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[ILUG] Re: Broadband providers

[ILUG] Re: Broadband providers

Gavin McCullagh gmccullagh at gmail.com
Wed Aug 8 18:27:56 IST 2007


Hi,

On Wed, 08 Aug 2007, Patrick O'Connor wrote:

> That's going to change big time in the coming months. Babcock and Brown have
> stripped Eircom of their assets to get back the money they spent  buying
> it.  All its best people are leaving like rats from a sinking ship. The only
> thing holding it together is the monopoly and ESOP which keeps people there.
> B&B don't give a crap about the company and are not going to do anything to
> improve the situation.
> As a result fixed line services in Ireland are gonna go from bad to
> worse..... :(

In the interest of balance, could you back this up with a reference?
Eircom are a very easy target for unsubstantiated slurs -- particularly in
user groups like this.  I'm no fan of their's but I get the impression at
least half of the stuff that gets said of them is untrue or overstated.

Gavin




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