Brilliant idea

Dublin…a great place altogether!

Meanwhile people in the rest of the country don’t even have mobile phone coverage nevermind Internet coverage….. And broadband is a thing in dreams!!!

Wondered how long it would be before we got the “what about the rest of the country comment”……a reply to the first comment is impressive though…

Move to the big schmoke

@paula,those are a very very minor few between all the service provider’s they cover over 99% of the country..what would be the point in putting free WiFi in remote areas did I miss something and wildlife now have smart phones!!!

Move to Dublin!

Should be available free on every Street & in every Town & Village , on the Island of Ireland – it would be an ideal marketing pitch for Failte Ireland to draw extra Tourism into the Country – especially when many Countries & Hotels abroad, still charge for the service ?

Ireland; come for the craic, stay for the wifi.

As a Dub living in Cork I agree 100% with you Paula.

Guess that’s why we’ll be paying 3x the property tax.

Carlin, there’s nothing stopping cork from doing the same.

I wouldn’t move too Dublin in a fit not even if someone paid my €10,000 a week too live there. Cork all the way boy.

Agree with Paula 100%. And Steve, notice that 99% is not area but population which means Dublin and bigger towns. So far it looks to me that if “it” is in Dublin means it is in Ireland. Rubbish !!!

Touché

@Steve I’m not looking for free wifi just basic mobile phone coverage. We gave no broadband in the area so rely on mobile broadband with booster box but can’t even make a dimple phone call from the house without dropping signal. All because the local exchange will not be upgraded as per Eircom.

@Carlin I’m a Dub living in Cavan and completely sympathize with country people not having basic services.

You are an ignoramus! Do wildlife have smartphones now? No, but what about the rest of the country is the point she was making. I am a dub, living in the west. But your attitude is Ireland doesnt exist outside of Dublin.

This is happening because Dublin City Council made it happen, just like they made the bike scheme happen. sit around waiting for things to fall into your lap and you will be disappointed

.4 Mbps with my crap utv broadband :(

.2 mbps with Three

150 mbps with UPC

It is.

Dubs4sam

ScarlaForTheSpeed.

Excellent news

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Hear hear

It says Grafton St. area and that’s definitely in the Grafton St area.

No ;)

Yet all heart Lord…:)

Haha, I’ll still take my chances, bur worth keeping in mind, http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/05May/Pages/health-impact-wifi-mobiles-electromagnetic-fields.aspx

You could always come to Galway. They stand up in the middle of the busy shopping street having a grand old chin wag. Conversation alive and well here.

Did you not read the part where is says, “The service is being offered to the council for FREE by Spanish company Gowex, which specialises in the delivery of FREE municipal WiFi services.”? Not too many Irish companies providing anything for FREE.

It was put out to tender. A fair process.

Ciara

Unfortunately a lot of government tenders come with PQQ’s with statements like, please provide 5 relevant sites where you have implemented the same project, and please provide proof of turnover for previous year in excess of €5 million for projects related to this tender.

Not many Irish SMEs can qualify and it stifles start-ups. This isn’t hard to do but qualifying is. And there’s always money to be made… sponsored landing pages, charging coffee shops for equipment (in exchange for better coverage), and DCC have or at least had a budget for this.

It’s a great thing for Dublin though. I’m currently in Singapore and it’s really hard to get good free wifi in any spot without registering using a local mobile number. Currently on data roaming so that’s gonna be expensive. Google is your friend in a strange city.

Hi Kay, the team at goldenpages.ie have been offering Free WiFi around Grafton Street since December :)

It’s free. Stop moaning.

Can you imagine how long some porn would take to download ?

Free porn. Never having to pay to make a phone call in the city centre. Go sit and have a coffee while you wait. Skype a few friends while you’re waiting. Free. And probably a far more anonymous way to torrent down your jollies. Did I mention that it’s free?

C’mon. He makes a valid point about the porn.

That’s where they’re making their money… The coffee

^^^ This guy, he knows.

Absolutely agree. Definitely the coffee.

A.F.

U forgot to sign off abebayo

Or even adebayo

Sometimes I get too excited and just submit that shit.

LL cool Adebayooooooo

You think you’ll be able to skype on 512kps?? No chance mate

You can audio Skype with reasonable quality at speeds as low as 64 kbps. Streaming phone call quality audio really doesn’t need much bandwidth.

They can if they come visit.

We have to get something back for the higher property tax we’ll be paying :-)

Rurai o. If your a visitor in Dublin already surely you don’t have to go and come visit again. Ohhh stupid me. So your saying not only Dubliners can get it free?

Who cares about the property tax? Sooooooo boring. It’s £1,800 in London and €2,000 in paris so €300 is nothing

Assuming that it is an open Wifi, as in no password is required, and not a free wifi you can easily get the password for, then problem isn’t the company it’s everyone. Anyone with enough know-how and a special 10 euro wifi devices is the problem. On an open network, these people can see what you are browsing as long as you are not looking at a site with https, which is the green bar/padlock at the top of your browser window. There are some risks to using an open wifi but as long as you are sensible at what you are looking at it should be fine. Who checks their bills or does sensitive work from their phone while standing on Grafton St?

Using any public wifi is a security risk. Very easy to for others to eavesdrop on your session and worse.

I think it’s just the ones that don’t ask for a password that are the ones that’ll kill you. I spend my days running away from them. It’s only when I get to one bar that I start to relax and feel a bit secure

Shayne there hasn’t been any evidence that Wifi, electrical wiring or mobile phone masts are bad for anyone’s health. 100 years ago people were scared of electricity. In the 1990’s people were scared of mobile phone masts and protested against them.
I wouldn’t worry if I were you.

Negative Nellie

Have to agree, with service providers offering more and more data these days it makes this somewhat of a meh announcement and not a wow one. I’m on all ye can eat data so won’t be using it. Good for the roaming tourist though I guess.

It’s free. Why complain?

Not complaining, just thought I’d have a meh moment there.

Fair enough. I’m hoping people get creative and start building mesh stations to connect to the free hotspots: http://wiki.freifunk.net/Kategorie:English. This was a huge eye-opener for me when I saw it in Berlin; completely free, mesh nodes built from cheap reflagged routers and scavenged junk, hobbyism at its best. Fast Internet access is a luxury, but access itself is a necessity. Any initiative that that takes entry-level Internet access out of the hands of the customer-commercial supplier model is OK by me.

It’s free service, provided for free!!

You don’t have to pay. It’s free. If you want better speeds, you’re welcome to pay for it. Internet access is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. Fast Internet access is a luxury.

What time is the bus to Dublin? See y’all next week!

I may be wrong, but I’d guess you’re too young to remember dial-up. Slow is relative.