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Will Irish Broadband Forum Include IOFFL Member?

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  • 10-02-2003 12:27am
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    topgold
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    A state telecoms body is to be set up to discuss concerns about the roll-out of broadband in Ireland, according to The Sunday Independent . The body will include industry representatives, telecom operators and respresentatives from the Departments of Communications, Finance and the Taoiseach.

    According to IBEC's Telecommunications and Internet Federation, the new organisation will meet before the end of February to discuss realistic short-term goals in rolling out broadband in Ireland.

    This new group could be (1) an IBEC agenda-setting tactic or (2) the demise of the New Connections strategy, in which the government aspired to getting a broadband connection in ievery home and business in the country.


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    SkepticOne
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    I could not find anything in the Indo. There was this in the SBPost, though:
    A state telecoms body is to be set up to discuss concerns about the roll-out of broadband in Ireland, according to industry sources. The body will include industry representatives, telecom operators and representatives from the Departments of Communications, Finance and the Taoiseach.

    According to Tommy McCabe, chairman of Ibec's Telecommunications and Internet Federation, the new organisation will meet in the next two weeks to discuss "realistic" short-term goals in rolling out broadband in Ireland.

    Some industry analysts believe the initiative could be interpreted as superseding the government's current New Connections strategy. "If the government wants a broadband connection in every home and business in the country, this will require an investment of billions of euro," McCabe said. "Most of that will be borne by operators."
    To me it looks like the industry getting together to see what they can get out of the tax payer.


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