[ILUG] [OT]: I need someone to dig a trench.

[Dara Ó Maoilmhichíl]

This is true, they can be very bad unfortunately.

You could try the non commercial wireless. 

Irishwan is a place to start i think. 

Or, if you know the neighbours .....a simple p2p wireless link will
sort you out to use their bb if they have it . You could chip in for
the bb and line rental cost, or pay for the whole lot if they don't
have it already or just to sweeten it for them
d

On 29/06/05, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:
> On 29 Jun 2005, at 18:00, Braun Brelin wrote:
> 
> > The background:
> >
> > I'm attempting to get a DSL line into my house.
> 
> No, no you're not. Unless Eircom has changed its ways, which I rather
> doubt, you're attempting to get a PHONE line into your house. Presuming
> that you sort out the minor access issue, and get a phone line into
> your house, you can then, at some future date (best I've heard was a
> week, mine took nearly a month - I've heard of a variety of excuses
> given such as "We have to wait for the line to settle" or "All the
> computer systems have to synchronise") ask Eircom to test the line for
> DSL compatibility.
> 
> It may or may not pass, depending on the length of the wire run from
> the exchange to your house (note that this distance may be multiples of
> the distance from the exchange to your house) and the quality of all
> the intervening copper.
> 
> If it passes, you may then order DSL service from a number of
> providers. (Note - it's a good idea to take a note when you're told it
> has passed, if you're not planning to use Eircom as your provider. Or
> better, get your chosen provider to do the online check, and take a
> screen print of the results, if positive. When I ordered my DSL, Eircom
> told me the line passed, and asked me when they should come to install
> it. I told them they needn't bother, and ordered it from Netsource. The
> Netsource person ran the test, and did a screen print as I mentioned.
> When she rang Eircom to order DSL on my line, they told her it didn't
> pass. When she said she had a printout from the positive line test,
> they said "Oh, alright then" or words to that effect, and carried on as
> if nothing had happened. That's how brazen a monopoly can be).
> 
> If the line, sadly, doesn't pass, you're then left with a POTS line
> which presumably you don't particularly want (as you don't have one
> already). I guess you like enriching the mobile network providers, or
> maybe you're a phoneaphobe ?
> 
> Niall
> 
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