Big changes at Esat

Stephen

Just got this in my email today:

Dear Customer

As you may be aware, Ireland On-Line became part of the Esat Telecom Group in
1999. Since then, it has been decided to retain Ireland On-Line as the brand
for the consumer Internet market, while Esat Clear will continue to be our home
phone service. As our valued customer, we wanted to make you aware of these
developments at the earliest possible opportunity.

In effect, this means that from 10th March, the Esat Clear Internet range of
products, Surf Free and Surf NoLimits will be re-named as IOL Free and IOL
NoLimits and henceforth will be sold under the Ireland On-Line brand name.
Should you so wish, you will be able to keep your existing email address
- @esatclear.ie for as long as you want. Alternatively, you can avail of an
IOL e-mail address which will take the form of @iolfree.ie or iol.ie
respectively.

IOL Free is the free Internet package which will allow new customers who sign
up to the service to get an unlimited e-mail addresses @iolfree.ie, otherwise
all product features will remain the same as applied to Surf Free.

IOL No Limits is the flat rate Internet package for unlimited off-peak on-line
time. Due to a number of factors, we are increasing the monthly charge for
IOL No Limits by £3, to £20 per month. We are confident that £20 per month
still represents excellent value for money - this works out at just 70p per
day for unlimited off peak Internet access in the evenings and all weekend.
With IOL NoLimits you also get unlimited e-mail addresses, 10mb personal web
space and low cost technical support. To demonstrate our on-going commitment to
offering best value products and services where we have the power to do so, we
are slashing the cost of our technical support helpline, from 58p per minute to
the price of a local call.

These pricing changes will be effective from 1st April 2000.

If you would like any more information on any of Ireland On-Line's products,
including our new product - IOL Gold, simply freephone 1800 924 888 or visit
our portal site on www.iol.ie, where you will find constantly updated news,
sport and weather headlines; an on-line shopping mall; an entertainment
section; TV Guide; travel information; a Kidz section and much more.....

On behalf of the management and staff at Esat Telecom Group, I would like to
take this opportunity to thank you for your valued custom and look forward to
continuing to provide all your home Internet requirements.


Kind regards.
Yours sincerely,

Angela Keegan
Managing Director
Esat Telecom Consumer Group

Well well...

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WhiteWashMan

On behalf of the management and staff at Esat Telecom Group

look at the last name in that?
esat i believe. esat have a no limits subscritption. IOL = ESAT.
nuff said. its already out under a different name.
only question is...will it go to IOL's servers or ESAT's or are they the same ones now?

acous

yeah... will our ips change now from b-airlock123.esatclear.ie to dialup-123.galway.iol.ie

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or am i just a nutter?

amp

Well I've still got my old Iol account (now known as IOL Gold - wooooo!) and my ping as about three times less, so here's hoping.

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Lunacy Abounds! Play GLminesweeper!

TinCool

Yea I've got an esat nolimits a/c and I noticed over the weekend that I was getting seriously cool pings with pheck all lag. Playing Q2 on a UK server where i'd usually ping on average about 200 ish now getting 150-180 so I ain't complaining.

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tr1n1ty

My word the futures so bright they gotta wear shades in there, or roller skates just to keep up......

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To Infinity and Beyond!