http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/11329/

Sort of proves my point, doesn’t it. If the average is 47% where the f***k is eirocm in the line-up??

Yes, if you take the lawyer route….all lawyers say that sort of thing.

eircom was a state owned monopoly privatised to raise money which has since been squandered and Comreg was set up to regulate the consequent mess…. IMO they have NO right to the courts per se, they continue to be the monopoly supplier in many areas and act accordingly. ComReg has had a number of ‘improvements’ to its legislation to enable it to kick ass but choses not to use it. In fact the company regulator should be called in to sue eircom for abuse of a dominant poition.

Bye, Barry

Well it’s fair to say that we’re (Magnet) Very disappointed by decision to rescind the Line Share pricing directive. This decision is the result of an continued focus by Eircom to “try” to kill off competition and innovation in the market in an attempt to maintain cashflow.

There are number of very concerning aspects to the general operation of the market as I see it, eg;

a) The recently published performance stats around eircoms service delivery showing a deterioration in meeting SLA’s. This poor performance is not a one off but a trend and typical of underinvestment in the core asset/operational base. This does not bode well for businesses looking to invest in Ireland and in particular to invest outside of the digital divide.
b) The overall challenge of predatory pricing that eircom engage in. I refer to the LLU/Bitsream debacle that most observers missed as a critical issue. I’ll explain in more detail if you want.
c) Stranded assets: I have called for the opening up of stranded assets owned by the state, eg CIE fibre. One of the challenges in expanding the business (connectivity) in Ireland is the cost of backhaul and yet we sit on an asset like CIE’s fibre and do nothing.

One important point for observers to note:

1) Eircom have not been active or have taken a position on the Fibre to The Home market. Magnet on the other hand have been very active in this space and as a result we now have the largest FTTH operation in either the UK or Ireland with the fastest Broadband speeds on par with the best in the world. We have plans to continue to increase the speeds along with a broadening of the triple play offering. The UK (BT) are only now talking about launching an FTTH trial in Ebbsfleet this month.

Is there therefore an inverse correlation between Eircom and Innovation/advancement in the market?

2) That despite the issues above, we will continue in our efforts to drive on with new and innovative product offerings.

Fair boulds to eircom – they have it sussed : each time they get an unfavourable decision they say “let’s meet in court”and Comreg back down.

Morally blaming eircom, like the CA is, is just embarrassing.

So, once again, ComReg have wasted a nice chunk of money on a consultation that has led to an incorrect decision. Will they be brought to task over it? No, I didn’t think so.