Very remote connemara people lose only phone service

I heart TV

Last Tuesday without any notice, Vodafone Ireland discontinued their service to the most remote parts of south west connemara leaving the most isolated irish speaking folks without any contact with the outside world.

walkingshadow

Good.

wendell borton

walkingshadow wrote: »

Good.

How so?

kneemos

Nobody could understand them anyway.

Duke O Smiley

Serves them right

keeponhurling

Ok.

Agus cad a cheapann tu fein ?

(Generally it needs to be discussion on the forum, rather than making announcements without any source.)

DareGod

walkingshadow wrote: »

Good.

A troll trolling a troll. There's a new one.

galljga1

Tá sé mahogony gaspipe

Banjo String

Smoke signals.

kneemos

Can't they look at the scenery?

cloud493

They only just got telegram service didn't they?

Mod

OP, welcome to boards, if you wish to leave this discussion open then I suggest you turn it into a discussion fairly promptly, otherwise it's just a statement. Please familiarise with the After Hours forum and charter.

FluffyAngel

It's a British conspiracy for taking the queens coin during the famine , ye turn coats ye

Or else somebody is downloading sheep porn again and muttoning it up for ye all

JONJO THE MISER

They must of not used the service much if it got cut off, i mean if there speaking Irish they would not be on the phone much to the rest of Ireland as no one would understand them.

I heart TV

Peoples only lifeline get cut off and all you people do is mock

galljga1

I heart TV wrote: »

Peoples only lifeline get cut off and all you people do is mock

Were you expecting a caring response on AH?

Canis Lupus

I heart TV wrote: »

Peoples only lifeline get cut off and all you people do is mock

Surely it's a good thing? People are too obsessed with their phones nowadays. It's all facebebo and instatwitter. Now people will have to have face to face conversations and so on and so forth. I envy them.

galljga1

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Surely it's a good thing? People are too obsessed with their phones nowadays. It's all facebebo and instatwitter. Now people will have to have face to face conversations and so on and so forth. I envy them.

They will have to learn the queen's english.

kneemos

How many people are you talking about?

Canis Lupus

galljga1 wrote: »

They will have to learn the queen's english.

Not really. They can continue to speak in their strange animal hoots or whatever passes for a dialect in 'very remote Connemara'.

end of the road

I heart TV wrote: »

Peoples only lifeline get cut off and all you people do is mock

i agree. however could you provide a link to an article on this so we can find out more?

FluffyAngel

I heart TV wrote: »

Peoples only lifeline get cut off and all you people do is mock

thought JOE was the peoples only lifeline?

JRant

kneemos wrote: »

How many people are you talking about?

13.5 I believe.

How do we know about this if they have no way of ringing us to tell us?

T'is very confusing.

Canis Lupus

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

How do we know about this if they have no way of ringing us to tell us?

T'is very confusing.

Turf smoke signals.

Arsemageddon

I heart TV wrote: »

Peoples only lifeline get cut off and all you people do is mock

Excuse me, not everybody here started mocking.

I, for one, started to fap vigorously.

JRant

I heart TV wrote: »

Peoples only lifeline get cut off and all you people do is mock

Only lifeline?

Were they getting their food and water over the Vodafone broadband network?

It's a handful of people, who truth be told can't stand the rest of the country anyway.

cml387

I think it's something to do with Eircell finally cutting off their last customer Eoin O'Breadachanachta

Not a NSA agent

Im sure all 4 of them can get a house somewhere and wont have need for a phone anymore.

mad muffin

I visited Connemara once…

whatismyname

Oh no that's awful. How that didn't make the national news I'll never understand.

Shannon757

mad muffin wrote: »

I visited Connemara once…

And?

fussyonion

It doesn't bother me.
Once I'm alright, that's all that counts.

These "Connemara" people of which you speak can just shove a Post-It on a passing pigeon can't they?*

*And carry on resenting Dublin and its' inhabitants.

ahnowbrowncow

mad muffin wrote: »

I visited Connemara once…

whatismyname wrote: »

Oh no that's awful.

Connemara isn't that bad...

Not a NSA agent

ahnowbrowncow wrote: »

Connemara isn't that bad...

Bit **** if you need to use the phone though

Aongus Von Bismarck

I like Connemara, and will always hop in the car and head out there when I'm back home in Ireland. That said, as a Galwegian, I never fully count the place as being 'real Galway'. The people out there have an obsession with letting their livestock wander the roads, abandoning old cars in the field beside their house, and generally having absolutely no sense of good taste and decorum when it comes to keeping their homes in good condition.

They also tend to gather in large numbers around Galway City coming up to Christmas. Wandering around Anthony Ryans looking for the most dated and ill-fitting clothes they can find that meet their modest budgets. The men in their 20's and 30's seem to wear nothing only Wrangler bootcut jeans, V neck sweaters and slip-on shoes. I'd like to offer them some sartorial advice for nothing, but I don't know the Irish for 'it looks like you got dressed in the dark using clothes you found thrown in a bin behind a charity shop'.

The fact that no one from Connemara has ever won a senior hurling medal for the county is another blot on their collective copybook.

harry Bailey esq

I heart TV wrote: »

Vodafone Ireland discontinued their service to the most remote parts of south west connemara leaving the most isolated irish speaking folks without any contact with the outside world.

No contact with the outside world?What about landlines and the postal service?I've learned from war films that messages can even be conveyed by strapping them to pigeons legs,sure nobody understands them anyways so its no skin off my nose.They'll be fine.

Guy:Incognito

I heart TV wrote: »

Peoples only lifeline get cut off and all you people do is mock

Was the phone line doubling as a water pipe and food supply?

harry Bailey esq

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

abandoning old cars in the field beside their house, and generally having absolutely no sense of good taste and decorum when it comes to keeping their homes in good condition.

'Sup Gus my man.I've noticed you mentioned this twice in two separate threads over the past couple of days.Knowing what I know about your background,I reckon you've just acquired a large chunk of shares in CRH,which leaves me in a bit of a quandry,do I buy or do I sell :pac:
Your on the money though,I didn't quote the whole post obviously but they have an appalling sense of style,last time I was down that way I went for a couple of drinks in a late/disco kind of place.Nearly every chap in the place was wearing bootcut jeans and tommy hilfiger jumpers,obviously from the local 'man's shop'.Quite crusty a lot of them,and I've witnessed the phenomenon you mentioned of them travelling en masse to Galway.They are also indeed crap at hurling,I even know this,and I wouldn't even be a massive fan,just take a passing interest in the game.

Aongus Von Bismarck

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

'Sup Gus my man.I've noticed you mentioned this twice in two separate threads over the past couple of days.Knowing what I know about your background,I reckon you've just acquired a large chunk of shares in CRH,which leaves me in a bit of a quandry,do I buy or do I sell :pac:

CRH are a solid and well ran company. I'd recommend a hold based on a very quick look at the figures. My line of work doesn't involve holding or dealing in stock, so I'm probably not the chap to be asking if looking for long-term advice on how to balance your portfolio. My own portfolio is quite conservative, with a few speculative investments in small modern IT infrastructure companies.

If you'd been reading my posts a year ago you'd have seen me tip a buy on BRCD stock. Bought at $7 and holding at $11.50!

Pat Mustard

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'd like to offer them some sartorial advice for nothing

How much for a ringside seat at this event?

Grayson

I went to Lahinch a few years ago and my phone told me it was switching off data since I had left the country

Crann na Beatha

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Sleepy

Presumably it wasn't profitable to provide service to such a small user-base.

I really don't understand how some rural dwellers feel entitled to be provided with the same facilities as those living in urban areas.

keithclancy

I heart TV wrote: »

Last Tuesday without any notice, Vodafone Ireland discontinued their service to the most remote parts of south west connemara leaving the most isolated irish speaking folks without any contact with the outside world.

Where did you get this information from ?

What particular service was discontinued (Data or Voice as well)

I had a look at the coverage maps and cannot see any massive gaps.

biko

Does anyone have a actual source for this claim from OP?

Not a NSA agent

biko wrote: »

Does anyone have a actual source for this claim from OP?

Have to wait for the messenger to arrive. Hopefully they send it in english so we can understand it.

diomed

I heart TV wrote: »

Last Tuesday without any notice, Vodafone Ireland discontinued their service to the most remote parts of south west connemara leaving the most isolated irish speaking folks without any contact with the outside world.

No contact with the outside world suggests no food shopping possible, no connecting roads to cycle.

Egginacup

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Was the phone line doubling as a water pipe and food supply?

These phone lines have built in roads as well

Precious flower

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I like Connemara, and will always hop in the car and head out there when I'm back home in Ireland. That said, as a Galwegian, I never fully count the place as being 'real Galway'. The people out there have an obsession with letting their livestock wander the roads, abandoning old cars in the field beside their house, and generally having absolutely no sense of good taste and decorum when it comes to keeping their homes in good condition.

They also tend to gather in large numbers around Galway City coming up to Christmas. Wandering around Anthony Ryans looking for the most dated and ill-fitting clothes they can find that meet their modest budgets. The men in their 20's and 30's seem to wear nothing only Wrangler bootcut jeans, V neck sweaters and slip-on shoes. I'd like to offer them some sartorial advice for nothing, but I don't know the Irish for 'it looks like you got dressed in the dark using clothes you found thrown in a bin behind a charity shop'.

The fact that no one from Connemara has ever won a senior hurling medal for the county is another blot on their collective copybook.

My dad and his family are from Connemara. :( I think Gaelic football is bigger there. It's a lovely place. A place to visit but not to stay long term I feel.

_Whimsical_

Dropping phone service with no notice to customers to make other arrangements is not good enough in a remote area. People rely on it for basic safety out there. It's really not the same as being left only able to check Facebook on your laptop etc if it goes on the city.

I for one am willing to be outraged if the ops claims can be confirmed.
Really though I would think it's a pretty disrespectful and irresponsible way to do businesss.