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IrelandOffline on Newstalk today at 13.30

  • 30-11-2004 12:14pm
    #1
    damien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭


    IrelandOffline may be on Newstalk today around 13.30 to talk about the ForFas report that was published yesterday.

    We've got our fact sheets ready but if anyone has suggestions, post them here.


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  • #2
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    http://62.25.96.7/newstalk


  • #3
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    Damn I've no headphones. Tell me what happens!


  • #4
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    IrelandOffline aren't on yet, but Kiberd just read out something rude by mistake... :)


  • #5
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Something about BB coming up after the break now.


  • #6
    scojones
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    Excellent, cheers for the updates Adam :)


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  • #7
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    It's Damien and some chap from IBB. The usual fare, line quality, unbundling, etc. Chap from IBB is being increasingly rude, refuting Damien's statements and making entirely silly comments in a blatantly transparent attempt to whore the company rather than try to highlight the very serious underlying issues. I'd be surprised if, you know, IBB wasn't a sucky hack of a company that lies to the press all the time.

    adam


  • #8
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    All over now. Chap from IBB completely ruined the opportunity for IrelandOffline. Muppet. Good effort though Damien, well done.

    adam


  • #9
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    Bah. Reminds me of the chubby guy in the comentators box during the irish rugby matches, cutting off the New Zealand guy the whole time. Anywho, cheers for that adam. Were they giving out about the unbundling percentage?


  • #10
    Third_Echelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,889 ✭✭✭Third_Echelon


    IBB was definitely being pimped bigtime by the guy from IBB... Interesting conversation though and its good that its being discussed on a radio station as well with a good listenership...

    IrelandOffline guy was good as well.


  • #11
    damien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭damien


    Ah. it's Paul's job to sell his product. Nothing wrong with that. IBB are nice people :) , we met them on Friday to have a chat.

    It was a different interview to what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be more about Forfas.


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  • #12
    damien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭damien


    Email your comments here: lunchtime@newstalk106.ie


  • #13
    cgarvey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,889 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    Well done Damien .. agree with Adam that Paul was too pimpy to be considered impartial to the debate, but you still got the solid facts across, which rose above the pimperage! MP3 snip download available for your listening pleasure, from the IoffL article


  • #14
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    damien.m wrote:
    Ah. it's Paul's job to sell his product. Nothing wrong with that.
    In a paid advertorial, sure. Anyway, again, well done.


  • #15
    Mr_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Mr_Man


    Paul Doody,

    did make a valid point in that we need to ensure we are comparing like for like when talking about BB prices across different countries. Does anyone have a table of what the prices around Europe are for say a 512k connection with a 48:1 contention ?

    It was a good piece in that it further educates people about what the issues are. It was interesting to hear IBB trying to prevent any further decline in prices by saying that it threatened further investment.

    M.


  • #16
    MrShadow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 178 ✭✭MrShadow


    on the point of esat offerring 500k serivce and only getting 60k

    From my understanding that person was asking about 512 thosand bits per second and then wondering why hes downloading at what it says 60kbps and not realising that when hes downloading its in bytes as opposed to bits 512k = 64KBps

    Eircom made this mistake before in some of their adds on their internet site showing people with broadband downloading at 512 kilo bytes equivalent to a 4meg line.


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