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Boards.ie being sold to Eircom! wtf?

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  • 01-04-2006 8:52am
    #1
    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭


    Saw it on the news this morning whats going on?! Why has there been no annoucement here yet?!
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    #2
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Seems to be true.... what a load of bull**** tbh. I want my subscription back.


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    #3
    Mad Mike
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭Mad Mike


    Its true I'm afarid - My brother works for Eircom and he has been working on the deal for several months now.


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    #4
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Unexplained downtime, bad customer service and a total disregard for the users






































    and Eircon aren't much better


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    #5
    Asok
    Registered Users Posts: 6,628 ✭✭✭Asok


    Sorry lads but its actually true. Please see the announcement for details.


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    #6
    Ivan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,560 ✭✭✭Ivan


    Holy shít. Well, enjoy the money lads and the hookers and the cocaine. Dont worry, we all saw this coming...

    Still... down with this sort of thing!


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    #7
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    This was strangely announced on the 1st of April. If it does turn out to be true then I'm out of here.


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    #8
    D0rk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭D0rk


    A bit obvious no? Try harder next year.


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    #9
    chump
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭chump


    lAmerS


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    #10
    exactiv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 546 ✭✭✭exactiv


    sad. try harder.

    shame on you hobbes for being involved.


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    #11
    Lump
    Registered Users Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    He he.....

    John


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    #12
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    Didn't fool me for a second (well for a little second) :rolleyes:


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    #13
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    If you said Smart Telecom, maybe I would have believed it.


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    #14
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    This is NOT an April Fools joke, ask Cloud he's had at least a few working lunches with Philip Nolan in the last month.

    Mike.


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    exactiv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 546 ✭✭✭exactiv


    mike65 wrote:
    This is NOT an April Fools joke, ask Cloud he's had at least a few working lunches with Philip Nolan in the last month.

    Mike.
    eeera go away oua that.


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    #16
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    emot-v.gif


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    #17
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    While it will come into effect today it wasn't meant to be announced until tomorrow, for exactly this reason.

    I was against it at first, but it really does give us the potential to do a lot of things, and while strictly speaking Eircom are now in control, they're likely to be hands-off on the whole thing.


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    qz
    Registered Users Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    R-D-R-R emot-v.gif


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    #19
    fade2black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,937 ✭✭✭fade2black


    Was just about to post a hardy har har type message until I say the thread in the mod forum. Surprised at the admins to be honest, kinda goes against everything they've ever preached about. Maybe the mods will get paid now though! (bit silly announcing it today though)


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    #20
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    This is a sad, sad day. :(


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    #21
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    april fools!


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    #22
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    fade2black wrote:
    Surprised at the admins to be honest, kinda goes against everything they've ever preached about.
    They never said they wouldn't sell boards, just that they wouldn't sell boards if it meant certain things they thought would be bad for boards.

    Coke was interested in sponsoring community sites a few years back, but they wanted to essentially turn the whole thing into giant coke adverts. The Eircom change will be much subtler and not really affect users.


    K-TRIC, persist in using the term "Eircon" and you will be site-banned.


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    #23
    fade2black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,937 ✭✭✭fade2black


    Talliesin wrote:
    They never said they wouldn't sell boards, just that they wouldn't sell boards if it meant certain things they thought would be bad for boards.

    Coke was interested in sponsoring community sites a few years back, but they wanted to essentially turn the whole thing into giant coke adverts. The Eircom change will be much subtler and not really affect users.


    K-TRIC, persist in using the term "Eircon" and you will be site-banned.

    You really think any good can come of this? :rolleyes:


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    #24
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Talliesin wrote:
    K-TRIC, persist in using the term "Eircon" and you will be site-banned.


    You're going to site-ban me for using the term "Eircon" !!!!. To the best of my knowledge there isn't a company called "Eircon", so its not a defamatory term.


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    #25
    Lump
    Registered Users Posts: 10,984 ✭✭✭✭Lump


    My rates are £15 Sterling per hour.... Just incase the eircom people are watching ;)

    John


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    #26
    Ro: maaan!
    Registered Users Posts: 6,592 ✭✭✭Ro: maaan!


    lol @ thread


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    #27
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Talliesin wrote:
    They never said they wouldn't sell boards, just that they wouldn't sell boards if it meant certain things they thought would be bad for boards.

    Coke was interested in sponsoring community sites a few years back, but they wanted to essentially turn the whole thing into giant coke adverts. The Eircom change will be much subtler and not really affect users.


    K-TRIC, persist in using the term "Eircon" and you will be site-banned.

    Come on, this isn't even a good april fools!


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    #28
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    How could it be any good - it involves eircom!

    Mike.


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    #29
    koneko
    Registered Users Posts: 10,304 ✭✭✭✭koneko


    dlofnep wrote:
    Come on, this isn't even a good april fools!

    That's because it isn't an april fools :(


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    #30
    fade2black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,937 ✭✭✭fade2black


    This is gonna be like The Simpsons constantly taking the piss out of Fox.


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    #31
    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Was netwhizzkid correct about the worth of boards?


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