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Pat and Arlene go their separate ways; irreconcilable differences

clohamon · 2013-04-22 14:33:02

It could never work. Pat (Rabbitte) is a dreamer from the West and Arlene (Foster) a practical girl from Fermanagh. And so it is too with broadband mapping North and South. Pat dreams of things that cannot be and says why not.; Arlene doesn't do that kind of thing. Platform|Ireland(NBS service area)|Northern Ireland (2Mb/s…

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22-04-2013 3:33pm

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It could never work. Pat (Rabbitte) is a dreamer from the West and Arlene (Foster) a practical girl from Fermanagh. And so it is too with broadband mapping North and South. Pat dreams of things that cannot be and says why not.; Arlene doesn't do that kind of thing.

Platform|Ireland(NBS service area)|Northern Ireland (2Mb/s buffer zone)
VDSL|n/a|1.5kms
FWA|12kms*|5kms
Mobile (data) |4.5kms|1km
DSL|4.5kms|3.5kms

"We are also aware that mobile phones can deliver broadband services. Having reviewed the coverage maps of a number of operators we have reached the conclusion that to deliver a reliable broadband service with current technology, users need to be closer than 1 kilometre from a mast. "
http://www.detini.gov.uk/next_generation_services_coverage_assessment__151_kb_.pdf

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