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Iliad/Free is nice as an "agitateur", but not everything is pink int Iliad-land. Yes, they promised and delivered unlimited calls and texts, but with a launch w

by Gmo 12y ago

Iliad/Free is nice as an "agitateur", but not everything is pink int Iliad-land. Yes, they promised and delivered unlimited calls and texts, but with a launch which was relying on 90% on the main French provider (Orange) and with plenty of technical problems. Same with their box, the launch was much smoother, but lately, there has been a lot of complaints regarding streaming rate for Youtube particularly. In short, they have a lot of followers and supporters, who, sometimes, talk only about their brighter side and never about their darker side. Like pretty much everything else, nothing white or black.

nakkiel 12y ago
Regarding the fact that they relied mostly on other operator's networks, I really don't see that as an issue (passed the initial technical glitches). It's business and as long as they sign agreements (and pay!) with other operators for their infrastructures, there's nothing to complain about. They essentially rent the infrastructure.
bluemx 12y ago
I agree, everything isn't pink in Iliad-land, but you can expect occasional fuck-ups from any massive service provider. I've been a 'free' home internet customer for a little over 10 years now and mobile customer since they launched their mobile services (jan 2012) I'm a happy customer. My phone bill dropped from an average of 70€ to 16€. Yes, part of the network relies on Orange (Previously called France Télécom, French main carrier). As long as i can make phone calls, send text mssgs and have 3G/4G coverage, i'm ok with that As for the Internet + TV + Landline Phone it's been a blast for the last 10 years. It costs 36€/month for broadband internet, unlimited phone calls to landline phones of over 100 countries + a fantastic box that plays blu-rays/dvds, streams AirPlay, it has an internal 250Gb hard drive which makes a very capable multimedia player (it can download torrents, you can securely have access to the box from any computer so it can be used as a nas etc.. Regarding YouTube streaming, it can a bit slow at times. That's true. But the discussion/debate between service providers vs content providers is interesting. Content providers such as google (youtube), netflix (soon to be launched in france) etc.. make money distributing content, yet service providers are they ones who should support the cost and invest (in other words buy bigger pipes) to stream content to the end users. But maybe that's not relevant in this topic. Anyway, fellow americans, i think Iliad/Free will definitely be good news for you. They shake things up. Here in France, the same pattern happened when they launched the Freebox (home internet package) and again when they became mobile carrier. Competitors dropped their priced dramatically. Competition is always a good thing in a free market. Economics 101 :)
dvhh 12y ago
Nice use of the pink there considering the founder past :D

by Gmo 12y ago

nakkiel 12y ago

Regarding the fact that they relied mostly on other operator's networks, I really don't see that as an issue (passed the initial technical glitches). It's business and as long as they sign agreements (and pay!) with other operators for their infrastructures, there's nothing to complain about. They essentially rent the infrastructure.

bluemx 12y ago

I agree, everything isn't pink in Iliad-land, but you can expect occasional fuck-ups from any massive service provider. I've been a 'free' home internet customer for a little over 10 years now and mobile customer since they launched their mobile services (jan 2012) I'm a happy customer. My phone bill dropped from an average of 70€ to 16€. Yes, part of the network relies on Orange (Previously called France Télécom, French main carrier). As long as i can make phone calls, send text mssgs and have 3G/4G coverage, i'm ok with that As for the Internet + TV + Landline Phone it's been a blast for the last 10 years. It costs 36€/month for broadband internet, unlimited phone calls to landline phones of over 100 countries + a fantastic box that plays blu-rays/dvds, streams AirPlay, it has an internal 250Gb hard drive which makes a very capable multimedia player (it can download torrents, you can securely have access to the box from any computer so it can be used as a nas etc.. Regarding YouTube streaming, it can a bit slow at times. That's true. But the discussion/debate between service providers vs content providers is interesting. Content providers such as google (youtube), netflix (soon to be launched in france) etc.. make money distributing content, yet service providers are they ones who should support the cost and invest (in other words buy bigger pipes) to stream content to the end users. But maybe that's not relevant in this topic. Anyway, fellow americans, i think Iliad/Free will definitely be good news for you. They shake things up. Here in France, the same pattern happened when they launched the Freebox (home internet package) and again when they became mobile carrier. Competitors dropped their priced dramatically. Competition is always a good thing in a free market. Economics 101 :)

dvhh 12y ago

Nice use of the pink there considering the founder past :D