Paige uncovers the truth, the whole truth and maybe not the truth at all about corruption in the Irish Blog Awards. I don’t have a comment at the time of publishing of this post.
🙂
Archive for the ‘blogs’ Category
Exposé on Irish Blog Awards corruption
Saturday, February 11th, 2006Newstalk on the Blog Awards – 12th Feb, 12.30pm
Saturday, February 11th, 2006As Sarah Carey mentions, Newstalk will be talking about the Blog Awards, regulation of blogs and possibly Wikipedia tomorrow at 12.30. As well as Sarah, TJ McIntyre from Digital Rights Ireland will be on the discussion panel and also myself.
Now, I’m sure nobody will txt in saying “Vote for Johnny12’s blog, roight” and stuff like that. 🙂 Newstalk txt number is: 086 6000 106 *ahem*
RSS will in fact kill some forms of email
Saturday, February 11th, 2006We’ve not had a techy fight in ages thanks to all the women having their own fights, so lets go!
Michele points to Tom O’Leary’s quite defensive stand on email and why RSS is not the wunderkind it is billed to be.
Tom lists reasons where RSS falls down and where email is better. I’ve added some comments of my own:
* You can’t segment an audience with RSS for a demographically-designed message without investing in a complex backoffice utility.
The more you want a custom designed and delivered message, the more it is going to be complex to design/run. That goes for everything. However for an end-user it doesn’t have to be complex whatsoever. The magic to make it simple to use is the job of a professional software house. Is this something like Nooked does?
* You can’t securely send passwords, key codes or recipient-specific information with RSS
There is such as thing as Secure RSS that can in fact do this and much more.
* You can’t effectively align images in a message with RSS.
This just boils down to the definition of effective. Tis an XML feed after all. Style information could in fact be included.
* You can’t use HTML design effectively with RSS.
See above.
* You can’t personalize an RSS feed with custom content.
Nooked again? Well you could in fact by having an rss feed with a unique session id added to it everytime the feed subscription page is loaded. I’m not a coder and this seems obvious to me.
RSS will in my view be good for email and make email more enjoyable. Newsletters and all these one-way communications that make up so much of our inboxes will be gone and we can get on with communicating with people and not automated shite that streams in.
I don’t think there’s any reason to think that email will die as a result of RSS but it will be repositioned certainly. Anyone that says that RSS will kill email is obviously a bit dim. However, if people were to say RSS would replaced the one way delivery of information to someone that email was previously used to do this, then that’s quite brought. The new mailclients will have RSS integration built in and people will prefer to click, subscribe, click unsubscribe.
Email is fine for communicating but absolutely crap for attention. Anyone can mail you in whatever volumes they want and you have to sort it. Sure spam filters and all that will look after some, but it is an arms race between the spammers and the filter makers. RSS means you say “I will allow such a person to get my attention” and if you get bored of them. Click. Gone. No chance of getting hit with new sneaky feeds or your details being sold on someone else delivers a feed to you.
Building up the Gay Agenda
Friday, February 10th, 2006Richard Waghorne said on his blog:
it seems that politically-motivated gay people are over-represented online
I’d disagree and think that of those in the Irish blog O’Sphere who identify as lesbian or gay, they’re not very poltical or into activism at all. Look at Homosexual Agenda which has 43 bloggers listed. 43 out of 1000+ Many of them aren’t very active bloggers either. Now look at the posts in that aggregator. Not hugely political for the main part are they? Except the usual dodgy characters 🙂
So in disagreeing with Richard I think myself and Rob need to start adding more people to the Gay Agenda. The idea is to add blogs which are, like Richard mentions, “politically-motivated” though we don’t want foaming at the mouth folks either. Sorry RabidStraightHatingBottom33, maybe try another aggregator? Ta. So, if you have a few LGBT blogs in your aggregator and you believe they are political/activist type blogs, please leave links in the comments. (The spam protection for comments kicks in for 2 or more hyperlinks in comments so your post will go into the moderation queue.) The blogs don’t have to be Irish either. We also want blogs you read. We want you to be the quality control and won’t let in any blog you haven’t read.
Note to the FeFiFoe people: This is not an invite for commentary on Richard. There’s more than one blog outlet for that already. 🙂
Harvard Med School lectures released as podcasts
Friday, February 10th, 2006Via the consistently amazing Jeff Jarvis comes news that Harvard Med School lectures will be released as podcasts. Very cool. I think Tom should try and get a college here to do the same. Or maybe Fiona or TJ could release their lectures as podcasts? Up for the challenge folks? 🙂
BitTorrent, NTL (UK) and CacheLogic
Friday, February 10th, 2006“Ntl is delighted to be working with its technology trial partners, BitTorrent and CacheLogic, in order to extend its high-quality video experience from the set top box to the media player,” said Kevin Baughan, director of network strategy at ntl. “The trial will be a unique combination of BitTorrent’s P2P client closely coupled with CacheLogic’s network based content caching and ntl’s deep fibre network in order to offer a transformational video downloading experience.”
Be interesting to see what transpires with this. Could be a good or bad thing depending on what happens.
BitTorrent are also now apparently suing people that infringe on their trade name. Jesus. Spot the crowd that got investment and immediately started hiring lawyers.
Really good safesex animated video
Friday, February 10th, 2006Broadband choices and options in Ireland (Updated Oct 2009)
Thursday, February 9th, 2006This post is seriously out of date and will not be updated anymore.
Free connection and free wireless modem.
Eircom Broadband Home Starter
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 10GB
Price: €25.09 per month
Eircom Broadband Home Plus
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 30GB
Price: €30.11 per month
Eircom Broadband Home Advanced
Speed: 7Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: 50GB
Price: €39.99 per month
Eircom 1MB Business Lite
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 10GB
Price: €20.65 per month (exc.VAT)
Eircom Business 1Mb Business Time
(20 hours of broadband a month)
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €16.52 per month (exc.VAT)
Eircom Business Lite Plus
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 30GB
Price: €24.79 per month (exc VAT)
Eircom Business Starter
Speed: 7.6 Mb download/672Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €40 per month (ex VAT)
Eircom Business Plus
Speed: 12Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €65 per month (ex VAT)
Eircom Business Enhanced
Speed: 12Mb download/2Mb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €99 per month (ex VAT)
Eircom Business Advanced
Speed: 24Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 24: 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €99 per month (ex VAT)
Eircom Mobile Broadband for Business
Speed: 7.2Mb download/ 2Mb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: 10GB
Price: €16.45 per month (ex VAT)
To sign up to Perlico Broadband, it’s a requirement to switch home phone service over to Perlico. Free connection but a wireless modem costs €49.99.
Broadband with Home Phone Value
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 24GB
Price: €42.34 per month, inc. VAT.
Broadband with Free Talk Anytime
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 36GB
Price: €48.98 per month, inc VAT
Broadband Plus with Home Phone Value
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 30GB
Price: €50.34 per month, inc VAT
Broadband Plus with Free Talk Anytime
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 30GB
Price: €56.98 per month, inc VAT
Perlico Mobile Broadband with a Vodafone Dongle (See Vodafone)
No connection fee, free wifi modem for all online orders, price includes line rental.
Home Value 2Mb
Speed: 2Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €8.50 per month
Home Value 5Mb
Speed: 5Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €16.50 per month
Home Complete 7Mb
Speed: 7Mb download/512Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €21.50 per month
Home Complete 9Mb
Speed: 9Mb download/512Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €26.50 per month
Home Pro 12Mb
Speed: 12Mb download/640 Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €36.50 per month
Home Pro 24Mb
Speed: 24Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €46.50 per month
Business 24Mb for 24
Speed: 24Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €24.00 per month (WiFi is optional)
Magnet Business Broadband Basic (ADSL+2)
€165 connection fee. Line rental extra at €15 a month ex vat.
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €29.00 per month
Speed: 3Mb download/382Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €33.00 per month
Speed: 7.6Mb download/672Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €45.00 per month
Speed: 12Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €69.00 per month
Speed: 24Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €105.00 per month
Magnet Business Broadband (ADSL+2)
Speed: 8Mb download/512Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €45.00 per month
Speed: 10Mb download/768Kb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €75.00 per month
Speed: 12Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €115.00 per month
Speed: 15Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €150.00 per month
Magnet Business Broadband Premium (SHDSL)
Speed: 2Mb download/2Mb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €450.00 per month
Speed: 4Mb download/4Mb upload
Contention: None
Download Cap: None
Price: €700.00 per month
Wireless Products
DigiWeb DSL Broadband
(Digiweb Business Broadband is further down)
Activation Fee of €49.95.
DSL Lite
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 10GB
Download Cap: 48 : 1
Price: €24.95 per month
DSL
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 36 : 1
Download Cap: 20GB
Price: €29.95 per month
DSL Xtra
Speed: 7.6Mb download/672Kb upload
Contention: 36 : 1
Download Cap: 40GB
Price: €39.95 per month
DSL Pro
Speed: 10Mb download/832Kb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: 60GB
Price: €59.95 per month
Digiweb Metro Broadband
Installation Fee of €99.
Metro Value
Speed: 5Mb download/512Kb upload
Contention: 36 : 1
Download Cap: 20GB
Price: €34.95 per month
Metro Home
Speed: 8Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 36 :1
Download Cap: 30GB
Price: €39.95 per month
Metro Xtra
Speed: 12Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 36 : 1
Download Cap: 50GB
Price: €59.95 per month
(Only applies to new customers and includes a free 4-Port Hub.)
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 36 : 1
Download Cap: 12GB
Equipment: €199.00
Installation: €49.95
Price: €19.99 per month
BizWave Broadband
Speed: 1Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 18 : 1
Download Cap: 20GB
Equipment: €199.00
Installation: €49.95
Price: €29.95 per month
No phone line needed and 89cm antenna is required to be installed on the roof.
Tooway Value
Speed: 3.6Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 30 : 1
Available Traffic: 2.4GB
Equipment: €340.00
Installation: €249.00
Price: €34.99 per month
Tooway Plus
Speed: 3.6Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 30 : 1
Available Traffic: 4GB
Equipment: €340.00
Installation: €249.00
Price: €59.99 per month
Tooway Extra
Speed: 3.6Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 30 : 1
Available Traffic: 6GB
Equipment: €340.00
Installation: €249.00
Price: €79.99 per month
Tooway Pro
Speed: 3.6Mb download/ 384Kb upload
Contention: 30 : 1
Available Traffic: 12GB
Equipment: €340.00
Installation: €249.00
Price: €132.99 per month
Digiweb Business DSL Broadband
(Free four port wireless router)
DSL
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 20GB
Price: €24.95 per month
DSL Xtra
Speed: 7.6Mb download/672Kb upload
Contention: 12 : 1
Download Cap: 40GB
Price:€36.95 per month
DSL Pro
Speed: 12Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 12 : 1
Download Cap: 70GB
Price: €59.95 per month
DSL Pro Plus
Speed: 12Mb download/2Mb upload
Contention: 12 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €94.95 per month
DSL 24MB
Speed: 24Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 12 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €94.95 per month
Business Starter
Speed: 4Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 18 : 1
Download Cap: 40GB
Price: €35.95 per month
Installation: €129
Business Go
Speed: 6Mb download/1.5 upload
Contention: 18 : 1
Download Cap: 80GB
Price: €54.95 per month
Business Office
Speed: 8Mb download/2Mb upload
Contention: 18 : 1
Download Cap: 100 GB
Price: €89.00 per month
Installation: €129
Business Extra
Speed: 10Mb download/ 2.5Mb upload
Contention: 18 : 1
Download Cap: 120GB
Price: €149.00 per month
Business Enterprise
Speed: 12Mb download/3Mb upload
Contention: 18 : 1
Download Cap: 160GB
Price: €165 per month
Installation: €129
Business Metro Pro Broadband
Metro Pro 2
Speed: 2Mb download/2 Mb upload
Contention: 6 : 1
Download Cap: 120GB
Price: €195 per month
Installation: €249
Metro Pro 3
Speed: 3Mb download/3Mb upload
Contention: 6 : 1
Download Cap: 140GB
Price: €260 per month
Installation: €249
Metro Pro 6
Speed: 6Mb download/6Mb upload
Contention: 6 : 1
Download Cap: 160GB
Price: €495 per month
Installation: €1,485
Metro Pro 8
Speed: 8Mb download/ 8Mb upload
Contention: 6 : 1
Download Cap: 180GB
Price: €675 per month
Installation: €1,485
Metro Pro 10
Speed: 10Mb download/10Mb upload
Contention: 6 : 1
Download Cap: 200GB
Price: €845 per month
Installation: €1,485
Bizwave
Speed: 1Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 18 : 1
Download Cap: 20GB
Price: €39.00 per month
Installation: €129.00
Enhanced
Speed: 1Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 18 : 1
Download Cap: 40GB
Price: €69.99 per month
Installation: €129.00
Enterprise
Speed: 2Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 10 : 1
Download Cap: 60GB
Price: €129.99 per month
Installation: €129.00
Multi
Speed: 5.3Mb download/ 1.5 upload
Contention: Unstated
Download Cap:15GB
Telephone: No
Price: €24.75 per month
Installation: €99
Multi + Talk
Speed: 5.3Mb download/ 1.5 upload
Contention: Unstated
Download Cap: 20GB
Telephone: Yes
Price: €28.99 per month
Installation: €99
No phone line needed and 89cm antennae needs to be installed on the roof.
Tooway Value
Speed: 3.6Mb download/ 384Mb upload
Contention: 30 : 1
Download Cap: 2.4GB
Price: €29 per month
Equipment: €280
Installation: €220
Tooway Plus
Speed: 3.6Mb download/ 384Kb upload
Contention: 30 : 1
Download Cap: 4GB
Price: €49 per month
Equipment: €280
Installation: €240
Tooway Extra
Speed: 3.6Mb download/ 384Kb upload
Contention: 30 : 1
Download Cap: 6GB
Price: €65 per month
Equipment:€280
Installation: €220
Tooway Pro
Speed: 3.6Mb download/ 384 upload
Contention: 30 : 1
Download Cap: 12GB
Price: €109 per month
Equipment: €280
Installation: €220
ClearStart
Speed: 512Kb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 10 :1
Download Cap: Unlimited (subject to fair usage)
Price: €24.95 per month
ClearFreedom
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 10 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited (subject to fair usage)
Price: €29.95 per month
ClearPerformer
Speed: 2Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 10 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited (subject to fair usage)
Price: €39.95 per month
ClearBusiness
Speed: 2.5Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 10 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited (subject to fair usage)
Installation: €99.00
Price: €79.99 per month
Irish Broadband (Broadband in a box, no phone line required)
Ripwave 1Mb
Speed: 1Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 40 : 1
Download Cap: 10GB
Activation Fee: €37.65
Price: €19.03 per month
Ripwave 2Mb
Speed: 2Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 40 : 1
Download Cap: 10GB
Activation Fee: €37.65
Price: €27.06 per month
Go!
Speed: 512Kb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 40 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Activation Fee: €37.65
Price: €19.03 per month
Go! Plus
Speed: 1Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 40 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Activation Fee: €37.65
Price: €27.06 per month
Irish Broadband Fixed Wireless
Breeze 4Mb
Speed: 4Mb download/4Mb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Activation Fee: €100.00
Price: €55.00 per month
(Phone line required. No activation fee.)
imagine up to 1Mb
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 10GB
Price: €15.06 per month
imagine up to 3Mb
Speed: 3Mb download/256Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: 20GB
Price: €25.10
imagine up to 7.8Mb
Speed: 7.6 Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 12 : 1
Download Cap: 30GB
Price: €35.14
3 Wireless
Charges:
Day Access (500Mb) €5
Week Access (2GB) €10
Month Access (10GB) €25
Out of Bundle Charging, per MB is 49c.
Huawei E160G Modem
Speed: 3.6 Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 15GB
Price: Pay As You Go
Modem price: €69.00
Contract: None
Huawei E1550
Speed: 3.6 Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 15GB
Price: Pay As You Go
Modem price: €69.00
Contract: None
Huawei E1550
Speed: 3.6 Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 15GB
Price: €19.99 per month
Modem price: €9 on 12 month contract. Free on 18 month contract.
Contract: 12 month/18 month
Huawei E1750
Speed: 7.2 Mb download/2Mb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 15GB
Price: €19.99 per month
Modem price: €49
Contract: 12 month
Meteor Mobile Broadband
Speed: Up to 7.2 Mb
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 5GB
Price: €16.99 per month
Modem price: €29.00
Contract: 12 months
Day Pass is the default setting and costs €2.99 per day, 500Mb allowance.
30 Day Pass costs €19.99, 5GB allowance.
A penalty of 2c per Mb over limit is incurred for both options.
Speed: Up to 7.2 Mb
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: Stated above
Price: Prepay
Modem price: €39.00 (online promotional price until 31/12/09)
Contract: No Contract
Refurbished To Go Device
Speed: Up to 7.2 Mb
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: Stated above
Price: Prepay
Modem price: €29.00
Contract: No Contract
Vodafone Broadband Pay Monthly
Free Modem
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb download/ Up to 384Kb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 10GB
Price: €19.99 per month
Modem price: Free
Contract: 12 months
Pay As You Use Mobile Broadband
Speed: 7.2 download/384Kb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 500Mb per day
Price: €5.00 on days that modem is used
Modem price: €79.00
Contract: No Contract
Free connection and free wireless modem.
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download cap: 40GB
Price: €40.00 per month
Speed: 7Mb download/672Kb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download cap: 60GB
Price: €49.00 per month
(Plans to launch pre-pay broadband)
Sierra Compass 888 Modem
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb download/Up to 5.2 Mb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 10GB
Price: €19.99 per month
Modem price: €69.00
Contract: 18 months
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb download/Up to 5.2 upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 7.5GB
Price: €25.00 per month
Modem price: €79.00
Contract: 12 months
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb download/Up to 5.2 upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 5GB
Price: €30.00
Modem price: €119.00
Contract: 30 days
(Refurbished Compass 888 modems have the same contracts but are priced €49, €59 and €99 respectively.)
Huawei E1750
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb download/Up to 384Kb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 10GB
Price: €19.99 per month
Modem price: €59.00
Contract: 18 months
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb download/Up to 384Kb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 7.5GB
Price: €25.00 per month
Modem price: €79.00
Contract: 12 months
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb download/Up to 384Kb upload
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 5GB
Price: €30.00 per month
Modem price: €129.00
Contract: 30 days
(Refurbished E220 modems have the same contracts and modems cost €39, €39 and €89 respectively.)
No connection fee.
Speed: 3Mb download/ upload unknown
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: Unlimited
Price: €25 for three months, €50 thereafter, exc.VAT
Speed: 7.6Mb download/384Kb download
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: Unlimited
Price: €35 for 3 months then €70 thereafter, exc.VAT
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 5GB
Price: €12.99 per month
Modem price: €19.99
Contract: 12 months
Speed: Up to 7.2Mb
Contention: Unknown
Download cap: 10GB
Price: €9.99 per month
Modem price: €19.99
Contract: 12 months
No connection fee. Wireless Router costs €49.99
1Mb Broadband Basic and Phone
Speed: 1Mb download/128Kb upload
Download Cap: 10GB
Price: €24.99 per month
Wireless Router: €49.99
3Mb Broadband Value
Speed: 3Mb download/256Kb upload
Download Cap: 30GB
Price: €22.00 per month
Wireless Router: €49.99
10Mb Broadband Express
Speed: 10Mb download/1Mb upload
Download Cap: Unlimited (subject to fair usage)
Price: €32.00 per month
Wireless Router: Free
20Mb Broadband Ultra
Speed: 20Mb download/1.5Mb upload
Download Cap: Unlimited (subject to fair usage)
Price: €42.00 per month
Wireless Router: Free
Last three months of contract is free.
3Mb Broadband Value
Speed: 3Mb download/256Kb upload
Download Cap: 30GB
Price: €28.00 per month
Wireless Router: €49.99
10Mb Broadband Express
Speed: 10Mb download/1Mb upload
Download Cap: Unlimited (subject to fair usage)
Price: €38.00 per month
Wireless Router: Free
20Mb Broadband Ultra
Speed: 20Mb download/1.5Mb upload
Download Cap: Unlimited (subject to fair usage)
Price: €48.00 per month
Wireless Router: Free
No phone line required.
Home Broadband
Speed: 3Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 36 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Installation: €99.00 (waived for a 24 month contract)
Price: €37.99 per month
So-Ho Broadband
Speed: 4Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 20 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Installation: €99.00 (waived for a 24 month contract)
Price: €59.99 per month
Gaming Broadband
Speed: 4Mb download/2Mb upload
Contention: 20 : 1
Download Cap: Unlimited
Installation: €99.00 (waived for a 24 month contract)
Price: €69.99 per month
Business Broadband
Speed: 5Mb download/3Mb upload
Contention: 20 : 1
Installation: €149.00 (exc VAT)
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €89.00 per month (exc VAT)
Corporate Broadband
Speed: 6Mb download/4Mb upload
Contention: 12 : 1
Installation: €149.00 (exc VAT)
Download Cap: Unlimited
Price: €135.00 per month
Pure Telecom
Engineer installation is €149.99.
Home Office
Speed: 1Mb download/1Mb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: Unstated
Price: €29.74 per month exc.VAT
Business
Speed: 2Mb download/2Mb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: Unstated
Price: €40.00 per month exc.VAT
Business Plus
Speed: 3Mb download/3Mb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: Unstated
Price: €79.00 per month exc.VAT
Corporate
Speed: 4Mb download/4Mb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: Unstated
Price: €159 per month exc.VAT
Uncontended
Speed: 512Kb
Price: €470 per month exc.VAT
Speed: 1Mb
Price: €690 per month exc.VAT
Speed: 2Mb
Price: €1,085 per month exc.VAT
Pure Telecom Business Broadband
(On site Engineer Installation €165.00. Postage and packaging of modems and routers €8.00)
ADSL 3Mb
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: 48 : 1
Download Cap: Unknown
Price: €29.99 per month (exc VAT)
ADSL 7.6 Mb
Speed: 7.6 Mb download/672Kb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: Unknown
Price: €40.00 per month (exc VAT)
ADSL 10Mb
Speed: 10Mb download/832Kb upload
Contention: 24 : 1
Download Cap: Unknown
Price: €175.00 per month (exc VAT)
(On site Engineer Installation €165.00)
ADSL+2 3Mb
Speed: 3Mb download/384Kb upload
Contention: No Contention
Download Cap: Unknown
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Thursday Afternoon Quick Links
Thursday, February 9th, 2006Am really enjoying the The Limerick blog. Be nice to see additional blogs about Dublin news, Galway news, Cork news and so forth. Well done to the folks that put the work in on this blog. I guess the El Paso Times does that for Dundalk. Are there any other blogs like these around?
Josh Spear has some threadless vouchers which allow you to get the t-shirts for 10 bucks. Threadless t-shirts rock. I think I have about 15 of them now.
Via Rick O’Shea comes this comment from the Media Guardian:
The blogger is now mainstream. So why doesn’t every radio DJ have a blog? It’s the most obvious enhancement to every commercial radio station, and would help to transform radio from a “push medium” to one in which listener and DJ are equal, engaging in ongoing dialogue. Stations would be closer to their audiences and DJs would have a wealth of content to use on air. The stations would also achieve a new level of authenticity and honesty, values which people are now demanding of everything from products to politicians.
Why indeed? Why doesn’t every journalist have one too? Especially freelance journalists. It’s a great way for a potential employer to assess your ability. John Collins and I discuss the lack of blogs and rss in various industries. I’d like to see RSS on the jobs websites too and if they don’t then perhaps I’ll hire Jason to build me a scraper and I’ll offer job feeds myself. Hello lawyers!
Get stats on your podcasts with Sonr. Hating the web2.0 nomenclature though this isn’t a bad name and tis apt enough. Seems you track podcasts using their media player. Hmmmm. Not sure will people go with that. Wouldn’t it be better to create some kind of open architecture/API and allow people to develop plugins for existing media players? It’s a good idea and I think those who podcast should be able to get more details on what people like and dislike about podcasts they listen to and without the expense of using massive media statistics companies to find out. An automated solution that honours privacy and treats the audience well can be created I should think. Sonr might be able to do it but I dislike the idea of locking in userinfo into one centralised DB.
Sunday interview about blogs and their regulation
Thursday, February 9th, 2006Until I get a confirmation, I won’t say which radio station I’ll be on but I will be on-air talking about blogs and the blog awards. Seems though it is the usual theme of “wikipedia and blogs are too free. People can make up facts that are not substantiated. They need to be regulated.” We always fear something we don’t understand I guess. For Irish bloggers we still come under the very restrictive libel laws. Bernard from Running With Bulls knows all about that. Digital Rights Ireland’s summary of Libel laws gives a good grounding on how the accused really has a large mountain to climb to defend what they say. Far easier to captitulate and recant.
Surely there is in effect an environment of over-regulation if you are Irish based? Anyway, there is enough self-regulation in the bloggersphere where if you say something wrong you’ll have half a dozen people pointing out this error and if you refuse to accept it they’ll blog it themselves and point it out. Besides, reasonable people get listened to more than hotheads. Hotheads get more attention, which is not the same as being listened to and being taken seriously.
There’s plenty of good arguments about wikipedia too. To me it is a piece of coal that will eventually become a diamond. You start off with the coal, dirty and dark and rough and through polishing from various people, it becomes a rock-solid gem.
I think they might be inviting other bloggers on too.