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Can anyone recommend a venue with good wifi?

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  • 23-08-2011 8:26pm
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    Hi All,

    I'm looking to host an evening meeting (6-8pm, either wed, thurs or fri) for hopefully a dozen or more people. Main criteria is quality internet access as we'll be having a special guest appearance via skype. Access to a big screen would be cool but not essential, and beverages would be nice too.

    Does anyone know of a good venue for this in the city centre?

    Thanks!


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    mikemac
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    Bar in the Gresham Hotel

    Who is the special guest? Are they famous? :D


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    Nah, they're not famous...yet, anyway. It's a crew from Canada who offer a service for turning websites into mobile apps. They've offered to give us a presentation. Thanks for the suggestion. Will check out the Gresham.

    Any other recommendations?


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    CavanCrew
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    Mc Donalds :P


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    Nooooooo...but, thanks for making a suggestion :p I'm always on the look out for decent wifi spots and McDonalds has come up before. Unfortunately for that, I haven't set foot in a MickyD's since 1997 or something...

    Any other suitable places?


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    marley123
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    The National Conference Centre?? They should have meeting rooms of all sizes.


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    YIA
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    Aviva Stadium has a savage connection and WiFi everywhere.
    Rooms for 12-1000 I think and big screens in all the boxes


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    Thanks everyone.

    Is this theccd.ie the National Conference Centre?

    Both the Conference Centre and Aviva Stadium look brilliant. We're tentatively planning for a Joomla Day Ireland eventually so I'll revisit these for that.

    For this meeting though, I like the idea of a pub/cafe setting so it's kept really casual and chilled...Hard enough to find a pub or bar with good wifi it seems.


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    petethebrick
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    I don't think you'll get any pub that will facilitate you having a video conference while just sitting there. You'd need to rent a room somewhere or else do it at someones house. Besides, most pubs would be too noisy/busy for that after 6 in the evening


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    Good point. I was picturing a nook or something, I guess. A big nook :)

    We actually had a few meetings in the upstairs of McDaids. It was perfect in one respect - no noise. But also no wifi. We were using our 3 connection, which I didn't want to risk this time around in case it's too slow.


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