[ILUG] Eircom + Firewall

[Niall O Broin]

On 13 Oct 2004, at 12:31, Thomas Bridge wrote:

> On the general DSL thing - my advice in general with regard to
> getting DSL from Eircom is don't - especially if you're an
> SME.   The quality of what they will tell you is suspect to
> say the least (most businesses for example don't use Windows or
> MAC boxes to hook up their DSL link but a router jobbie).
>
> Using the smaller companies (eg Netsource, Digiweb) is better for you
> in terms of both customer service and extending the choice in the 
> market.

Not that he'd be prejudiced or anything :-)

But in fairness, I agree with him, from both POV. Usually, DSL will 
just work, but if you need any assistance, gawd help you with Eircom.


Niall