GOMO network and failure to receive SMS

Totnan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123095065#Comment_123095065

Thanks for the suggestion. FOI would seem to be possible as Eir is a regulated entity under Comreg as you have suggested and subject to USO. Unfortunately I don't have the time to pursue this but I've posted your suggestion in the o2 UK discussion on the same topic. Hopefully, someone can pursue this as you have suggested - not just o2 but other international network texts not coming through.

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Tech-Support/Issue-sending-international-SMS-to-the-Irish-EIR-network/td-p/1701410/page/3

ScotsGoneIRE

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123095680#Comment_123095680

Is there a Universal Service Obligation or equivalent still in place from when it was Telecom Eireann ? I know Eircell became Vodafone Ire offloaded like B(British) T(elecom) Cellnet was offloaded as o2. Then both bought Meteor & EE to get back into Mobile.

But as the incumbent (physical) network private or not BT and I assume TE had obligations placed on them (maybe expired in Ireland now?). BT done like FOI but ontop of Universal Service Obligations & still receiving annually public funds for fibre rollout (& access to other providers) you can FOI them due to 7 Principles of Public Life ontop of the USO, BT hate it and try to keep everything locked down but I remind them of the two facts and I can get almost anything FOI related to public funding and USO except the most sensitive financial documents of the wider group but Openreach (Gov/Ofcom forced outside contractor) info and EE funding for rural means you can get a lot of info out a private company as a “public interest” on public funding & further as the ‘appointment’ as the bid winning subcontractor.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/telecoms-infrastructure/universal-service-obligation/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-7-principles-of-public-life

Does Ireland have anything similar things at Parliament, Gov or Comreg level which means USO/FOI either or both apply? I just assume Ireland did as it was quite universal part of floating Companies when state ownership of assets were transferred & privatised.

As I said BT hated me because they can’t justify hiding stuff they say is private information and I remind them well no your status is private company but you have legal obligations for taking state funding for your failures to reinvest your privately earned income and monopoly owning the UK broadband infrastructure.

I’m sure Ireland must have had the same, maybe expired, or still does. The ‘National Broadband Scheme’ rollout funding would have “public interest” and/or USO/FOI attached later in the NBS game but the original USO/FOI Eir physical phone/broadband infrastructure monopoly would have had the same or similar back in the 80’s when privatised (again maybe expired now?) that may still be at play for citizen access of a “private company”.

I really haven’t paid attention in Ire, just used a Three prepay for €20 unlimited data.

I even forgot I set this boards.ie set up until recently I was searching my email for Sky and it flagged the boards and I was like oh aye I forgot about that handy Ire boards source haha.

pizzahead77

There hasn't been an USO from 2023 and it previously only applied to fixed line communication - https://www.comreg.ie/advice-information/universal-service-obligations/

ScotsGoneIRE

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123094854#Comment_123094854

o2 data was down the other early 3am morning

ScotsGoneIRE

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123106502#Comment_123106502

It doesn’t matter if you receive gov funding of any type if a USO no longer applies. That’s the two scenarios which are “public interest”. Has the telco received any Gov/Parl funding since 2023?

pizzahead77

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123106570#Comment_123106570

Any USO funding would only ever be for fixed line communications. Never for mobile services.

ScotsGoneIRE

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123106644#Comment_123106644

Nope, any part of the group with Gov funding. Public interest.
Do a FOI to Gov/Parl asking did the telco receive any funding in the last X financial years (X = Data protection: retention period law) & is any finding allocated to “company” in the upcoming 2025-26 financial year.

Totnan

I raised this issue with @eir on X since they are no longer on Boards.ie. If this issue impacts you then perhaps worth raising it publicly also.