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Another flat rate offering from Perlico

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  • 27-06-2003 1:02pm
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    Dangger
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    Although I must admit I have not heard of them Perlico, a Dublin based ISP have announced new flat rate offer.

    From Silicon Repulbic: (registration requried, it's free)
    Perlico Communications, a provider of carrier pre-selection (CPS) telephony services, has announced a flat-rate internet service, aimed mainly at small to medium enterprises. Due for launch in July, the service is expected to cost less than €25 per month for 180 hours online.

    The Dublin-based company is also offering a scaled-down product for less frequent internet users, priced at under €10 for 30 hours per month. However the company does not intend to finalise its pricing arrangements until the end of July. According to Iain MacDonald, managing director of Perlico Communications, the company will monitor what its competitors are offering and adjust its prices accordingly. “It will allow us to provide the best possible price, but we do expect it will be close to the €25 mark.”


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    BKtje
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    All prices and hours appear to be around the same mark. €25 for 180hrs.

    Means they would need very good support and/or pings to be popular here.

    Good pings would mean that they would be cheaper than Esat.
    Good support and they'd rival UTVip and would probably be prefered by the people who dont want CPS with another carrier.
    If they had both they'd probably be the isp of choice by many.
    Will have to see how they do :)

    Nice to see more isp's entering market (at least FRIACO) :D


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    bk
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    From the product description it sounds like they will just be reselling UTVip's service like Pigsback.com. I expect we will see many other companies doing the same, it is very common in the UK and it makes sense for UTV.

    I wonder if you go with Pigsback etc., will you also have to take UTV CPS..


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    MDR
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    brillant this is finally the competition we are having been chasing for so long .....

    roll on 'Hecktor Gray's ISP ... (only real Dubliners would understand this one)


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    BoneCollector
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    brillant this is finally the competition we are having been chasing for so long

    I would`nt get to excited with the word competition since there all playing on the same field with ercom owning possesion 99.99999% of the time. :rolleyes:


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    LFCFan
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    as long as the ISP's and Esat have to continue paying €ircon for the privalege of supplying phone and internet services to the people of Ireland, there is no such thing as proper competition. Competition means that one company can supply a service without their rivals gaining anything from it. Competition hardly exists in any sector in this country.


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