Tag: eircom

  • Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) launched

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    Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) launched yesterday. Ubuntu is a linux distribution with a focus on desktop systems and usability. It issues major releases at pre-scheduled six monthly intervals. I installed the previous version of Ubuntu (7.04) on one of my laptops recently and was very impressed with its performance and stability. The update from 7.04…

  • BT Broadband users can be hacked!

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    James Galvin posted a couple of weeks ago about a recently published exploit which made hacking Eircom’s wireless routers trivial. As Eircom are the largest provider of residential broadband in Ireland, this is potentially a big deal. As Joe Drumgoole commented at the time: they have inadvertently created Ireland’s largest free WIFI network. Good man…

  • Appalling state of broadband in Ireland

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    Forfás* released a damning report on the state of broadband in Ireland on 30th November 2006. Remember, Forfás is an Irish governmental agency operating under the auspices of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The report is 34 pages in PDF format. Let me summarise some of the main findings for you: The report…

  • Bye bye Blueface

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    Finally I have had enough of the unreliability of the Blueface service! My new phone number is +353-21-490 8485. This is the Eircom number on my DSL service. I may go to another provider in time but for now, at least I know the Eircom service works.

  • Blueface service down yet again this morning

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    This morning I was unable to receive incoming calls on my Blueface service. I discovered this when Brian Greene tried to call me. Fortunately we were having an IM chat on Skype at the time so we were able to talk on Skype instead but had it not been for that, I would have been…

  • Blueface has me blue in the face.

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    I have written before about what a crap service I am receiving from voip telephony provider Blueface. Now I know why they are called Blueface. Yet again today the Blueface service is down and I can’t make outgoing calls from my landline. And anyone who has called me on my mobile knows just how bad…

  • ComReg craps on consumers (again)

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    Pat reported this morning that Smart Telecom’s phone service was down. Their upstream provider, Eircom, cut them off for non-payment of bills leaving 40,000+ of Smart’s customers with no phone service. Were I cynical I’d suggest that Eircom did this as a cheap means of acquiring 40,000+ new customers. The Irish telecom’s regulator, ComReg (aka…

  • 52mb broadband for

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    Damien posted the following table of international broadband data from the ITU Notice Japan has 50mb broadband for less than $32 per month? According to Damien the comparable Irish figures are: eircom broadband business plus – 4MB – €107.69 inc vat eircom broadband business enhanced – 5MB – €204 inc vat Digiweb Metro Plus –…