2002 - The List of Good Guys

yellum

As a counter to the other thread:

Who were the people that pressured and pushed and screamed and helped move forward for the goal of True Flat Rate and affordable Broadband ?

In no order here are mine:

Good Guys

1. IrelandOffline
Keeping some momentum going. Getting the word out. Getting a lot of press coverage. Still a lot to do and a lot of inner improvements to be made. A group to be feared as its potential to rock the foundations of the duopoly is strong.

2. EircomTribunal
Balls, balls as big as houses. Saying it the way it is, when others are afraid to do so. I'm glad EircomTribunal is about since it says it so well. Keep the momentum going goes, don't give up. If you want help or assistance say so and we'll only be too glad to help.

3. UTV
Doing not saying. You went ahead and brought out the package. But you did so much more. You came to these boards and talked to your customers, you changed the packages for us. You showed the other two gimps how it should be done.

4. IrelandOffline Members
Trying to educate the sheep of the population about the wolves and how they are being ripped off. Keeping interest going, getting on to your TDs and the ASAI and sharing knowledge with each other. Stand up and take a bow guys n gals.

5. Adam Beecher
A great PRO for IrelandOffline when you were there. Now a great independent voice on these forums and someone not afraid to criticize the direction IrelandOffline is taking. Him being a Corkonian makes it even better. (OK I'm slightly biased since he is also in the CorkWAN with me )

7. The IOFFL Forum Mods
Dustaz and Sceptre. Well done lads. Doing a great great job.

8. The Press
Well done lads, you have copped on to this battle. Keep reminding the people.

mike65

I agree with all those listed except the press, there are still
pockets of ignorance in the media and it took far too long for the press to pay serious attention to this countries dismal internet infrastructure. My top heros would have to be the guys at UTVip.

Mike.

flamegrill

Originally posted by mike65
I agree with all those listed except the press, there are still
pockets of ignorance in the media and it took far too long for the press to pay serious attention to this countries dismal internet infrastructure. My top heros would have to be the guys at UTVip.

Mike.

I'm of the same opinion as Mike. The press are slow when it comes to the issues we are all fighting for.

Paul

iwb

Niall O' Donnchu at the DCMNR and some others there. These guys are definately on the right track. Hopefully we see more along the same lines from these guys.

dahamsta

Thanks Damien. How much do I owe you?

heh

adam

Griff667

UTV for the number 1 spot. The launch of UTVip really put ESATBT's pathetic original offer to shame, not to mention their excellent customer support and constant improvement of the service.

zynaps

Actually I think esat did good in coming out with nolimits.
Yeah, they kicked off a load of people and stopped offering it to new customers, but...

Unless you mean something else by original service (netSMRT?)

zynaps

sceptre

Originally posted by zynaps
Unless you mean something else by original service (netSMRT?)

Esat's original offer on Netsmart was 90 hours. When UTV came out with a product, Esat got, er, SMARTer and upped it to 120 (still shy of UTV's 150 mind you)

(thanks for the compliment btw yellum)

MagicBusDriver

NetSmart does not require a change is phone service, which will make it slightly more expensive. It also has better latency. It is the right package for a certain percentage of the people.