Eircom to seek Financial assistance for USO requirement

machalla

This may already have been discussed at some point.. but as has been pointed out before on here what do I know, eh?

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/109-01.html

thebman

Its now on page 111 BTW.
http://www.rte.ie/aertel/111-01.html

smellslikeshoes

If we didn't have a poodle for a regulator they would give it to them under the condition that
512k down/128k up minimum broadband was put into the USO.

bennyx_o

Could they give conditions, like if we give you €x you must provide such and such a service?

Liam Byrne

Why give it to eircom ? Why not give it to a neutral third party who won't have a vested interest in obstructing those that want to use its service ?

Mind you, even if terms and conditions are written in, what's the chances of the Government actually applying them (think contract for eVoting machines - paid for, even though they don't work, etc, etc)

OfflerCrocGod

Liam Byrne wrote:

Why give it to eircom ? Why not give it to a neutral third party who won't have a vested interest in obstructing those that want to use its service ?

Eircom own the physical infrastructure.

niallb

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

Eircom own the physical infrastructure.

That's a neat way to describe the outcome of this government's management of a network that should still be state owned.

tba

Cheeky *****!

Comreg should buy out there ****ing infrastucture and that will learn them....

Urban Weigl

niallb wrote:

That's a neat way to describe the outcome of this government's management of a network that should still be state owned.

I see you think a lot like Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, and I don't really mean that in a negative way. That being said, do you actually think our government would manage the infrastructure properly and/or do a better job than Eircom? The best solution, in my mind, would be to fix the USO. I don't think a government owned and run network would solve any problems. Look at the roads...