eu bb report

bealtine

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/implementation_enforcement/broadband_access/Broadband_data_july_08.pdf

clohamon

Statistics

According to the latest OECD report, which includes data up to June 2008 Ireland has one of the strongest per capita broadband subscription growths being ranked 4th out of 30 countries. We have closed the gap on the OECD average with extraordinary improvement over the past 2 years. The OECD average increase is 2.7 subscribers per 100 inhabitants; Ireland’s growth was 4.1 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. It should be noted that mobile broadband is not yet being published for international statistic comparison but is expected to be in the future. The publication of mobile broadband statistics should improve Ireland’s ranking.

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On this basis, annual comparisons of broadband metrics between different countries cannot capture the full extent of market developments. For example, the OECD statistics do not include mobile broadband, which now has 222,300 subscribers in Ireland and accounts for approximately 21% of all broadband delivered, making it one of the highest rates within the EU. In addition, a number of offers available in Ireland now include broadband speeds of 20 Mbps and would not be reflected in most recent OECD figures.

Our broadband speeds are so high they're off the scale

A survey conducted by the OECD on the affordability of a broadband product in the various markets based on the “cost of broadband as a proportion of GDP per capita” instead of simply looking at the price ranks Ireland 6th, as at October 2007.

The price of broadband doesn't seem too bad if you compare it to the price of your house. (last year, that is.)

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watty

Good news for Investors in real Broadband ISPs:

There *IS* demand. Now there are 200,000 known potential customers (90% of Mobile Data users want fixed broadband) for a real Broadband product, if you can get it to their house.

So much for the "there isn't the demand" mantra.