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By: Copacetic » Blog Archive » Maybe its just us

Copacetic » Blog Archive » Maybe its just us — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:18:15 +0000

[...] was thinking about Pat Phelan’s Paddy Tax press release today and the general unofficial cartel situation that infects Banking, Telcos, [...]

By: Paddy Tax

Paddy Tax — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:04:19 +0000

[...] Pat Phelan has been on the warpath since O2 announced its pricing scheme for the iPhone deployment in Ireland on March 14. Alexia and Conor find a few more Paddy Taxes that O2 hoists upon its customers. If you look deep enough it is in much of the telecom industry, though there are a few exceptions like Pat’s own ventures and (for a particular kind of user) MobiPCS back in Hawai‘i. But by and large the major players all treat customers like potential prey instead of valued customers – it’s death by a thousand razors, or Paddy Taxes. [...]

By: jazzbiscuit

jazzbiscuit — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:14:18 +0000

As I said rather angrily here … o2 is correctly pricing and targeting this product towards the absolute suckers in Irish society who will lap this up, ridiculous pricing and all.

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:06:07 +0000

Given the amount that o2 handed over to get this deal, I very much doubt they’re doing it just to screw over Apple and to sell more Nokias.

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Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:44:35 +0000

[...] Pat Phelan says, there is no cost difference in terminating minutes in Ireland or the [...]

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My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 2nd — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:47:21 +0000

[...] O2 launches iPhone Ireland and pulls a fast one on customers – Pat Pephelan documents O2’s iPhone Paddy Screw-Job. Curious to see what happens here in NZ. iPhone sales were reported to be happening sometime this year, though haven’t heard anything since we arrived. [...]

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Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:18:22 +0000

[...] Iphone In Ireland Soon o2 Ireland will be carrying the iPhone from 14th March: Find out more – O2 – iPhone – Find out more Pat Phelan did a comparison of the plans available here vs. the UK and it seems Irish users are going to get a bum deal: O2 launches iPhone Ireland and pulls a fast one on customers [...]

By: Bernie Goldbach

Bernie Goldbach — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:00:44 +0000

Lads,

It’s all a Nokia play. O2-Ireland holds too much stock of the Nokia N95 and many of the people who were holding their upgrades until the iPhone launch will head over for a reasonably-priced Nokia N95 on O2 upgrade. Some will get the N95-8GB edition in the process. O2 shifts stock while currying favour in Helsinki. And what does the iPhone do for you anyway as an operator if it cannot pull revenue onto the network? The map-happy N95 is a revenue generator, just like the iPhone browser generates revenue. And the O2 data plan makes this point simple and easy to understand at the point of purchase.

I’m enjoying my time with a well-worn Nokia E90 and wonder how many of my friends will pay for bling that rings.

If you really want an iPhone, learn the words “jailbreak” and “bricked” or find a friend that will sort out your cravings. I don’t think O2-Ireland is trying to join the Apple fan club.

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:19:52 +0000

I knew you guys got a rough deal from Voda but I had no idea things were this bad.

o2 are mental if they think that they are actually going to get a decent take up… Surely?

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:52:36 +0000

Disgraceful, yes, surprising no. Our local network operators are nothing if not consistent.