IBB Gets new investors?

Drapper

Is this good news or bad ? I know IBB get bashed around in Boards but wireless broadband will be brought to areas not currently covered by BB.

What do you all think? Is it another cop out for the Country in investing in proper telecoms infrstructure??

D

mag

got a link?

Couch Potato

http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=1080212

spongebob

Its good news. The investor is IAWS which tendered for the MAN

(Note there are 2 entities called IAWS , the co-op and the PLC, the investment came from the co-op IIRC)

M

Couch Potato

Muck,

How is IAWS linked to Kisaran Concrete and NTR ??

jbkenn

The investment is coming from National Toll Roads and Kilsaran Concrete Products.

And there we were, wondering why NTR increased the toll charges by 20%

jbkenn

spongebob

Couch Potato wrote:

Muck,

How is IAWS linked to Kisaran Concrete and NTR ??

Indeed my starchy friend.

I had not checked the link as I assumed the news was this story yesterday Here

Irish Agricultural Wholesale Society Limited, known as the IAWS Co-op, has bought 16.59% of infrastructure company NTR.

So they have 2 new investors it seems , I know nothing of Kilsaran.

M

Couch Potato

Kilsaran appear to be owned by the KCP Group based in India ????

The plot thickens ... back to Gooooooooogle ....

spongebob

Found more info Here including more typical IBB lies . They are such a dishonest bunch of sleeveens, no amount of money will ever change that

"The company is providing coverage in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Drogheda and Dundalk"

Duh! Has anyone ever got a service from IBB in Galway , Limerick , Waterford or Dundalk

SPEAK !

M

Eglinton

They're not even providing it in Ranelagh now - Grrrrrrr!!!!!
Let alone any of those with the exception of Cork maybe

RintPete

Muck wrote:

Found more info Here including more typical IBB lies . They are such a dishonest bunch of sleeveens, no amount of money will ever change that



Duh! Has anyone ever got a service from IBB in Galway , Limerick , Waterford or Dundalk

SPEAK !

M

I emailed them regarding their statement saying they are live in Galway and how one would subscribe to their service, I await a reply.

-=- RintPete

spongebob

They were peddling lies to the local newspapaers in Galway about a year ago on the button where they were saying they would be live in Galway by June or July 2004 ....latest. Still nothing.

M

Eglinton

This is what Irish Broadband employee Ruari Jennings told the Dail communications committe some time ago:


""Mr. Jennings: The range for the Ripwave product can be extended up to ten kilometres with the addition of external antennae that can be removed. An external antenna is connected by suction onto a window to extend the range but there is a limit of about ten kilometres. Other wireless technologies beamed from a hilltop will achieve ranges of up to 20 kilometres and more. We are using licence-exempt spectrum that is regulated to limit the amount of power that we can legally transmit. Using licensed spectrum, such as the 3.5 GigaHertz band, will enable higher power levels and thereby an extended range and better performance. It is a key strategy of our company to compete head to head with DSL in Dublin and in that way we can build out from Dublin using a strong revenue platform which is critical to build any business of scale. That is a key battleground for us, to compete successfully with DSL, and we are doing so. Even in the Sandyford industrial estate in Dublin where we are located there are companies that have failed DSL line tests. One would imagine that DSL is ubiquitous in an industrial estate but it is not because of the quality of the copper lines. ""
Link http://broadband.oireachtas.ie/JC18_Page04.htm

Speaks for itself really

SeaSide

your toll dollars at work

lucernarian

There's no Irish Broadband in Drogheda for that matter either. The only wireless providers in Drogheda are Net1 and Digiweb.