On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 12:40:03PM +0000, Niall O Broin wrote:
> Let me see - that works out at ~1775 Euro/month for 128K + the line rental,
> which is realistically speaking in the noise. To me, that compares poorly
> with between 30 - 40 Euro/month which our European neighbours pay for
> 256K/128K (or even 512K/128K) ADSL. Hmm - I can see the new Eircon ad now -
>> ADSL - faster than ISDN for about 1/15 of the cost - available now in the
> e-arsehole of Europe.
On the Belfast-Dublin road, just across the border, Eircom have a big ad.
With pictures denoting different countries, the caption is something like:
Different Countries. Same Service. Different Prices.
Every time I see, I have to chuckle.
:-),
Wesley.
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