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Karlin's article in the IT Business Section

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  • 16-01-2004 2:41pm
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    Mr_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭


    Karlin,

    has a good article in the IT business section to-day with the title 'New Year starts on a slightly brighter broadband note'.

    The article reviews some of the changes off the past years and includes some good quotes:

    You wait years and then all the broadband buses seem to come at once. Unfortunately some of them are stuck in Dublin traffic and don't seem to be getting anywhere

    ...

    Now the problem is that domestic broadband costs for both homes and businesses have been atrociously high and domestic availability of broadband has been pretty pathetic as well.

    ....

    Eircom also announced it would bring broadband communication to every town in the state - well eventually, and unfortunately about four years after such a move was really needed

    ....
    Talking about the combination of line rental increase and drop in BB prices :-

    So Eircom giveth, occasionally, and Eircom taketh away, keeping as much in its pockets as possible. Nothing new in the New Year in that then

    More of this please !

    M.


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    Dangger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Dangger


    I agree, Karlin has never overlooked the issue.

    But I almost sense her tone of resignation at the end. It's too late for these moves by Eircom. The damage everyone said would be done, has already been done.


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    iwb
    Registered Users Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭iwb


    Karlin said, "Now, with the EsatBT/ESB deal and Government funding available to establish what it calls Community Broadband Exchanges around smaller communities - which will let small, rural communities pool their broadband needs and secure connectivity with some government funding aid - these issues are being tackled."
    Irish Times January 16th 2004.

    Is she confusing the broadband exchanges with the 50/50 funding? It would seem so. If not, she didn't mention the small town funding in the article.

    And yes Dangger, I would think it is not a very upbeat article despite the title. We may well be starting the year that will see the most significant progress to date but she sees a lost opportunity, as most of us do.

    Let's hope that these somewhat disparate and fractured initiatives will all come together to create the network powerhouse that Ireland should be by now. We could still kick ass if we really put the effort in.


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