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QSat appear to have shuttered without notice to users

  • 19-05-2017 12:53pm
    #1
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭


    Developing story on Liveline right now.


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  • #2
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Niall Quinn on now.


  • #3
    The Parish Priest.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 613 ✭✭✭The Parish Priest.


    They only had 3000 customers, thats less then the amount of people who listen to RTE on Longwave


  • #4
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Podcast of the show:
    http://pca.st/PqvZ

    Taking the middle rate of ?45/mo thats a turnover of 1.6M pa, small enough operation.

    Sounds very like the Imagine vs Motorola dispute which was unfortunately settled in private.


    Tuesday: Avanti shut them off
    Wednesday: Silence
    Thursday: Silence
    Friday: Somebody calls liveline, Suddenly Quinn is all about getting customers reconnected. Why didnt you send a bulk SMS on wednesday Niall? Does a good interview but I see that as pretty underhanded. "We couldnt email them" is a bit of sh?te excuse.

    Irish satellite broadband company Q Sat is to close down after its connectivity provider Avanti Communications ended its contract with the company.

    Avanti signed a seven year deal with Q Sat, which is chaired by former Arsenal and Sunderland footballer Niall Quinn, in 2012 to provide satellite broadband capacity. The deal was worth up to ?13.6m but the Irish company has failed to pay its bills according to two people familiar with the situation.

    Around 3,000 Q Sat customers will be cut off as a result and have been advised to switch services to Bentley Walker, a rival satellite broadband provider that also uses Avanti capacity.

    Q Sat?s switchboard has been turned off however and Irish customers have inundated Avanti?s contact centre as a result.

    https://www.ft.com/content/703a944d-9a1e-34ab-820e-35b32a24b6a1

    Guessed as much.


  • #5
    Sparko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭Sparko


    Not sure about the switchboard being off, I spoke to someone earlier on, maybe 2 or 3 mins of a wait.


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