The government has published a new map outlining in detail 700,000 rural homes and businesses which will be connected to state-subsidised broadband of at least 30 megabits per second (Mbs) from 2016.
turbbo wrote: » I've got a decent 4G signal that is vastly superior to the crap I was paying Eir line rental for.
Ultimanemo wrote: » 4Gs come with caps max 250G/month How do you get around that.
ED E wrote: » Three SIM only deal, unlimited. Usually slow in the countryside.
The high horse brigade wrote: » I'm alright Jack, I hope it lasts and suits your needs for many years to come, but I doubt it.
AidenL wrote: » So did someone say the NBP was initiated in 2012, and it will now probably be 2020 by the time a cable is laid? That must be a record for procrastination in any country though?
ED E wrote: » It took 15yrs to build the S2S cycle lane. Metro north will be a 30yr+ thing. 8Yrs is a blink of the eye.
wexfordman2 wrote: » The recent likely loss of the apple data centre in athlone is another example.of how slow we do things in this country, and the consequence
Marlow wrote: » First of all, that's Athenry and not Athlone. And secondly, that's another story entirely. That's muppets objecting to planning wherever they can... because it may cause them another 5 minutes longer to drive to the local mart ... even though they live 20 miles away and it'll create 100-200 new jobs ... because they've got feck all else to do but to object to whatever they came across ... and because this country doesn't need progress nor new jobs ... sure, we're all paying more than plenty taxes ... Irony (or truth) aside: that's caused by our inheritent complicated planning process, that's useless. The NBP or broadband issue in this country in general, is because they always stick the department in comms together with something else, that has ZERO to do with comms .. like fisheries .. or natural ressources .. or whatever the f*** .... And then assign some minister, who has even less of a clue ... who assigns some consultants, who are even more clueless. So at the end of the day .. until they REALLY copy the UK and give Comreg the teeth, that OFCOM has ... nothing is going to happen. But since Ireland only half arsed copies the UK .. the result is always going to a combination of worse than half arsed and clueless (due to the brain capacity and knowledge of the minister and consultants). /M
wexfordman2 wrote: » Nope, its not muppets objecting that is the problem, it is the process and timescale that we gave to deal with those muppets. Innothwr words, its our planning process
Ultimanemo wrote: » This is a copy paste from an email received from open eir The Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment expect the NBP network roll-out to be completed by 2022. And most likely delays will happen, and even more likely NBP will never happen.
Marlow wrote: » Lets dig up some scandals, that have to do with lack of Broadband or line rental pricing. You might get the media to run with that. Feed them a steady stream of it .. and somebody is bound to wake up bad on a regular basis. /M
turbbo wrote: » The scandal is that we have a bunch of parasites/idiots working as regulators in this country - be that energy - telecoms - banking. Take yer pick.
Danny Boy wrote: » There used to be a guy called Damien who posted on this site. His comments were Trumpesque - erratic and frequently rude. He received so many negative responses to his posts he had to leave. I wonder what he's doing now?
Danny Boy wrote: » Yeah cos Virgin Media are itching to roll out cable in bally go backwards, get real.
ednwireland wrote: » and im still 5 poles form a fibre connection and the NBP is going to solve my broadband problems (NOT). to be honest how much has been spent on the various NBP's to deliver so little. with a potential election looming all bets are off i suspect
roddy15 wrote: » Naughten: Well actually I will contest this point. The National Broadband Plan is already in full swing and the rollout has started. I will tell you hundreds of homes are being connected to real fibre every month as part of our comprehensive plan that will provide fibre to every door.
turbbo wrote: » https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/digital-divide-stuck-in-the-slow-lane-1.3302623
Ultimanemo wrote: » That is very bad news indeed Reading between the lines: We aren't going to do a f ucking thing about NBP, so we are letting companies to connect whoever they can connect, by the time that is done, either we are outside the government so we don't give a sh*t, Then whoever there has to do deal with it, or we come up with another con plan.
roddy15 wrote: » It wasn't a real quote, just paraphrasing what he comes out with when interviewed about the NBP. He likes to bundle in Eir's plan with the NBP to make it look like it's started when it hasn't.
Mr Bolger said Imagine wouldn't be affected by the roll-out of the Government's National Broadband Plan, as the NBP only makes subsidies available for broadband deployment in areas where it is not commercially viable to do so.
Siena Gigantic Backyard wrote: » https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/imagine-planning-to-spend-300m-on-broadband-service-36355037.html To me that sounds like they intend seeking to have areas they cover removed from the NBP. I wonder does this mean more delays for the process as Imagine seek to have such areas removed.
Johnboy1951 wrote: » If true then it will throw the whole thing into even more disarray. I cannot imagine how they will be able to claim they cover an 'area' when there are likely to be multiple premises which won't be able to receive their signal ..... as presently.
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