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Cisco's new Irish wondervan
Behold Cisco's new marketing tour van. I think it's meant to wow punters with a sense of how exciting backbone networks can be. Note the missing hubcap.
IM 'romance' turns into murder attempt (Wired Magazine)
In this age of short attention spans, it's sometimes hard to get into 5,000 word features in magazines like Wired. Check out this horror story, though -- the IM romance that turned into a murder attempt.
Damn you, MacGarnagle!
Meeting the kitsch-trendy MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) this evening at the Halo launch. If I get a couple of minutes with him, it could end up like this interview.
Valentia Island's new broadband service
I spoke for a while yeterday to John McKeown, who has set up a wireless broadband service in Valentia called Skellig Broadband. They offer 1Mbs connections (512k up) for €36 per month plus €300 in set-up installation costs. He said they can't really make money out of it but hope to expand the service into a ring from Dingle all the way down to the Beara Peninsula (Castletownbere).
Monday morning rant: ancient government websites
Can't the Department of Communications update its website on broadband content from time to time? The current front page displays reports and surveys dated in 2005.
Broadband coverage map of Ireland
Sorry to harp on about this, but I wonder whether this broadband map -- from a government website -- is accurate? It shows areas already covered by broadband and 'imminent' coverage (as of May, 2007). Look at Donegal! According to Eircom, by the way, about 82 per cent of phone lines in the country are now broadband enabled.
Less than 3 per cent of Boards.ie heads say they can't access broadband
-- According to an ongoing survey on its site. Interesting that the sample is nice and large: 302 people and counting. And it's also interesting that this is usually a forum for hotheaded dissent on broadband availability. I'm really beginning to think that the whole 'broadband availability' theme is a little overdone...
Broadband availability question/challenge
Okay, here's a question: are there any Irish companies that cannot get access to broadband? Or even punters? Please leave a comment, saying where you're located...
Who's the cheapest .ie provider?
George Casey has done a price comparison of .ie domain name registrars. He puts ICCM Hosting as the cheapest (though there appears to be a hosting obligation), followed by Letshost.ie and Hosting 365. The most expensive, he claims, are Magnet Business (€125), followed by Hosting Ireland and Register.ie.
