From: Thomas Bridge (tbridge at domain vianetworks.ie)
Date: Tue 28 Aug 2001 - 16:44:35 IST
At 15:55 28/08/2001 +0100, John P. Looney wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:04:39PM +0100, Thomas Bridge mentioned:
> > Is it just me or does this seem a bit OTT in terms of pricing? If they
> > fill the room (which they estimate will be about 220 to 250 people) this
> > means the amount of money they take in could be anywhere between £2000 and
> > £5000. Surely even the Conrad can't be charging that much.
>
> Charging is an excellent way to make sure that the people there are
>people that count though. For a tenner....I'd go.
Aye, but isn't Ireland OffLine supposed to be for ordinary home users - as
opposed to businesses most of whom aren't affected by the availability (or
lack of availability) of "broadband".
Unless your argument is that charging is the only sure way that Mary
O'Rourke (say) will be there. Which is a very sad reflection on our
politicans.
T.
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