chris20051
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http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0527/vodafone.html
http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0527/vodafone.html
They can't - not when it comes to fixed line. All the other companies are just resellers, piggybacking on eircoms network. Thats why eircom bumped up the line rental (as this cant be touched).When I heard this I thought it might be a threat to eircom. I just don't think their price is very aggressive. Is it me or is this just a run of the mill offer? I think BT have a similar offer minus the 3 unlimited vodafone mobile calls. Same old story, rather than shaking up the market they just match the rest of them.
Thats why eircom bumped up the line rental (as this cant be touched).
The company was run down (with successive investors taking money out of the company) to a point where its not capable of Investing even if it wanted to. BT have been led into the same scenario across the water with a much greater degree of success - albeit more effective regulation.I work for eircom and while I can't defend the indefencible I do think it is unfair to expect eircom to invest billions in new technology, upgrading the ageing network etc only to be told we can't make our investment back on it. I think the piggybackers have it easy. All they do is resell our product. The regulator sets the price we can charge them, they have none of our overheads and we are supposed to be able to compete with them. I know we are far from perfect but it is hard to see why you would bother investing that kind of money only to hand it over to your competitors to undercut you.
The government should never have sold the infrastucture.
The regulator has stopped eircom increasing the line rental. As far as I know they can't touch it again until 2010.
We are owned by finance companies now, indebted to the eyeballs and they are not going to spend a penny if they can get away with it. They are in it for a quick buck. They don't give a c**p about telecoms, customers or their staff for that matter.
The government should never have sold the infrastucture.
We are owned by finance companies now, indebted to the eyeballs and they are not going to spend a penny if they can get away with it. They are in it for a quick buck. They don't give a c**p about telecoms, customers or their staff for that matter. I thought it was hilarious that they had the cheek to ask the government for a handout to invest in broadband! The government should never have sold the infrastucture.
The fact that we nearly went on strike last year for the first time in 30 years should tell you something. Over 98% of the staff voted to strike. That's how unhappy the staff are.