IO Featured In Sunday Tribune- 14/04/02

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IrelandOffline, today featured in an article in The Sunday Tribune entitled
Thousands escape lure of the Web:
Digital Hub ambtions fall flat, as Irish Interent use trails European Average.
The article is by Mathew McGee.

David Long (IO Chairman) is quoted throughout.

A scan of the full atricle is available here:
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and mirrored here:
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For reference the article is on page 9 of the Sunday Tribune's Business Section

Mountjoy Mugger

Getting a 404 on the mirror, 80p.

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I presume the first one is working for everyone-

Its also located here....
http://www.boards.ie/members/80project/02-04-14-Sunday-Tribune-Mcgee-.jpg

Arboration

THis is all Eircon's fualt, right ?

byte

I also think that the ODTR doesn't have enough enforcing powers to speed things up a bit.

mike65

I read the article and it said everything we would expect but where was it, in the main news section or even on the front page of the Business section, no. Buried well inside and no doubt not even read by many business section readers. The issues are geting coverage but in all the "wrong" places unfortunatly.

BTW I'm not having a pop at anyone at IO, rather the dozy tossers in the mainstream media.

MIke.

dahamsta

THis is all Eircon's fualt, right ?

Wrong. Eircom had a lage part to play in it, but the blame lies across the shoulders of nearly everyone in the process: the Government for not giving the ODTR the powers it needed to control the marketplace; the ODTR and the Competition Authority for not tackling competition harder; the OLO's for running their businesses badly.

I also think that the ODTR doesn't have enough enforcing powers to speed things up a bit.

It's unfortunate that Matthew didn't pick up on one of Dave's comments in his response, which is that the ODTR - and the Government - is being reactive to the marketplace, and not proactive. The ODTR and the Government should have been gunning for competition, they should have been battling to force it on the marketplace, by hook or by crook. Even more so when Eircom was privatised.

There is an atmosphere of apathy within the ODTR when it comes to their remit. They are depressed at their lack of power, but they're not fighting hard enough to get it changed. Where are the /honest/ press releases, expressing it's disappointment with it's inability to promote competition in the marketplace? Where was the press release when the clauses it wanted in the Comms Bill were removed?

I believe that this apathy comes from the top down, because of Etain Doyle's hand-off attitude. It's illogical, it won't work. Eircom have to be stamped on.

adam

Gerry

Also in the same paper, a "commercial feature" ad from eircom. Gut wrenching stuff.