Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

BROADBAND CATCHES ON: increased take-up good news for Government

Options
  • 03-06-2004 1:37pm
    #1
    MDR
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭


    from Ireland.com

    Eircom, the State's incumbent telecoms firm, said that it was on target to attract 100,000 broadband users this year and highlighted the growth potential of digital subscriber line (DSL) yesterday.

    DSL is a technology that is used to deliver high-speed internet to customers and which competes with cable and wireless technologies.

    Eircom said it now had 50,000 DSL subscribers up from just 3,000 customers in March 2003. About 80 per cent of these customers use Eircom's retail DSL product, with the remainder signing up for similar DSL products marketed by Eircom rivals.

    Eircom said there were now 60,000 broadband users in the Republic, which includes cable and fixed-wireless subscribers.

    The increased take-up of broadband is good news for the Government, which wants to transform the State from a broadband laggard into a leader.

    Eircom is also desperate to roll out the technology as it represents its only real growth opportunity. It generated 17 million from DSL in the year to March.


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    That means that all other companies reselling bitstream-based ADSL broadband (UTV, IOL Broadband, Netsource, DigiWeb, etc) have only 10k subscribers combined. Remember that to start reselling, you have to pay Eircom over 8,000 euros, plus per customer connection fees and bitstream prices, not to mention pay for bandwidth, interconnection, support department, billing and so on. I don't see how anybody can make money through this model.

    I think in the UK, as far as I am aware of, more than 50% of DSL customers are with companies other than BT. We have some way to go. And I have not even mentioned availability.


  • Options
    #3
    MDR
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭MDR


    Sounds like the consumer needs more edumication and the OLO need to do more work ...


  • Options
    #4
    Raskolnikov
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Raskolnikov


    I still remember when Eircom used to peddle the 'There's no interest in broadband' line. Ironic now that broadband is now necessary to prop up their earnings.


  • Options
    #5
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,782 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    And so begins Eircoms marketing campaign against NTL :)

    BTW has anyone seen the Eircom "Surf for Free all summer" ads on the side of buses and billboards.


Advertisement