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David Long - RTE 9 O'Clock News Tonite - 07/01/03

07-01-2003 5:50pm

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see subject

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#2 07-01-2003 6:22pm

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All I can say is...um...WOW. And...um....WTF?! Is it live or recorded today or what? I prolly won't see it, being in work an' all. Will someone keep a good avi copy of it for us poor ppl who can't see it?

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#3 07-01-2003 7:15pm

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Yea, somebody please make a recording, I most likely won't be able to see it. And have it available tonight, if possible

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#4 07-01-2003 9:18pm

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oh wasn't he handsome

i liked the stock footage rte used, of people using the internet
'i wish you a happy millenium'

class

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#5 07-01-2003 9:18pm

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Bet Davids other hand was behind his back giving the one finger salute to the Eircom heads peeping out from behind the curtains in the eircom building!:D

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#6 07-01-2003 9:20pm

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waheyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....nice to c our hidden agenda that we engage about on a pc monitor on the news eh ????????????????????????????????????
dave didnt have much time but got his point across
well done dave.......................................................
thanks for giving ur time to the cause without peopel like u things like this wouldnt happen...........i take my hat off to u:D

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#7 07-01-2003 9:22pm

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Heh, lookin well Dave! Well Done!.

Has anyone got it? I turn up the telly, signifying everyone else to shush, but of course, as soon as Dave comes on and starts talking, the guy beside me starts talking, "Do you think broadband is a good idea for Ireland?" :mad: Turns out, he hasn't a clue what broadband is but 'they have it in scandinavia' :rolleyes:

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#8 07-01-2003 9:23pm

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fair play to RTE the gave the bare facts no half truths mentioning errcom that they will be made to be brought in line with member states and that they will be required to make flat rate available middle year and the regulator had issued the decission and errcom was considering its response.
However david did repeat the same fact pointing out that people will be able to go on line any time of day for as long as they wish without running up huge phone bills
also rte also mentiion that this would act as a catalist to get more people on line (Which im sure errcom want to avoid!)

Its a bit like.. Naaa no one wants strawberrys theres no demand for them.. cus they charge €100 each...
But bring the price down low enough to allow people to taste the strawberry then theres no stoping the demand.

Demand means more!!! (which also means more responsibilty on ercom to provide and reduce costs) something they just dont want!!!

They would argue... "but we only have a little baskett to carry and sell our 10 strawberrys a month and make €1000.. " but to be told by the market regulator they have to now sell at least 100 strawberrys if they want to be allow to earn €1000 (@€;10 each)
Thats alot more strawberrys there gonna have to carry so there gonna need to provide a BIGGER! baskett

Roll on the flat rate internet revolution!!!!

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#9 07-01-2003 9:23pm

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Even though I didn't get to see it and all, I thought I'd say congratulations ^_^

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#10 07-01-2003 9:28pm

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Thanks guys. I did answer several questions on camera, however they picked the "what it means" answer for the clip.

The Indpendent and the Irish Times will both be running follow up articles on the ComReg decision tomorrow, its been a busy day for us today!

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#11 07-01-2003 9:29pm

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very good right in front of Eircons building, nice, very nice. Now Eircon, see where your "uneconomic" bullcrap gets u now! Congrats David

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#12 07-01-2003 9:31pm

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I can see what was meant by mildly ironic location.

€ircon's silence, in this case, says more than any half baked lie their PR people could spin together. They have consistently failed to engage in any dialogue be it on RTE, Pat Kenny or George Hook etc.

I will be very interested to see what their response to this will be.

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#13 07-01-2003 9:36pm

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Saw "ioffl on rte news after the break" in #boards.ie, but by the time I read it,they were on to the limerick manager callin his fans a bunch of effin animals...anybody get the avi of it? or will it be shown again today?

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#14 07-01-2003 9:39pm

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Originally posted by Tizlox
Saw "ioffl on rte news after the break" in #boards.ie, but by the time I read it,they were on to the limerick manager callin his fans a bunch of effin animals...anybody get the avi of it? or will it be shown again today?

It will be available on the RTE site in realvideo format tomorrow. Currently only today's 1 o clock news is available.

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#15 07-01-2003 9:48pm

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I have an 8mb AVI of it (Divx 4 codec required). Its roughly 2 minutes long. I will post a URL once it is finished uploading.

My poor 56k modem is taking such punishment

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#16 07-01-2003 9:49pm

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Well done Dave
Big step for IrelandOFFLine I believe

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#17 07-01-2003 10:06pm

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The subject says it all. Get it here.

[edit]I've taken this down to conserve bandwidth as most people who want it probably have already. If you don't have it, and do want, then PM me and I'll temporarily put it back up.[/edit]

Well done Dave!

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#18 07-01-2003 10:15pm

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Yup, nice job Dave. I left the pub in good time to catch it.

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#19 07-01-2003 10:25pm

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nicely done

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#20 07-01-2003 10:37pm

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http://hyperion.sleepygeek.org/~munch/news.avi - 8.69mb Divx 4 AVI of tonight's news segment.

Divx4 codec available here: http://www.divx.com

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#21 07-01-2003 10:38pm

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6MINS on a 56k, 6cents for eircon. Hopefully this is the start of the end.

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#22 07-01-2003 11:05pm

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Yeah, well done David. It was short but sweet and to the point!:)

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#23 07-01-2003 11:33pm

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#25 07-01-2003 11:48pm

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Heh, just as I finished downloading the DivX, the interview is played on News 2.

Nice work Dave.

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#26 08-01-2003 12:23am

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Just saw the clip, well done. Is that the first time anyone from IOFFL has been on RTE Telly?

Mike.

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#27 08-01-2003 12:58am

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Originally posted by mike65
Just saw the clip, well done. Is that the first time anyone from IOFFL has been on RTE Telly

.. without the words "The Defendant" being used.

About time RTE woke the hell up and mentioned IrelandOffline.

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#28 08-01-2003 1:27am

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The clip is on the RTE website in RealPlayer format here

Well done Dave! It's quite an achievement to note that IOffL are the one and only party consulted within the piece.

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#29 08-01-2003 1:53am

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Hey, thats great work guys, well done!
thanks for the link Stephen.

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#30 08-01-2003 4:35am

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/me removes hat and bows low to all involved in ioffl.
Today is another stepping stone towards the final goal

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#31 08-01-2003 7:32am

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We can do it!!

Good stuff, lads

zynaps

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#32 08-01-2003 9:14am

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W00t! i didn't see the 9 o'clock news cause i was at the cinema but i saw it on news2. i danced around for a bit :rolleyes:

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#33 08-01-2003 3:14pm

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I saw it on News2 aswell and got a bit of a shock. Well done.

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#34 08-01-2003 3:46pm

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Well done that man!...

And like the guy typing out his eWish, I would like to wish everyone a happy millenium ...... er happy new year

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#35 08-01-2003 3:56pm

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It was a good piece, gave all the facts and easy to understand for the uninitiated.

Hopefully the first of many tv spots in the IOFFL tv campaign

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#36 08-01-2003 9:08pm

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Interesting point: Esat and UTV were mentioned as being able to offer flatrate retail products. Interesting to see how quickly UTV has moved into the forefront of the ISP industry in Ireland.

Of course, no-one wants flatrate or broadband...

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#37 08-01-2003 9:36pm

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Originally posted by daveirl
2MB ASF Here - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76081

Mods merge the two threads??

This isn't working for me anyone else?

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#38 09-01-2003 1:11am

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Just wanna add my congrats to the IOFFL crew, and a cautious welcome to the comreg development

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#39 09-01-2003 1:33am

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Originally posted by RicardoSmith
This isn't working for me anyone else?

Probably because it was already merged? :rolleyes:

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#40 09-01-2003 10:47am

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Originally posted by Dangger
The Indpendent and the Irish Times will both be running follow up articles on the ComReg decision tomorrow, its been a busy day for us today!

could someone post a copy of this please ?

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