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Beam Solutions - Flat Rate in Weeks

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    #62
    Mark Braxton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Mark Braxton


    How close are you to Ashbourne or Duleek?


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    #63
    Nuphor
    Registered Users Posts: 494 ✭✭Nuphor


    Any plans for poor auld Waterford? I mean the outskirts though, not shlap bang in the middle of dead square..


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    #64
    Mark Braxton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Mark Braxton


    Hi,

    Sean in my office talked to someone in Waterford about installation of a cell.

    M


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    #65
    Raskolnikov
    Registered Users Posts: 10,148 ✭✭✭✭Raskolnikov


    What about Carrigaline, Co Cork? Anything? Anyone?!!?


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    #66
    Nuphor
    Registered Users Posts: 494 ✭✭Nuphor


    Ah excellent!

    I have one concern though; if a home user becomes a host for your bandwidth, wouldn't they also have access to user logs and the like? If so, that's a pretty big privacy concern. Running a business through the net, confidentiality with clients is of the utmost importance. As well as this, if a host had access to any user info, articles within the Data Protection Act of 1998 may well be breached. What's the story with this anyhoo?


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    #67
    Mark Braxton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Mark Braxton


    no home user has access to anything, sorry-no server, no logs, no access, and our management system is for global roaming and our beam up cards. We already has hot spot for wireless that use this system. The system is centrally located to support clearinghouse duties and credit processing.


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    #68
    Mark Braxton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭Mark Braxton


    I forgot to add that we are running VPN between each user, so that the user can not see each other. I had posted this before.


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    #69
    kamobe
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭kamobe


    so that the user can not see each other

    Does this mean that a WAN isnt possible?? Sorry if this is a silly question.....

    But would it not be a good thing to allow SOME file sharing?
    EG - i have one open folder that everyone on "the network" can see, but the rest would closed. Would be excellent for sharing popular programs and the like.

    Or does VPN mean exactly that? (that the other users can only see what you allow them to see.....)


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    #70
    Slaanesh
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 1,863 Mod ✭✭✭✭Slaanesh


    I am currently living 10-15 miles from both Ashbourne and Duleek. Navan is the capital of Meath and probably more suitable for trial due to larger population base.

    Slaanesh.


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    #71
    SOTBOFH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭SOTBOFH


    I was looking at beam's site and saw that they had a wireless page. plus a Message board, which i found useful. i got my questions answered there. Beam Boards

    but i think if we keep showing interest that beam will gladly help us out.


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    #72
    TacT
    Registered Users Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭TacT


    Really?
    You sure your not some guy from beam saying hey we need you guys to show more interest.......


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    #73
    BArra
    Registered Users Posts: 4,032 ✭✭✭BArra


    i am also interested in this , i am living in Carrigtohill, Co.Cork,

    i would love to get this service asap



    baz


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    #74
    kamobe
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭kamobe


    I'd happily pay the prices quoted on this board for a guaranteed 100k up AND down, with no cap and completly flat rate. bout E30 a month wasnt it???

    But http://beamsolutions.net/pricing.html is totally different.
    No guarantee of bandwidth and hella lot more expensive. ADSL would be cheaper.....


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    #75
    wormhole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭wormhole


    that is their direct 2way satalite product kamobe not the
    wireless one


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    #76
    Tellox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Tellox


    any idea when this'll be availible in waterford?
    (Are we talking 2-3months or 2-3years)


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    #77
    **/<::ë::/\/**
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭**/<::ë::/\/**


    I had a half hour conversation with a representative of Beam Solutions and he said to expect something 'drastic' to happen within 60days. He said that when they hit Ireland they will hit Ireland really hard and fast.

    **/<::ë::/\/**

    ___________


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    #78
    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭ando


    Originally posted by **/<::ë::/\/**
    He said that when they hit Ireland they will hit Ireland really hard and fast

    hmm, dont get me wrong, I'd sign up for this in a second ... but does anyone get the feeling that this wont happen at all ?? or maybe 1 or 2 towns in ireland will get it?

    It reminds me of the HUGE hype about NTL's Relaunch of their cable modem service, only to be eventually really dissapointed to hear they were only launching a different package for their current customers :(

    I dunno, just wait and see I guess


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    #79
    **/<::ë::/\/**
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭**/<::ë::/\/**


    I have to be optimistic!We all have to be, beam solutions are a big company and surely if the demand is there for their product (flat rate broadband internet) they will launch and talkin to them they sound very confident even though they keep stating that 'Ireland won't be a big money maker for them' they will rely on England for their big money makin!

    **/<::ë::/\/**

    ___________


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    #80
    piet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭piet


    Hello Mark, we are just 3 mls outside Ballina Co. Mayo,
    about 100 m1 higher as Ballina town!
    Plenty of space!
    Maybe a good testing area?


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    #81
    Mailman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭Mailman


    A good number of people from D15 and nearby areas have already replied to http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57274
    expressing their desire to participate in this scheme so how's about trialling it in D15.


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    #82
    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭ando


    any idea as to when the first ppl will be getting onto the beam wireless system ?


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    #83
    Synkronite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 219 ✭✭Synkronite


    Im on the Frankfield Hill in Douglas, Cork. My house is probably up high and Id say I could easily get over 20 people within my own park interested in Beam's wireless solutions. In addition to this I have line of sight to most of the city. My house was offered by a company for use as a base station once in the past (not for internet though).

    Err, the point is- if I can get 20 people sign a commitment to Beam within a 1km radius all willing to pay even €50/mth for the wireless solution, would Beam consider making this one of their sites? My whole estate waits in anticipation.

    All of Ireland waits in anticipation :)


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    #84
    Fallschirmjager
    Registered Users Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭Fallschirmjager


    Jeeze, can we give the guy a break...security logs -- we aint got anything up and already people want to tear it down..I know there may or may not be a security risk but christ dont join up then...and also it would be one sad git to do that anyway-- i dont know what porn sites you visit but the ones i goto are pretty lame (unless you care to share?!! LOL )

    I now bet we are about 5 msgs from the -- 'what type of radiation is from this...' I can see it now -- NAE BROADBAND HERE -- MY KIDS WILL SUFFER STUNTED INTELLECTUAL GROWTH..'

    Like all good things -- buy if you want -- or dont -- he is offering a limited package (a helluva lot more them the other bastards are) and like some said before -- its all about competiotion. me -- im a gamer 70% of the time so i dont think this suits at the moment for me...so whats that you say -- well
    CHOICE -- isnt it a gift...lets just use it.


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    #85
    ando
    Registered Users Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭ando


    Originally posted by Fallschirmjager
    me -- im a gamer 70% of the time so i dont think this suits at the moment for me

    Well I'm a 90% gamer, but I'd still snap this up in a second ***if the pricing is around €30 a month***. I hope to have Isdn for gaming (1hr a day average), the rest on Beam. It'l still work out much cheaper than JUST having Isdn.

    I'm all for it, cant wait. I just hope it really happens


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    #86
    BKtje
    Registered Users Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭BKtje


    I'm in the same boat as ando tbh.
    still be cheaper overall


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    #87
    exiztone2k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭exiztone2k


    Man.. if this thing falls through... I'm going to very upset :(

    Thanks to Eircom, I can only spend 2 hours a week on the net...

    I'm just wondering, someone said this was a flatrate isp for 29 a month, how come it doesnt say it on their site?

    Cheers
    - Tim


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    #88
    MarkR
    Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,091 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


    I think it was because the product isn't actually up and running just yet. I guess that, unlike some other nameless companies, they prefer to wait until they have a product before they try to sell it to you!


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    #89
    Fallschirmjager
    Registered Users Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭Fallschirmjager


    Bravo ando...didnt think of it that way...NOW 3 CHEERS FOR THE LATERAL THINKER!!!


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    #90
    kamobe
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭kamobe


    I'm just wondering, someone said this was a flatrate isp for 29 a month, how come it doesnt say it on their site?


    The site gives a "rough" price here:
    http://beamsolutions.net/wireless/service.html

    And also on the message board there is a post with more exact pricing here


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    #91
    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Originally posted by Fallschirmjager
    Jeeze, can we give the guy a break...security logs -- we aint got anything up and already people want to tear it down..I know there may or may not be a security risk but christ dont join up then...and also it would be one sad git to do that anyway-- i dont know what porn sites you visit but the ones i goto are pretty lame (unless you care to share?!! LOL )

    (No need to go back the guys throat)

    Actually they're fairly valid concerns for three people:
    1. Mark Braxton (Beam)
    2. The User
    3. Data Protection Commissioner

    Any infringement of the Data Protection Act would mean that the service would disappear fairly fast. Which would be bad for the users. Always nice to get that issue disposed of *before* the service starts, which is what Mark has done in letting us know that the host has no access to logs or data.

    As well as that, an awful lot of people are very concerned about user privacy - more than even I (as a well-known paranoid conspiracy theorist) would have guessed, judging by the hassle the UK government has received on both the original Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the changes currently being proposed. And that's just from ordinary users - it's before considering the problems businesses would have with it.

    Thanks for answering Nuphor's question, Mark. Saved someone else asking it

    I now bet we are about 5 msgs from the -- 'what type of radiation is from this...' I can see it now -- NAE BROADBAND HERE -- MY KIDS WILL SUFFER STUNTED INTELLECTUAL GROWTH..'

    See above


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