Not so long ago I mentioned my experiences with 3 and also mentioned Tom's suggestion of them setting up a blog
Antoin has posted a fairly in depth rant about them as well.
In his case it is the particulars of the internet access being provided that bothers him.
By the sounds of things 3 Ireland have decided to lock people into their portal completely.
In the Italian market there were no such restrictions, so why they have decided to do so here is a bit of a mystery to me.
In Italy you could access the 3 portal, but you could also open a browser connection or use the phone as a modem if your DSL was playing up - I know it saved me a couple of times.
