[ILUG] Eircom.net go subscription

[John McCormac]

Bernard Tyers wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, John Hegarty wrote:
> 
> > I can't see the free ISP lasting in Ireland. They can not evan make
> WHAT complete poppy-cock..! in al respects john..might I feel a little
> biasing towards a certain American ISP who are OnLine? :)

It is an interesting situation here. The free ISP model is based on a
large market. That market does not exist in Ireland and there are some
key differences between the UK and Ireland. The UK is still in the Stone
Age regarding cable penetration (circa 20%) whereas Ireland is in the
top league with 80% penetration. As the cable companies here get into
internet access in the next few years, the access to the market will be
trimmed considerably for free ISPs. They will be largely relegated to
the non-cabled and non-MMDS areas. Then of course RTE want to employ
their digital terrestrial television system with internet access and its
return path over the air. RTE have about a 95% coverage. Free ISPs will
have to mutate to a single national access number (as soon as the
ODTR/Irk'em fiasco is sorted out) with a heavy emphasis on advertising.

> Free ISPs WILL last. There is no doubt about it. People are only now

Yes but not quite in the same state as they are in now. Of the ones
currently operating in the market, the most vulnerable is Oceanfree. The
others are well backed by revenue generating services whereas Oceanfree
is merely an Oirish version of Murdoch's LineOne operation.

Regards...jmcc
-- 
********************************************
John McCormac            * Hack Watch News
jmcc at hackwatch.com       * 22 Viewmount, 
Voice:   +353-51-873640  * Waterford,
BBS&Fax: +353-51-850143  * Ireland
http://www.hackwatch.com/~kooltek
********************************************

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.6

mQCNAzAYPNsAAAEEAPGTHaNyitUTNAwF8BU6mF5PcbLQXdeuHf3xT6UOL+/Od+z+
ZOCAx8Ka9LJBjuQYw8hlqvTV5kceLlrP2HPqmk7YPOw1fQWlpTJof+ZMCxEVd1Qz
TRet2vS/kiRQRYvKOaxoJhqIzUr1g3ovBnIdpKeo4KKULz9XKuxCgZsuLKkVAAUX
tCJKb2huIE1jQ29ybWFjIDxqbWNjQGhhY2t3YXRjaC5jb20+tBJqbWNjQGhhY2t3
YXRjaC5jb20=
=sTfy
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----