I am living in Cork city centre where you would expect to be able to get ripwave. I mailed Irish broadband after checking their web site. They said I could get it. So I rang to order. They said I couldn't get it. After talking to a friend I rang Irish broadband again and they said I could get it. So I gave credit card details etc and made the order. About a week later they rang to say I couldn't get it. About two weeks after that they rang to make an enquiry about my order.
That has been my ripwave experience!
). The cons are the alleged poor performance in some circumstances (see the boards.ie broadband forum for lots of gripes about almost all ISPs!), the relatively low speed (512Kbps down/128Kbps up) and high contention ratio (40:1). However if it's available in your area and you would like to try/evaluate broadband for the first time and expect to be a relatively light user then it could be worth giving it a go. I was thinking of getting it for a month or two to give me cover in case of broadband outages in May when I intend trying to switch from UTV (via eircom - as required...) to Smart and I can see there being a period during which I will have no ADSL broadband...