From ilug-admin@linux.ie Thu Aug 29 17:03:22 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8730543F99 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:03:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 29 Aug 2002 17:03:21 +0100 (IST) Received: from lugh.tuatha.org (root@lugh.tuatha.org [194.125.145.45]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7TFw4Z19203 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:58:04 +0100 Received: from lugh (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA32495; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:56:53 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: lugh.tuatha.org: Host root@localhost [127.0.0.1] claimed to be lugh Received: from mail04.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (mail04.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.118.20]) by lugh.tuatha.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA32465 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:56:45 +0100 Received: (qmail 20521 messnum 1113064 invoked from network[213.190.156.48/unknown]); 29 Aug 2002 15:56:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO XENON16) (213.190.156.48) by mail04.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 20521) with SMTP; 29 Aug 2002 15:56:14 -0000 Message-Id: <006001c24f74$dc1acde0$e600000a@XENON16> From: "wintermute" To: References: <3D6E40AA.9080606@diva.ie> Subject: Re: [ILUG] eircoms adsl modems Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:58:04 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Sender: ilug-admin@linux.ie Errors-To: ilug-admin@linux.ie X-Mailman-Version: 1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Irish Linux Users' Group X-Beenthere: ilug@linux.ie Not true on the choice part. After three weeks of me telling eircom that I did not in fact need nor want their ?1800 worth of router and firewall nor their onsite survey... for the uncapped service I actually managed to get a 4 port modem (after asking for a 1 port modem) instead of ye olde hardware router & firewall and eircom onsite. I would have argued for the 1 port modem... (which I had asked for), but a Director wanted the DSL up ... and fast.... Still it only took me three weeks to get (almost) what I wanted.................................... -- Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie