CWU seeks Govt intervention to protect Eircom

So The Communications Workers Union is looking for special treatment for Eircom by the Government for the good of the economy because they believe the company is part of Ireland's national infrastructure.

While I understand where they are trying to coming from such a move would be anti-competitive in relation to holding up a private company, if a company has 3.8billion in debt and needs to cut costs then cutting 1,200 jobs is going to have to happen.

I'm sure the CWU would be extremely happy if Smart Telecom or BT received Government backing and had some bad debts wiped off.

My guess is the EU won't allow any such action by the government and rightly so in my view.

True ADSL choice....your kidding me right?

So who exactly re-sells Eircom Wholesales Bit-Stream ADSL product, well here's a short list: (if I'm missing anyone drop me a e-mail)

- Eircom Retail
- BT
- Imagine
- Perlico
- Vodafone
- UTV
- TalkTalk
- Digiweb
- Irish Broadband
- IFA Telecom

Some of these providers also may have their own LLU (Local Loop Unbundled) ADSL or ADSL2+ services but you'll find that the vast majority of their home/consumer ADSL services are likely provided via Eircom Wholesales offering.

This is often all new to some people and it really shows how limited true choice for a different ADSL package in Ireland really is, especially when compared to the packages that the likes of a true LLU provider like Smart Telecom provide.

In short you'll find that basically all the package the above providers provide are more or less the same...yet another reason why Eircom Sucks!