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What the cheapest way to get net access in Ireland?

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  • 09-10-2001 6:16pm
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    ralphaverbuch
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    Hi

    AS a recent arrivee from London I'm looking for advice on the cheapest way to access the net?

    In the UK I could pay £14.99 p.m for all you can eat 24x7x365 on 56kbps or £39.99 for ADSL per month.

    It seems a tad more expensive here so ANY advice would be hugely welcome.

    Cheers


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    b20uvkft6m5xwg
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    Simply there is none :(

    Unless you work for a big corp w/ a leased line and have access it through work or your willing to pay alot to get a "pondscum" ISDN 64k line from eircom.

    Seeing that your a newbie- You might not know there is a lobby group established to campaign for broadband and affordable net access called IrelandOffline and we have a forum here....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=60

    You can also access our website @ www.irelandoffline.com

    The delays are numerous and complex but if your interested you can give your support on the website and browse to the forum- It s the busiest on the boards BTW:)

    Of course in response to your request- Any of the Irsih ISP's are fine- UTV internet are quite fast I've noticed and IOL aren't bad- but it makes no differnece bcos you're just paying the cost of the calls to the big bully in the market.... €ircom

    Gluck


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    mike65
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    Its only a small help but if you're in Dublin then
    you can get NTL they do an internet access deal, using
    dial-up, for a little more than the TV only service- its slightly
    more expensive to use in the days and weekday evenings
    but is free at the weekends and public holidays.

    Otherwise its as stated above.....


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    ralphaverbuch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭ralphaverbuch


    THanks for the feedback... not great at all really is it... oh well. So when is ADSL actually going to become available?

    R


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    b20uvkft6m5xwg
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    ADSL has been promised for years but officially €ircom were to begin offering it on Oct 2nd- but bcos they have issued absolutley crazy interconnection rates to their competitiors to access the Local Loop, they are embroiled in a legal dispute w/ the telecoms regulator (ODTR) @ the mo. So who knows??- Probably b4 Christmas but it wont be cheap:(

    BTW if your living in parts of West Dublin (Tallaght area) NTL have cable access for £40 p/m but this limited-

    Stay tuned to the IrelandOffline board for the latest anyway- if theres any developments you'll probably hear it there first!


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