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Eircom have a sense of humor

  • 20-09-2001 11:16pm
    #1
    chernobyl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭


    The have an add on the register.
    The register has in the past taken the proverbial out of eircom over LLU and lately DSL.
    And you guys mention the reg in here alot.

    is this the first time they have an add there, cuz i never read their page.


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  • #2
    R. Daneel Olivaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 186 ✭✭R. Daneel Olivaw


    Nah, I've seen the ads for "hispeed" for good few months now. While the UK gets ADSL, Eircom's hispeed makes it appear like Ireland is just as good.......whooopeee, overcharged 12 year old ISDN. Nice one.


  • #3
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    Originally posted by R. Daneel Olivaw
    Nah, I've seen the ads for "hispeed" for good few months now. While the UK gets ADSL, Eircom's hispeed makes it appear like Ireland is just as good.......whooopeee, overcharged 12 year old ISDN. Nice one.

    I actually know a few people who have gotten Eircom's so-called "hispeed" service, and they were all rather disappointed. There just isn't much difference between 56kbps and 64kbps. And 128kbps isn't really an option, because the calls cost twice as much.

    From the outside though, "hispeed" sounds like some sort of DSL service. The first time I saw that ad in fact, I thought Eircom had finally gotten their fat ass into action and launched ADSL.

    Eircom are essentially selling a donkey with a "superfast racecar" sign attached. And to add insult to injury, they're selling it for 10 times the price of a real racecar.

    Nice one indeed, Eircom!


  • #4
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    Originally posted by Urban Weigl
    From the outside though, "hispeed" sounds like some sort of DSL service. The first time I saw that ad in fact, I thought Eircom had finally gotten their fat ass into action and launched ADSL.
    I remember getting a call from an Eircom salesdrone. Would I be interested in a much higher speed line that allowed phone calls at the same time! I immediately thought they were finally offering ADSL which they had been trialling for some time. Then she explained that it was a digital line that was split into two and that allowed one half to be used as a standard phone line. I said it sounded like ISDN and she said, "yes, but the difference is that you get to keep your existing number. ISDN does not allow you to do this."

    Then I asked about ADSL and she laughed and said that that would not be around for a long time!


  • #5
    vinnyfitz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 805 ✭✭✭vinnyfitz


    They are also advretising "i-scream" on FT.com and on Reuters - which shows where they think their customers may come from...


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