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Broadband piece on RTE One News at 6 and 9

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  • 29-12-2005 5:47pm
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    damien
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    One of the lads that posts here is going to be on Six One News and the Nine O'Clock news tonight talking about his broadband situation. Tune in!


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    Clover
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    good man , will watch it at six.


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    JohnC.
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    I saw that. Is he the guy in Athy who was on it?

    At least it was nice that they kept saying how we were second worst in the EU rather than the usual stuff Eircom and Comreg would like to put out to make it seem like everything is nice and rosy.


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    is_that_so
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    Good to see but tbh hardly much better than a public infomercial. Why didn't they have Comreg and the other main "blockage" represented? Set Mary Harney on them I reckon !!


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    Sarsfield
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    Here's the link to the Six One report


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    TimTim
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    Anyway of getting it in a decent format (anything but realplayer)?


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    paulm17781
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    TimTim wrote:
    Anyway of getting it in a decent format (anything but realplayer)?

    Get 'Real Alternative' much better than real.


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    eircomtribunal
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    Excellent reporting by RTE news. If they only had started a few years earlier.
    And the country was spared to have to look at the face of David Mc Redmond, having the last word...
    Curious detail in the report:
    flateratefudge.jpgWe should not tire with our efforts to bring home the message that there is no Eircom FlatRate, that the regulator ComReg did n o t follow the DCMNR direction on introducing an end-user dial-up flat rate, which gives price certainty etc.
    P.


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    parasite
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    big piece in the examiner today along the same lines, with a big pic of damien.m :v:


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    damien
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    sssh. :)

    So, yeah, look at RTE!


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    DonegalMan
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    is_that_so wrote:
    Good to see but tbh hardly much better than a public infomercial. Why didn't they have Comreg and the other main "blockage" represented? Set Mary Harney on them I reckon !!
    One step at a time.

    One of the big successes that IOFFL has had over the last year, IMO, has been getting Broadband issues moved on from the 'techie press' to the mainstream media.

    A lengthy feature in the main RTE 6.00 news (and today's report was lengthy in a 6.00 bulletin) about Broadband is great progress, it means that this is now recognised as an important national issue, which puts more pressure on the only people who can really do something about it - the Government.

    Do you think they are happy about Ireland's dismal international performance being highlighted like this in what is possibly a pre-election year?


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    DonegalMan
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    parasite wrote:
    big piece in the examiner today along the same lines, with a big pic of damien.m :v:
    Can't find it in their online issue :(


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    1huge1
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    were they mostly on about online shopping or was i watching the wrong thing


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    eircomtribunal
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    The RTE TV News piece is now also offered as a radio piece on the RTE website here
    Low broadband penetration still dogs Ireland
    Ireland's broadband penetration rates are among the lowest in Europe. Despite current high growth rates, recent figures released by the telecoms regulator ComReg place us second worst for broadband penetration in the 15 countries of the European Union.

    Emma McNamara visits Athy, Co Kildare, to see how the lack of broadband there is affecting its residents

    P.


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    DialUpMeArse
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    1huge1 wrote:
    were they mostly on about online shopping or was i watching the wrong thing

    Hugely ironic isn't it. In order to compete properly in the REAL bidding you have to have the ability to refresh like all hell. In other words, RTE were blabbing on about online auctions whose true character can only be tapped through the use of a fast PC and a broadband connection.


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