David Long - RTE 9 O'Clock News Tonite - 07/01/03

MDR · 07-01-2003 6:50pm #1

see subject

seamus · 07-01-2003 7:22pm

All I can say is...um...WOW. And...um....WTF?! Is it live or recorded today or what? I prolly won't see it, being in work an' all. Will someone keep a good avi copy of it for us poor ppl who can't see it?

PiE · 07-01-2003 8:15pm

Yea, somebody please make a recording, I most likely won't be able to see it. And have it available tonight, if possible

the_corpo · 07-01-2003 10:18pm

oh wasn't he handsome

i liked the stock footage rte used, of people using the internet
'i wish you a happy millenium'

class

Calibos · 07-01-2003 10:18pm

Bet Davids other hand was behind his back giving the one finger salute to the Eircom heads peeping out from behind the curtains in the eircom building!:D

joec · 07-01-2003 10:20pm

waheyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....nice to c our hidden agenda that we engage about on a pc monitor on the news eh ????????????????????????????????????
dave didnt have much time but got his point across
well done dave.......................................................
thanks for giving ur time to the cause without peopel like u things like this wouldnt happen...........i take my hat off to u:D

seamus · 07-01-2003 10:22pm

Heh, lookin well Dave! Well Done!.

Has anyone got it? I turn up the telly, signifying everyone else to shush, but of course, as soon as Dave comes on and starts talking, the guy beside me starts talking, "Do you think broadband is a good idea for Ireland?" :mad: Turns out, he hasn't a clue what broadband is but 'they have it in scandinavia' :rolleyes:

BoneCollector · 07-01-2003 10:23pm

fair play to RTE the gave the bare facts no half truths mentioning errcom that they will be made to be brought in line with member states and that they will be required to make flat rate available middle year and the regulator had issued the decission and errcom was considering its response.
However david did repeat the same fact pointing out that people will be able to go on line any time of day for as long as they wish without running up huge phone bills
also rte also mentiion that this would act as a catalist to get more people on line (Which im sure errcom want to avoid!)

Its a bit like.. Naaa no one wants strawberrys theres no demand for them.. cus they charge €100 each...
But bring the price down low enough to allow people to taste the strawberry then theres no stoping the demand.

Demand means more!!! (which also means more responsibilty on ercom to provide and reduce costs) something they just dont want!!!

They would argue... "but we only have a little baskett to carry and sell our 10 strawberrys a month and make €1000.. " but to be told by the market regulator they have to now sell at least 100 strawberrys if they want to be allow to earn €1000 (@€;10 each)
Thats alot more strawberrys there gonna have to carry so there gonna need to provide a BIGGER! baskett

Roll on the flat rate internet revolution!!!!

stormkeeper · 07-01-2003 10:23pm

Even though I didn't get to see it and all, I thought I'd say congratulations ^_^

Dangger · 07-01-2003 10:28pm

Thanks guys. I did answer several questions on camera, however they picked the "what it means" answer for the clip.

The Indpendent and the Irish Times will both be running follow up articles on the ComReg decision tomorrow, its been a busy day for us today!

Ruu_Old · 07-01-2003 10:29pm

very good

right in front of Eircons building, nice, very nice. Now Eircon, see where your "uneconomic" bullcrap gets u now! Congrats David

Hannibal_12 · 07-01-2003 10:31pm

I can see what was meant by mildly ironic location.

€ircon's silence, in this case, says more than any half baked lie their PR people could spin together. They have consistently failed to engage in any dialogue be it on RTE, Pat Kenny or George Hook etc.

I will be very interested to see what their response to this will be.

Tellox · 07-01-2003 10:36pm

Saw "ioffl on rte news after the break" in #boards.ie, but by the time I read it,they were on to the limerick manager callin his fans a bunch of effin animals...anybody get the avi of it? or will it be shown again today?

SkepticOne · 07-01-2003 10:39pm

Originally posted by Tizlox
Saw "ioffl on rte news after the break" in #boards.ie, but by the time I read it,they were on to the limerick manager callin his fans a bunch of effin animals...anybody get the avi of it? or will it be shown again today?

It will be available on the RTE site in realvideo format tomorrow. Currently only today's 1 o clock news is available.

Stephen · 07-01-2003 10:48pm

I have an 8mb AVI of it (Divx 4 codec required). Its roughly 2 minutes long. I will post a URL once it is finished uploading.

My poor 56k modem is taking such punishment

Ste- · 07-01-2003 10:49pm

Well done Dave
Big step for IrelandOFFLine I believe

Maj. TightAss · 07-01-2003 11:06pm

The subject says it all. Get it here.

[edit]I've taken this down to conserve bandwidth as most people who want it probably have already. If you don't have it, and do want, then PM me and I'll temporarily put it back up.[/edit]

Well done Dave!

Mountjoy Mugger · 07-01-2003 11:15pm

Yup, nice job Dave. I left the pub in good time to catch it.

JohnK · 07-01-2003 11:25pm

nicely done

Stephen · 07-01-2003 11:37pm

http://hyperion.sleepygeek.org/~munch/news.avi - 8.69mb Divx 4 AVI of tonight's news segment.

Divx4 codec available here: http://www.divx.com

Krouc · 07-01-2003 11:38pm

6MINS on a 56k, 6cents for eircon. Hopefully this is the start of the end.

byte · 08-01-2003 12:05am

Yeah, well done David. It was short but sweet and to the point!:)

daveirl · 08-01-2003 12:33am

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PiE · 08-01-2003 12:48am

Heh, just as I finished downloading the DivX, the interview is played on News 2.

Nice work Dave.

mike65 · 08-01-2003 1:23am

Just saw the clip, well done. Is that the first time anyone from IOFFL has been on RTE Telly?

Mike.

yellum · 08-01-2003 1:58am

Originally posted by mike65
Just saw the clip, well done. Is that the first time anyone from IOFFL has been on RTE Telly

.. without the words "The Defendant" being used.

About time RTE woke the hell up and mentioned IrelandOffline.

Fergus · 08-01-2003 2:27am

The clip is on the RTE website in RealPlayer format here

Well done Dave! It's quite an achievement to note that IOffL are the one and only party consulted within the piece.

Lenny · 08-01-2003 2:53am

Hey, thats great work guys, well done!

thanks for the link Stephen.

BKtje · 08-01-2003 5:35am

/me removes hat and bows low to all involved in ioffl.
Today is another stepping stone towards the final goal

zynaps · 08-01-2003 8:32am

We can do it!!

Good stuff, lads

zynaps

David Long - RTE 9 O'Clock News Tonite - 07/01/03

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