Tag: Broadband

  • 100mb broadband for €25 per month

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    Tom Raftery
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    I wrote a post not so long ago about the state of broadband worldwide and how poorly served we are in Ireland. I showed a table of broadband speeds and prices worldwide – based on the table the average broadband speed was 18mb for 44 US$ per month. However, Lupan, a Japanese reader commented on…

  • Noel Dempsey – Ireland's minister for broadband suppression

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    This is the face in incompetence in Ireland. This is the face of Ireland’s Minister for broadband suppression. This is the face of the minister of communications in Ireland who has presided over Ireland’s languishing: 14th in the EU15 for broadband penetration. That’s the same place we were in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 etc. etc.…

  • 52mb broadband for

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    Damien posted the following table of international broadband data from the ITU Notice Japan has 50mb broadband for less than $32 per month? According to Damien the comparable Irish figures are: eircom broadband business plus – 4MB – €107.69 inc vat eircom broadband business enhanced – 5MB – €204 inc vat Digiweb Metro Plus –…

  • Heading off

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    Tom Raftery
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    We (my family and I) are heading off to Spain (on a house swap holiday) so there will be no posting to this blog for a couple of weeks (the house we are getting doesn’t have broadband)! Don’t anyone turn off the Internet while I’m gone!!!

  • ComReg – the Telecoms Poodle

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    Tom Raftery
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    ComReg is the Irish telecoms poodle as opposed to the Irish Telecoms regulator which is what they claim to be! This is the organisation which has presided over Ireland being one of the most expensive countries in Europe for broadband and consequently Ireland having one of the lowest rates of uptake for broadband in Europe.…

  • Quick, sweep it under the carpet!

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    Tom Raftery
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    Damien Mulley is damaging Ireland’s international reputation according to Noel Dempsey – Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. I am concerned that some commentators overplay the so-called ‘broadband failure’ in Ireland. They risk unnecessarily damaging Ireland’s international reputation. WRONG minister – It is you and ComReg’s* consistent failures to rollout broadband in Ireland** that…

  • Is Ireland finally going to get (expensive) broadband?

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    Tom Raftery
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    Piaras dropped me a note today to let me know that Magnet Networks are rolling out fast broadband in Ireland – I have written previously about the shocking state of broadband in Ireland. Now Magnet are going to offer: 24MB service – €240.00 incl VAT (250 GB download cap) 10 MB – €149.00 incl VAT…