Broadband and lack of...

[alltheway]

Hi
From canvassing a few evenings for the local elections, this is a topic that continues to come up (obviously along side the other obvious one). One women told me she would move her company to near her home but couldnt because of the lack of broadband

Why is that some areas are covered for Broadband and others arent?
What can be done to make sure everyone could get broadband?


Put this in current affairs because its coming up on the doors alot

[manicstreetporter]

Hi
From canvassing a few evenings for the local elections, this is a topic that continues to come up (obviously along side the other obvious one). One women told me she would move her company to near her home but couldnt because of the lack of broadband

Why is that some areas are covered for Broadband and others arent?
What can be done to make sure everyone could get broadband?


Put this in current affairs because its coming up on the doors alot

You need to get Damien Mulley on Questions and Answers. That will really bring about broadband.

On second thoughts, maybe Eamon Delaney isn't the worst panelist they could get...

[eskerman]

Hi
From canvassing a few evenings for the local elections, this is a topic that continues to come up (obviously along side the other obvious one). One women told me she would move her company to near her home but couldnt because of the lack of broadband

Why is that some areas are covered for Broadband and others arent?
What can be done to make sure everyone could get broadband?


Put this in current affairs because its coming up on the doors alot

The mess this country is in means Broadband will not happen....there aint no money to get it countrywide...we are doomed on this and it will have far reaching effects on all business...its now we need our indigenous businesses to flourish...but without broadband its dead.

Total lack of leadership by minister for communications over the past 10 years....needed it done as number one on the list...SADLY its failed us all as Europe gets connected, and wins

[jady88]

Broadband availability and more specifically the lack thereof is one of the governments biggest failings that they have failed in yet another way to live up to their knowledge economy mantra.

[alltheway]

How do we fix it? is it possible?

[Just Us]

Predictable result of privatising Eircom wih minimal regulation: assests sweated, minimal investment; keeping others out. Same with Westlink: €25m bridge costs taxpayer & motorist €1200m! Now FG wants to privatise BG & ESB!!! Will they never learn?

[manicstreetporter]

Looks like the duelling banjo players of the ICMSA don't even want it! Yee-Hah! Give us that money to spend on even more quad bikes for our kids and building more pallazo gombeeni houses in areas of natural beauty instead.

Call to divert internet funds - The Irish Times - Mon, May 11, 2009

Terrible thing, when first cousins marry.

[Wakeupcall]

Hi
From canvassing a few evenings for the local elections, this is a topic that continues to come up (obviously along side the other obvious one). One women told me she would move her company to near her home but couldnt because of the lack of broadband

Why is that some areas are covered for Broadband and others arent?
What can be done to make sure everyone could get broadband?


Put this in current affairs because its coming up on the doors alot

The crappy BB in DOnegal means I have to spend 1500 a month extra to live in a different place.

[Civic_critic2]

The government have not failed over broadband. They have achieved exactly what they wished.

[cactusflower]

We're an island. We have a disadvantage in terms of transport costs. Broadband potentially gives us one area in which we don't have that disadvantage. It was clear back in 2000 that effective government investment should be made.
Between the privatisation of the Eircom copper wire network, and the reliance on private firms to introduce broadband, it hasn't happened.

Fianna Fail just don't get it.

Ireland is too small for private firms to compete on energy and telecoms networks.
It has to be done by the state.