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[NI TheReg] Northern Ireland offers broadband funds

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  • 08-10-2003 9:03pm
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    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,786 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Grrrr, time for the South to get the same attitude.

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/22/33293.html
    The government of Northern Ireland has re-iterated its pledge to bring 100 per cent broadband availability to the region and announced new funding for broadband.
    Back in July, Pearson said he was aiming for the region to achieve 100 per cent availability within two to three years. At the conference he made it clear he wants that target reached by the end of 2005, by which time all households and businesses in the region should have access to broadband at a minimum of 512k.

    In that time the government is also aiming for 12 per cent take-up of broadband among households and 20 percent among businesses. By the end of 2006, the aim is 100 percent broadband coverage at a rate of 2Mb per second at competitive prices.


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    LFCFan
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,816 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    I don't understand why the government don't do what they did with the Car Parks and give Tax Breaks for Wireless Operators but put a time limit on them so there will be a multitude of AP's going up all over the country is a short timescale. Not that it matters a jot to me seeing as I failed the IBB LOS test.


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