Broadband

[Nutter]

Ok I do not want to sound like a whinger ererytime I come on here. But... sorry I am going to whinge. I am totally sick of being without a proper Broadband service in Ireland. (Notice I said Ireland not just where I Live in Ireland) At the moment I have a 1/2meg Wireless Broadband connection from Last Mile Broadband. I have to say it is way better than Dialup and ISDN (some of the time). But I am again paying through the nose for something that is WAY!! Out Dated!! Last Mile have become like Eircom. They know they have the Monoply and bleed us/me dry. A friend of mine that is just 800 yards up the road from me has now gotten BB. He is 7 miles from the exchange and has a 2meg connection that is really good and it is €10 less than LMB but and yet I cant get it? What the hell is going on? Why cant we all get proper broadband? Are we still in the dark ages or what? ... Rant over... sorry....

[.:iE/Dixy]

I can only agree with you nutter the level of BB service in this country is rubbish.
Wireless is to unpredictable and good old eircom refuse to upgrade or replace jurassic cabling to allow for any type of desent broadband but i thing the main problem in with BB nationwide is the greed of providers overselling their product and leaving 80% of their customers with almost an almost useless product. Contension and congestion on networks is a joke in the country but i cant figure out what ever happened to the old addage of the "customer is always right". These companys dont care and we as the comsumer continue to take it with any complaints falling on deaf ears. The government set up comreg to govern these matters but it is a toothless white elephant which just seems to provide information on how not to get a result with a complaint.
Someone needs to act in the country and if the government/regulators cant or wont the its up to the public to do so by saying enough is enough and force these companies to sort it out
Rant also over

[i_gothere]

Are we still in the dark ages or what?

Yup. And then some.
When the politicians came to your door a few weeks back, did you ask about broadband? If you did, then did your neighbours? It's a matter of scale, really. While the gov't can pretend nobody's really interested; they do not have to solve the problem.

Look at mental healthcare: My son was diagnosed with Autism a year ago, and even though there is a LOT of funding earmarked specifically, we're still funding his education ourselves as our candidates "do not meet their requirements". Well, sure they don't: what Princeton Graduate with multiple psych degree's will take €27 an hour (yes, Princeton is one of the main uni's they only accept)? And yet, a certain TD was not fired over the increasingly appalling state of the mental health of our youth, but praised..

Long story short, it ain't gonna get fixed with the current parties in control. Nor will it with the next. Politicians have no inclination to get the problems solved - it's too much hassle.

[Nutter]

Just today on the news I listened to Bertie. What an arrogant Bastard! And when questioned about his remarks about suicide, he was all smirking. If he has that sort of attitude against suicide. Do you really think he even cares about Autism or Autistic people? Or anything apart from his own arrogance? The want or need for Broadband no longer matters to me after listening to his remarks…. It’s just trivial… What a wanker!