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  • 01-03-2007 12:05pm
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    dahamsta
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    (Related to both of the other Eircom threads, didn't want to double-post.)

    http://www.enn.ie/frontpage/news-9943209.html
    The Irish Times reports that Ireland is "miles behind" other OECD countries in terms of the provision of ICT in schools, according to the main school management bodies. The management bodies for almost 500 Irish second-level schools said on Wednesday that realistic government investment was required "to pull Irish schools from the bottom of the league in the use of computers in classrooms". Both the Joint Managerial Body and the Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools said the EUR254 million commitment for ICT in schools in the new National Development Plan falls far short of what is needed.

    The paper also says that Eircom has postponed making an application for a line rental hike for up to six months due to the number of faults on its network. Chief Executive Rex Comb said that a line rental increase was no longer on his immediate agenda, marking a departure from a statement last November when the telco indicated that an application for a price rise was imminent. Citing system faults in December and January, Comb said he wanted to see improvements in the network before seeking a price increase. Read the details of Eircom's results as reported by ENN on Wednesday.

    Meanwhile, the Irish Independent says that junior minister Frank Fahey has told the Dail that Eircom provides "poor service" and causes "serious frustration" to customers nationwide. Fahey agreed with Fine Gael's Paul Connaughton, who said the company was so strong it could "put two fingers up to anybody". Connaughton made the comment during a debate on the Communications Regulations Bill, which he hoped would "put manners on some sectors of the telecommunications sector".


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    thefinalstage
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    But nothing will come of these comments as usual...

    My secondary school is in Dublin and we have to use satellite broadband...We do have much better computers than most though.


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    lucernarian
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    Satellite broadband in Dublin?!?!? That's a disgrace and I wouldn't let that drop. How could DSL nor Wireless be able to cover the school? If you get in contact with eircom and someone in the media, it can make a suprising difference.


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    thefinalstage
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    I asked the admin the other day and he said that there was no line of sight at all
    and Eircoms copper lines to the school were so curfuddled due to ISDN and numerous phonelines through the years that Satellite was the best and apparently fastest option available. He also said that he didn't want the hassle of chasing Eircom soooo.....


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    JMcL
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    thelastangryman wrote:
    I asked the admin the other day and he said that there was no line of sight at all
    and Eircoms copper lines to the school were so curfuddled due to ISDN and numerous phonelines through the years that Satellite was the best and apparently fastest option available. He also said that he didn't want the hassle of chasing Eircom soooo.....
    ...so he's lazy. It's absurd that in in 2007 a Dublin school is using satellite. It's probably not directly a big stick for you as I'm assuming from your post that you're still a student and probably aren't of voting age yet, but there're going to be an awful lot of out great and good from Kildare St out and about over the next few months very eager to please, so parents should raise this when they turn up like something the cat brought home on the doorstep


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    watty
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    Don't you realise that the Government ICT plan for schools comprised Broadband for all, but no guidance or support with what to do with it? And over 40% of Schools could only get Satellite for higher speed? Some still can't even get dialup!

    It is like the UK plan in 1978 that was to give every school a computer, but with NO training for the teachers or idea what the real benefit might be.

    Untill each teacher gets a laptop + subject specific training in what the laptop is useful for in terms of both thier own lesson preparation and class management and secondarily how pupils can use the computer usefully, (And I don't mean a tour of MS office or stupid programming or web design courses or even Access/SQL), then almost all money spent on computers and Internet in schools is a waste of resource.


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