A couple of weeks ago our ads for broadband services popped up on the ring road around Carlow town: And as of yesterday we've announced that we're offering broadband services nationwide. It's fun to have a new service to offer and so far there's been quite a bit of interest in it, though how much of that will convert into actual sales is another matter entirely! I've … [Read more...] about Broadband Now Available
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Broadband, LED Lights and Kitchen Hobs
Continuing the saga of getting my new house ready ... The last couple of days have been fun. I mean that. Things are finally coming together so that I'll be able to move into the new house very soon. This morning the electrician dropped over and as of this afternoon I now have functioning lights in the kitchen. They're LEDs and they work, unlike what was there up until … [Read more...] about Broadband, LED Lights and Kitchen Hobs
Get Your Head Out Of The Cloud
I've been working online in some shape or form since the mid 1990s when I was an undergraduate at the University of Limerick. Back then the internet was novel and I used it mostly to compensate for the lack of books in the university's library (they did have lots of books - just not that many on topics I needed). Now in 2012 a lot more people are online. Broadband speeds … [Read more...] about Get Your Head Out Of The Cloud
A New Broadband Connection
Last week, while I was up in Dublin, UPC came along and hooked me up to their fibre. Yesterday I got the fixed IP details and with Paul's assistance switched the UPC box over to bridging mode, reconfigured my Fritzbox and moved my home connection into the fast lane. It's nice With the standard UPC wireless access point I could get a respectable 35 megs, but once I … [Read more...] about A New Broadband Connection
ThePirateBay Eircom and IRMA
The frontpage of The Pirate Bay currently has this graphic:and is happily promoting a service to help Eircom users anonymise their internet usage.In case you're wondering why... Eircom, one of Ireland's largest ISPs, has announced that they will start cutting off filesharers using a "3 strikes" system in conjunction with IRMA.Due process? Forget it.The ISP will get to act as … [Read more...] about ThePirateBay Eircom and IRMA