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Irish broadband provider Perlico has been making waves in the last few days with their "99 cent broadband" offer.

Does it sound too good to be true?

Well, putting it bluntly, it is.

Even if you were to factor in the below cost selling as being a cheaper way of acquiring clients, the figures simply did not add up.

The 99 cent broadband deal is actually 40.99. That's 40 euro more than advertised.

They may claim that there are "terms and conditions" etc., etc., but who are they kidding?

If you claim to be offering 99 cent broadband, then why can't I actually buy it for 99 cents?

There seems to be a little debate heating up between Karlin Lillington on one side and Damien Mulley on the other.

There's also a couple of threads over on Boards.ie

The question is whether there is an issue of demand or is it a matter of supply.

Are people unable to get broadband because they don't want it, or is it a case of the ISPs not being willing to supply it?

Or is it more of a chicken / egg scenario?

Over the last few months I've been talking a lot about the mobile web in other places, however the reality in the Irish market isn't that attractive. While it may be fine to navigate the web from your phone if you're on your local wireless network ie. piggy backing off your dsl or similar, the costs of browsing the web using one of the operators maybe prohibitive.

Adrian Weckler's latest blog post mentions some of the cost involved and they are not nice!