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Deary me - DSL takeup would appear NOT to be abysmal elsewhere ...

  • 18-08-2003 03:49PM
    #1
    Lemming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,178 ✭✭✭✭


    Well well ....

    from The Register

    Worldwide demand for DSL equipment is growing, strongly buoyed by take-up in Europe and China.

    But as demand increases the cost of kit is coming down.

    <SNIP>

    Gartner also said that Europe showed "robust growth" with the major incumbent telcos pressing ahead with the roll-out of broadband.

    SO!!!! Phil & Bill ....

    Would either of you care to explain that one away in your next we-swear-we're-telling-the-truth PR articles?


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  • #2
    pork99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭pork99


    yes but in these countries they probably have competitive telecoms markets where telcos have to provide reliable services with good customer support

    unlike here were getting dsl can blow away your phone line and then you have to spend hours every day playing gob****e tennis on the phone with various "service representatives" who seem to have a hard time understanding the difference between a) dsl from a third party (UTVip) not functioning and b) the phone line (rented from Eircom) not functioning. Oh and by the way we'll fix the line if and when we feel like it. (is eircom trying to sabotage UTV? its beginning to look like that to me)

    I doubt that people in countries where DSL takeup is not abysmal have put up with crap like that


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