Fianna Fail's Communications Manifesto

damien

Clueless and they repeat the tender idea twice.

• Complete the roll-out of broadband throughout the country with the National Broadband Scheme (NBS). This will mean that the last 10%-15% of the country, which will never have access to broadband without intervention or support, will now have access to broadband, provided on a technology-neutral basis.
  
  
• Encourage the progressive shift to IP based Next Generation Networks.
  
  
• Encourage the separation of Eircom’s network from its commercial retail business into a separate entity to be regulated by ComReg, on a fully open-access and transparent basis. We anticipate that this organization will attract funding as a quasi-utility and will play a role in encouraging the development of Next Generation Networks in Ireland.
  
  
• Tender contracts to provide broadband availability to the final 10% of the country. The successful tenderers will have to commit to deploy technological solutions to allow maximum competition.
  
  
• Expand the current free telephone rental scheme by providing for free broadband for older people. Industry will be invited to tender for the provision of the new bundled broadband and rental service for older people.

lucernarian

Some of this has already been announced, e.g. the broadband tender and the free broadband under the DSFA free phone scheme.

The similarity between FF and FG comms manifestos is pathetic. Whatever blandness and a lack of conviction that FF's comms manifesto has, FG has managed to nearly duplicate them, except with more talking and no improvements. I'm not going to bother commenting on FG's one.

thebman

FF policies are a joke. FG promised to created a state network according to Olwyn Enrights info that she sent out to houses in Offaly and according to what was quoted by her in the Independant. She said that they will use state assets such as ESB and Ianroid eireann to lay down fibre and create a state network to force eircom to compete.

Capt'n Midnight

TBH from previous promises wern't we all supposed to have 5Mb by now ?

thebman

Yeah, FF promised in the last election to deliver nationwide broadband AFAIK and get decent speeds and the like.

Urban Weigl

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

TBH from previous promises wern't we all supposed to have 5Mb by now ?

Aye, that was 5 years ago, in their last election manifesto. They did not deliver on their promise.

Capt'n Midnight

Urban Weigl wrote:

They did not deliver on their promise.

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