Tag: ireland
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Iranian telecoms regulator should hire Irish broadband suppression expertise
However bad things are in Ireland in relation to our broadband speeds – things are even worse in Iran. According to the Guardian, the government there has ordered all ISPs to limit Internet speeds to 128kb. This is in an effort to: make it more difficult to download foreign music, films and television programmes, which…
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Noel Dempsey – Ireland's minister for broadband suppression
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.…
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ComReg – the Telecoms Poodle
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.…
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Everything you blog is false!
Today’s podcast is an interview I did with TJ McIntyre – TJ is Chairman of Digital Rights Ireland, and is a lecturer in Law in UCD. The interview was fascinating, and should be compulsory listening for any Irish blogger. TJ informed me that everything published on a blog is automatically considered defamatory in the eyes…
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Is Ireland finally going to get (expensive) broadband?
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…
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Tech Camp Ireland
Posting has been light the last day or two because i have been preparing my talk for tomorrow’s Tech Camp Ireland. I am moderating a discussion on Web Marketing and Blogging from 09:30 to 11:15 and then I am giving a talk entitled: Increasing traffic: How to Promote your blog / web business at 12:00.…