From: Thomas Bridge (tbridge at domain vianetworks.ie)
Date: Wed 29 Aug 2001 - 10:12:55 IST
At 17:53 28/08/2001 +0100, kevin lyda wrote:
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 04:59:16PM -0400, Ruairi Newman wrote:
> Thomas Bridge [28/08/01 16:38 +0100]:
> > 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".
> i beg to differ. i can think of at least two companies that would have
> lower expenses and happier employees if broadband existed in ireland.
> i'm sure others here could do the same. we don't all work for isp's
> with oodles of bandwidth.
Well I wish I had oodles of bandwidth but in fact, as anyone who knows me
will tell you, VIA are different from the other ISPs here in that our Data
Centre is not (and never has been) in the same location as our office.
As for the happier employees, I'd be a happier employee if I was going home
every night to a cute nymphomaniac blonde - but that's hardly a serious
business issue. And I'm not sure how expenses would be lowered if instead
of paying £100 a month in ISDN call charges you were paying £100 a month in
broadband connection (which is not an unlikely price for the service).
> and this bitching about the fee pisses me off. for fucks sake if you
> think it can be done cheaper then get off your hairy little arses and
> do it. in the meantime this one exists, it's got the major players
It is fact the case if you can't afford to attend this - you probably won't
be able to afford broadband anyway.
T.
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