Anyone hear of Amocom ?

douglasman · 09-05-2003 11:09AM #1

I've just been contacted by Amocom (www.amocom.com) about wireless broadband in Cork. Has anyone ever heard of them. There's no mention of a cap from what I can see on their website and speeds are symmetric.

Coyote · 09-05-2003 02:17PM

they are a Telecoms Licensees: Basic
commission for communications regulation

Amocom were given (EUR11,757) by the goverment

talked about in the Dail

170. Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to prioritise wireless broadband technology as a means of rolling out a broadband infrastructure in the regions. [6335/03]

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Mr. D. Ahern): The current projects being grant aided by my Department for the trailing of wireless local area networks technology, normally referred to as WLANs, are to assess the potential of the technology. The trials are being undertaken by: Rococo/Trinity - Dublin; Amocom - Cork; Digiweb - Dundalk; O2; Esat BT.

The locations proposed for the trials are: digital hub, two projects, different operators; Trinity College; Cork city and Mahon area; Dundalk, Drogheda and Ardee; Westport and Sligo; conference-exhibition centre, RDS; transport terminus, ferry terminal, Dún Laoghaire; hotel hotspots - one each in Dublin, Limerick and Galway.

The trials are due for completion by the end of the year. WLAN technology is set to be rolled out commercially by a number of operators in the Irish market this year.

And they have a patent "AMOCOM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED A network access method and system 23
September 2002"

there web site was done by
www.insightmultimedia.ie

Try doing a search next time. I never heard of they befor.
and found all that in 5 min.

Coyote

Anyone hear of Amocom ?

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