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[efty]

Hello Everyone,

I am trying to setup a new community that is interested in promoting Broadband Usage in Cyprus. The purpose of this new community is to attempt to improve the current situation which I believe is unacceptable.

Please visit the following and post your views.

http://cyadsl.hopto.org

[sirox101]

good idea efty im a bit pissed off with paying 30 quid a month for suposedly 1 meg but no were near! but for that price everywere else in eu id be getting 5meg+ but i can seeing cyta doing much quick untill competition comes along with a better package which will take a few year to wire up the island with fibre optic and the millions needed for backhanders lol

[raymanuva]

get a decent domain atleast...

[efty]

Please post comments and suggestions to the forum. Otherwise there is no use making it.

The effort is to consolidate all interested people in one place.

[raymanuva]

i just did, and i think u should get a decent name so i can remeber it...
i wouldnt like to join a forum where everyone will be moaning about DSL quality, P2P filtering etc... i had enuf, i was in a first 300 users with DSL installed. LAst time we had a discusinon here about DSl quality there were a bunch of totaly useless speed tests... and a whole lot more of a Nooobie rants. Go ahead enjoy your useless forum mate... with 2 users so far

[efty]

Thanks for the vote of confidence ray.
The reason we are doing this forum is to stop moaning and take some action.

If you feel that you are paying a just amount and the quality of service you receive is adequate then please do express your opinion.

I have spoken to many people so far and 90% of them are not satisfied with the price and the quality. The fact that Cyprus has such a low broadband penetration percentage compared to other EU countries is indicative enough in my opinion that there is a problem.

In any case I will cease to discuss with you in this forum. If you wish we can continue at
http://cyadsl.hopto.org

[raymanuva]

We are on an island... is not inland fiberoptics used, these are underwater fiberoptics, extremely expensive... noone dares to use satellite connections anymore due to high latency. Traffic is expensive, so prices are fixed to a level where they cant go cheaper. Some providers charge 3-4 CYP extra to keep kids away so they dont download etc... i mean, it will never be as in UK, forget it.

[sirox101]

if its not broken dont fix it my nets slow yes but it does what i want surfing. email .games i dont spend that much time on it any how look out the window is there really any need to be sat indoors with the sun shining get ya self down the beach with a few beers lad

[cyprusgrump]

I think it would be more beneficial to start a dialogue in this forum – rather than setting up a totally separate one to discuss it. Perhaps the admins could make it ‘sticky’ for you or even set up a separate section...

[simonwjones]

Cyprusgrump, I've tried sending you a PM but it still says its in my Outbox. Have you recieved anything??

Regards
Simon