Eircom give the ODTR another two fingers

hmmm

Oh you'll love this. Basically the ODTR said Eircom's margin between 99 euro customer charge and 75 euro charge wholesale looked insufficient and requested Eircom come back with revised charges. So what did Eircrap do - bring the retail charge up to 115 euros (as if it wasn't already the most wildly expensive ADSL service in Europe). Then they have the gall to whine about the regulatory environment.

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2001/1103/fin12.htm
Regulator rejects Eircom price for internet service

.......A spokeswoman for the regulator said it was very important that the iStream product was introduced as soon as possible - but it must be competitive. "Our concern still remains about the wholesale price. There was no suggestion made by us to increase the retail price."

An Eircom spokesman said the company had made an effort to unlock the difficulty on digital subscriber line. "Unfortunately she \the telecoms regulator didn't respond positively," he said.

"We need a regulatory environment that is supportive of investment and recognises the economics of deploying broadband infrastructure," the spokesman said. A recent report showed the Republic lagging behind many of its competitors in the provision of high-speed internet technologies, especially in the regions.

PiE

Sigh.

Who's David Fox? His departure of any significance?