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Broadband is the panacea for global poverty, says high-powered UN commission

bealtine · 2014-03-24 09:07:55

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/36233-broadband-is-the-panacea-fo The message is good but reading between the lines this is nothing more than a "give us more money thanks" call... “We believe that access to broadband is a basic human right,” O’Brien said. Yeah sure thing Denis so you can trouser all the cash...…

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24-03-2014 10:07am

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http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/36233-broadband-is-the-panacea-fo

The message is good but reading between the lines this is nothing more than a "give us more money thanks" call...

“We believe that access to broadband is a basic human right,” O’Brien said.

Yeah sure thing Denis so you can trouser all the cash...

"Despite Touré holding up Ireland as a beacon for how ICT can transform a nation’s economy, the thorny subject of rural broadband in Ireland was brought up."

ROFL a "beacon"...1000's of people still can't get broadband here.

Only for independent FWA providers vast swathes of this country would be stuck suffering with 3G

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