10 GB Internet from Eir?

Marlow · 05-06-2018 09:46PM

Also .. Virgin Media have just aquired Casey Cablevision in Dungarvan ... there goes a large irish independant cable-tv provider into lock down.

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Nonoperational · 08-06-2018 10:37AM

Impetus wrote: »

In Ireland, Xavier has bought Eircom (Eir), which is the Irish Swisscom type legacy operator. Expensive, but Eir is a low quality company in comparison with Swisscom. In most parts, Eir's only competitor is a second rate cable operator, who in addition to delivering a handful of crappy TV channels, also does internet, over EuroDOCSIS3.

Ireland is dominated by high price low quality companies. Europe's downmarket capital. In Irish supermarkets you can usually only find small packages of an item at extortionate prices. The typical Irish aircraft is dirty, serves poor quality junk food and beverage and nickels and dimes its victims, at every opportunity. I prefer to travel Lufthansa (which includes Swiss, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, and many others) - the only fire star airline in Europe. Most of the time the LH group ticket cost a fraction of the price charged by an Irish airline, to Ireland. And the Lufthansa crew are far easier to interact with, more friendly than their equivalent on an Irish airline. The country is full of poorly designed, one off housing (which makes internet and other utilities expensive to provide) - as a result of poor zoning and planning regulations by an overpaid, over pensioned, incompetent government. Why? Because people put up with it.

Absolutely mental. I've never seen such a long running, sad, catalogue of posts from one poster!

Sitting here watching 4K Sports and browsing the internet at speeds far in excess of what I need at the moment. I must be on holidays.

danm14 · 11-06-2018 09:32PM

Impetus wrote: »

The range of TV channels available on Salt makes satellite and cable TV offerings in Ireland look pathetic. https://fiber.salt.ch/en/channels-en/ and this is one key reason why Irish people lack linguistic skills. The cable and satellite networks they subscribe to blanket them with English and little else.

Swiss law allows cable TV providers (IPTV counts as cable) to retransmit any foreign channel without permission and without paying the original broadcaster a penny, as long as it can be received unencrypted using "normal" household equipment (a satellite dish no larger than one metre) somewhere in Switzerland.

If Virgin wanted to retransmit for example ZDF here at the moment they'd have to obtain ZDF's permission, then pay royalties (which wouldn't be worth the few extra subscriptions). Under Swiss law, they'd just start rebroadcasting it free-of-charge without permission - if even one extra person subscribed as a result they'd be better off.

Marlow · 11-06-2018 10:45PM

danm14 wrote: »

If Virgin wanted to retransmit for example ZDF here at the moment they'd have to obtain ZDF's permission, then pay royalties (which wouldn't be worth the few extra subscriptions).

Have you got a reference to that law/ruleset ? Also, what's the situation, if you offer these channels free of charge ? Just out of personal interest.

Switzerland gets easier away with laws like this, as they're not part of the European Union etc. Advantages of their independance.

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10 GB Internet from Eir?

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