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Ireland | Wi-Fi Hotspots
802.11b | Service availability |
Cost | Installing Wi-Fi internet access in your premises
Eircom DSL broadband subscribers can avail of unlimited
access to eircom WiFi hotspots throughout Ireland for EUR 10
+ VAT per month. (The monthly fee for non-subscribers
is EUR 25 + VAT).
Nokia's new multi-mode
WiFi
(VoIP)/ Cellular phones
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What is Wi-Fi?
Wi-Fi is a wire-free networking standard that uses
unlicensed radio spectrum. While it was originally
developed for office and campus networks, it has become a
simple, inexpensive way of providing internet access -
overcoming the "last mile" problem. It provides always on
connectivity to the internet, so you don't have to wait
while your modem establishes a connection to the ISP.
This makes your internet connection far more responsive your
needs and can provide immediate notification of new e-mails
as they arrive. Because Wi-Fi does not use a phone line,
there are no phone call costs ticking up while you or your
family are online - a saving of perhaps EUR 15 to 30 in the
average household every month! And your phone line is kept
free for important phone calls. A Wi-Fi network connection
to your PC operates at up to 11 M/bits per second, and
provides a less expensive service than DSL or cable
internet.
What is required?
Wi-Fi uses a very low power radio modem that typically
operates at 100mW (i.e. one tenth of a watt or about one
twentieth of the maximum power output of a GSM mobile
phone). The modem and a little antenna should cost less
than EUR 400, which should repay itself in a year or less in
terms of phone call savings. The equipment is available for
both laptops and desktop computers. The laptop modems take
the form of a tiny PC Card (aka PCMCIA). You also need a
service provider to provide the internet access.
New WiFi Phone
The new Siemens
SL75 WiFi phone - a phone you can take with you anywhere
there is WiFi coverage - home, office, hotel, shopping mall,
street, motorway-rest, etc. Calls can be
diverted to voicemail when out of WLAN coverage.
Make and receive calls at landline or VoIP rates (sometimes
free of charge!) . Stores multiple WLAN set-ups.
Send and receive e-mails. Integrated digital camera.
All the features of a mobile phone without the mobile phone
bill at the end of the month. €299, available November
2005.
Eircom Wireless Broadband
Website
Where are WiFi internet access
services publicly available in Ireland?
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Remarks |
Cost |
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Cork Airport
Openzone monopoly |
Yes |
Openzone rates |
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Dublin Airport
eircom monopoly |
Yes |
Eircom rates |
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Shannon Airport
eircom monopoly |
Yes |
Eircom rates |
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Ferry terminals |
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Dun Laoghaire
Marina, ferry terminal (internal and external) |
ESAT Openzone |
10.00 per hour |
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Railway stations |
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Cork (Kent) |
None |
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Dublin (Heuston) |
O2 |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Conference
Centres |
IMI Sandyford 16 |
eircom |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Croke Park |
eircom |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Art Galleries |
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Chester Beatty,
Dublin |
In library |
Free of charge |
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Golf Clubs |
K Club, Straffan
KE |
eircom |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Hotels |
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Cork |
Mayrborough Hse |
O2 |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Silversprings
Hotel |
Eircom |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Great Southern
Hotel, Cork Airport |
eircom |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Imperial Hotel |
ESAT |
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Rochestown Park |
eircom |
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Lancaster Lodge |
amocom |
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Kingsley Hotel |
amocom |
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Issacs Hotel |
eircom |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Carrigaline Court |
Bitbuzz |
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Vienna Woods Hotel |
eircom |
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Other |
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Barry's Restaurant Douglas |
Bitbuzz |
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Bodega, Cornmarket St |
Bitbuzz |
Free |
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Statoil, Frankfield, Kinsale
Road |
Bitbuzz |
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Cork
Public downtown area network |
Smart Telecom |
4 hr 5.00 Euro
24 hr 10.00 Euro
30 days 35.00 Euro |
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O'Brien's Sandwich Bar, Main
St, Midleton |
ESATBT Openzone |
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O'Brien's Sandwich Bar,
Eastgate Bus Pk, Little Island |
ESATBT Openzone |
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The Courthouse, Washington
Street |
eircom |
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Douglas Court Shopping Mall,
Douglas (access via R610 - 200m S of N25) |
Sponsored by
Blueface |
Free |
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Dublin |
Bewleys
Ballsbridge |
O2 |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Alexander Hotel |
Eircom |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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Bewleys Cafe, Grafton St
(James Joyce Room) |
ESAT Openzone |
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Bewleys Newlands
X |
O2 |
10.00/hr
20.00/24h |
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The Clarence |
ESAT Openzone |
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Crowne Plaza, Santry Wood, nr
Dublin Airport |
Hotel has a CISCO IP phone
system with an RJ45 network connection for one's PC.
WiFi net access also available |
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