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€200 - price for Irish telecoms competitors to access local loop

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    Sponge Bob
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    Silicon Republic is useless too . Look at this bit
    The report found that the time to port a telephone number ranges from one day in Germany and Ireland to more than 45 days in Poland.

    This is only true of mobile numbers and is most certainly not true of landline numbers although it has dropped below two months now .


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,470 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    This is only true of mobile numbers and is most certainly not true of landline numbers although it has dropped below two months now .

    That's really bad reporting alright, takes what 3hours on average to post a mobile number in Ireland and maybe 2-3 months in Ireland to port a landline number.


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    watty
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    For me mobile was 15minutes and landline was 3 months.


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    thebman
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    . Policymakers should also ensure that the European Commission and national regulators work more closely together to translate words into consistent action.”

    I wish this part would actually happen. I think they have underestimated Comreg's will to do nothing. They will do any amount of work to avoid doing the work they are being paid to do.


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    bealtine
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    thebman wrote: »
    They will do any amount of work to avoid doing the work they are being paid to do.

    That depends on who is actually paying, a lot of Comreg telecommunications functions are funded by the telecommunications industry. So they are being paid by them and do what they are expected to do. They can't bite the hand that feeds them.

    The Financial regulator ran exactly the same system, a system referred to as "gentlemanly regulation" and that is why that regulator failed utterly to protect consumers. The same system is in place in telecommunications and it clearly it is failing consumers too.The regulatory system needs a fundamental overhaul (all of them) if the whole edifice of regulation comes tumbling down.


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