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Govt. offers 20 million Euro for community broadband

rardagh · 2001-10-09 10:19:42

The Govt. is offering Local Communities 20 million Euro to build broadband infrastructure Application Document You have until October the 19th to convince your local county councillors to 'sponsor' your project, and request the money. Are there many people out there developing community broadband projects? An example of…

09-10-2001 10:19am

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rardagh

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The Govt. is offering Local Communities 20 million Euro to build broadband infrastructure

Application Document

You have until October the 19th to convince your local county councillors to 'sponsor' your project, and request the money.

Are there many people out there developing community broadband projects? An example of one from Sweden is attached below:

Swedish Community Fiber Project

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#2 09-10-2001 1:29pm

tHE vAGGABOND

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if only there was a company who could help us all...

its a pity formus went titsup

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#3 09-10-2001 1:47pm

Bard

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well there's always IrishWan ( www.irishwan.org )

They should CERTAINLY be among the first to apply for the grants.

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#4 09-10-2001 3:42pm

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Amusingly, programme line B: "This programme is aimed at addressing geographical deficits in the availability of DSL services."

What? Is this suggesting that some areas of Ireland don't yet have DSL?

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#5 10-10-2001 10:09am

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IrishWAN have, and continue to, look into it

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