will go live
    • 7Mbs does not equal superfast broadband
    • Mobile broadband that is only available in a few areas defeats the purpose
    • There is no feedback on service anywhere on the web yet (which is very strange)
    • Still untested technology in Ireland
    • Advertising in areas that you are not live in
    • The way potential customers were treated at the launch, kept in the dark no explainations
    • Multiple missed deadlines by the company for what they said was their 'pricing'
    These are just a few reasons that other companies would not feel threatened yet and enter a price war, even though O2 have announced a pay as you go mobile broadband, which you can try for 72 hours before buying a modem etc. Plus if you live in a UPC area better speeds etc.
    I am sure when we start getting feedback from customers of Imagine we will have a better idea but they seem to be thin on the ground or non existant at the moment.


  • #5
    cable842
    Closed Accounts Posts: 745 ✭✭✭cable842


    can they really offer what they say

    can they really off 7mb broadband and i dont mean paying for 7mb and actually gettin 2 mbs


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    cable842 wrote: »
    can they really offer what they say

    can they really off 7mb broadband and i dont mean paying for 7mb and actually gettin 2 mbs

    No its crap speeds currently on 7Mb and getting ~1-3Mb...


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