Mediasat.ie B-dsl €216 pm.

dahamsta · 16-02-2003 10:43pm

I'm going to be needing more popcorn people!

adam

DannyD · 16-02-2003 11:00pm

popcorn ?

Fabritzo · 16-02-2003 11:03pm

B-DSL SOHO PRICING(Small Office Home Office)

ONLY €49.99 per month

Bandwidth costs € 49.99 per month for 500 MB download

Bandwidth costs € 0.10 per MB thereafter.

USB Satellite Receiver Purchase € 290.00
Satellite Dish, Universal LNB and installation of such not included.
All prices shown are exclusive of V.A.T. @ 21%.

That's alot if I'm not mistaken. I'm only starting to look for a dsl connection, what's average for average joe surfer?

nahdoic · 16-02-2003 11:17pm

adam, i think you've had enough pop corn the last couple of day to last ya a life time!

Dustaz · 17-02-2003 12:25am

Are these guys serious?

The pricing is ludicrious.

They are even more expensive than eircom per mb and the flat rate package is more expensive than eircoms 1meg dsl.

Im not sure how this compares to other satellite options, but it certainly is irrelevant to anyone within a dsl catchment area.

OHP · 17-02-2003 12:42am

UNREAL! <--- not the game.

OHP

PiE · 17-02-2003 2:04am

Originally posted by Dustaz
The pricing is ludicrious.

...it certainly is irrelevant to anyone within a dsl catchment area.

I imagine they're gonna find that out pretty sharply :]

Maybe they're aiming to sell it to those rural areas where DSL availability will never be high. And neither will demand.

Stonemason · 17-02-2003 2:34am

Dahamsta is gonna have a connery i just cant work out if its from all the popcorn the pish taking or just plain laughing at the prices

Ste.phen · 17-02-2003 10:54am

Satellite Dish, Universal LNB and installation of such not included.
All prices shown are exclusive of V.A.T. @ 21%

*shudder*

yellum · 17-02-2003 11:19am

Originally posted by Stonemason
Dahamsta is gonna have a connery

"Do you expect me to talk?"--James Bond (Sean Connery)
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die."--Goldfinger (Gert Frobe)

That kinda Connery ?

parasite · 17-02-2003 11:25am

Originally posted by Igy
*shudder*

well it is for businesses, so that's fine, no ?

Stonemason · 17-02-2003 8:46pm

Ya das is correct its slang for heart attack (coronary)throw in a poor scotish accent ala (pish) and your bang on target MISHTA Yellum

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Ste.phen · 18-02-2003 12:43pm

Originally posted by parasite
well it is for businesses, so that's fine, no ?

Well, its fine to quote the prices ex-VAT, but they're still very high.
Very high.

eth0_ · 18-02-2003 12:49pm

What a rip off! You only get 500MB download a month! That is outrageous to charge so much for a crappy service like satellite internet.

Sheesh!

OHP · 19-02-2003 12:07am

I honestly think this thread should be given the 'BIN' Nothing will come of it. I mean if anyone falls for it, it would just prove that we are fresh blood for any 'leech' But we have been drained enough already don't you think?

OHP

captainpat · 19-02-2003 3:15am

Is this a subsidiary of Eircom, setting the new guidelines for Irish Satellite? I expect a new raft of "competition" with undercutting @ €200 per month, and a 512MB monthly allowance.

Even Europe Online wasn't this bad!:mad:

Urban Weigl · 12-03-2003 3:43pm

I've been looking into this service, has anyone actually used it?

?216 pm, no setup, actually isn't bad in the Irish context.

LFCFan · 12-03-2003 3:47pm

Originally posted by Urban Weigl
I've been looking into this service, has anyone actually used it?

?216 pm, no setup, actually isn't bad in the Irish context.

Are you taking the mick? €216 per month is criminal.

DeVore · 12-03-2003 3:49pm

Normally I'd get all bent out of shape about this level of pimping but to be honest thats such a **** offer that I'm going to leave it here for amusement.

500Mb a month and then you have to pay after that?

Also, if they are sending the upstream via existing cable (dialup? ISDN?) then wouldnt you have to pay per minute anyway?

I think their advertising is a bit suspect too as they claim "lightening fast uploads" if I'm not mistaken.

DeV.

Urban Weigl · 12-03-2003 4:59pm

It is criminal, I agree. Unfortunately, it is at the moment the best offer I have been able to find.

Their SOHO offer actually does not have a cap, unlike some of the other products they offer. Basically I will pay no installation and 216 euros a month for 512kbps downstream and 128kbps upstream. The modem supplied is an Ethernet variant of the Gilat system that does not require any driver software.

The only alternative that I have seen is digiweb, where you pay 1495 euros installation and 119 euros per month. Worked out over a year, it's more expensive. Over two years, it's slightly less expensive. However the modem they supply is the cheaper model which will only work with Windows clients and can not be easily plugged into a LAN.

We're being ripped off. :mad:

Urban Weigl · 12-03-2003 5:03pm

What I just said isn't quite correct, I've also checked out Orbitlink. The fair use policy on that is even worse however, the price is about the same at the end of the day, and it's USB only again, such that it can not be plugged into a LAN directly. It sickens me what I have to pay, but it seems that I do not have much of a choice.

Edit: It was last year that I had caled Orbitlink, so I called them again now. It seems that they now have a LAN version of it available that would cost 179 euros per month, 599 security deposit and 299 installation The upload and download speeds from what I've heard aren't as good as Gilat though...

RicardoSmith · 12-03-2003 5:12pm

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR some of you don't know how good you have it. Have to say its the cheapest I've seen also. Being in a poxy DSL catchment is no 'effing good if eircom can't give you a line that will work with DSL IS IT!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

So for those of use who can't get DSL who work from home this is realistically the cheapest its going to get. We're being screwed by everyone as usual. What new about that for gods sake. Incidentally I'd even flat rate dialup would be a godsend. This sat DSL would actually work out almost as the same as my dialup costs.

The other sat DSL offers tie you in for 12months does this one?

aliesneo · 12-03-2003 5:17pm

them prices are a joke!!!!

RicardoSmith · 12-03-2003 5:20pm

Originally posted by aliesneo
them prices are a joke!!!!

For some of us its the only option and personally I'm not laughing. I think, this is my only option.

LFCFan · 12-03-2003 5:21pm

you could buy a house with 2 other people and pay the same per month on the mortgage as that shower are asking for just to connect to the internet.

RicardoSmith · 12-03-2003 5:22pm

Incidentally they say you can fit a disk yourself if you like. Can you use a SKY disk or anything like that?

RicardoSmith · 12-03-2003 5:26pm

Originally posted by LFCFan
you could buy a house with 2 other people and pay the same per month on the mortgage as that shower are asking for just to connect to the internet.

where can you get a house that you will only pay 400-500 mortgage? Not in Dublin unless you pay at least 70k upfront.

Urban Weigl · 12-03-2003 7:44pm

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
Incidentally they say you can fit a disk yourself if you like. Can you use a SKY disk or anything like that?

Not for the full two-way SOHO system, as it needs to be aimed very precisely. You don't really feel the pain of the installation fee however, as it all gets rolled into one (very high) monthly charge. I would never consider their download only system... The price is just too high on it considering what you are getting. At least on the two way system, you won't have any phone charges.

RicardoSmith · 12-03-2003 8:28pm

Originally posted by Urban Weigl
At least on the two way system, you won't have any phone charges.

I see, and for sure anyone like me who would consider a system like this that would be the important bit the phone charges. Since if I could get DSL I wouldn't be stuck on dialup.

Mediasat.ie B-dsl €216 pm.

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