Eircoms engineers claim that they wont be making DSL available till early
next year, and that theyre "nowhere near ready enough to release it before
the end of 2000".
Niall
----- Original Message -----
From: "John P. Looney (Kate)" <jplooney-ilug at online.ie>
To: "ILUG" <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [ILUG] [OT] - Bandwidth provider...
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 03:01:30PM +0100, adam beecher mentioned:
> > * Who predicted - predictably - that it's highly unlikely that DSL will
come
> > online on the predicted launch dates of September/October. Funny, he
mentioned
> > DSL, ADSL, but neglected vDSL altogether. That's what Genesis say
they'll be
> > using isn't it?
>> I thought november were the dates Eircom & Genesis have set themselves.
> According to those working for Genesis, it's not DSL based, but "magic"
> [0].
>> Kate
>> [0] Noting, to grunts like us, any sufficently advanced technology is
> indistinguishable from magic.
>> --
> "The fool must be beaten with a stick, for an intelligent person
> the merest hint is sufficient" -- Zen Master Greg
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