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100% Broadband coverage in 21 months!

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  • 22-01-2009 11:35am
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    Dellas
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭


    Every person in the country, anywhere in the country, will be able to avail of broadband high-speed internet services within 21 months.

    That is according to Communications Minister, Eamon Ryan, who will announce details of a deal signed with communications company, 3 Ireland, later this morning.

    http://www.rte.ie/business/2009/0122/broadband.html


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    #2
    techguy
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    How are they going to go about doing that? With mobile broadband? I didn't think mobile bb was very efficient after seeing this post

    They say around 10% of the country ar without broadband..I thaught it would be a lot higher tbh.


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    watty
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    Lies.
    two main threads on this already
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58710227
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055427127
    Ireland currently has over 1.2 million subscribers to broadband. The National Broadband Scheme will provide the remaining 10% of our population, or approximately 33% of the area of the country, with broadband services (see attached map). Ireland will have 100% coverage by September 2010; half of the area under the scheme will be covered by the end of this year.
    Contains at least 3 lies.
    • over 1.2 million subscribers to broadband
      --- Subtract: Clearwire, Ripwave and EDGE/3G/HSDPA Mobile
    • remaining 10% of our population ... Ireland will have 100% coverage by September 2010
      --- What about the 10% to 20% in already covered areas that can't get Broadband?
    • with broadband services
      --- It's not Broadband that is getting rolled out but 3G/HSDPA. It does not meet the original criteria as it doesn't support "Always on", VOIP or Gaming. Additionally upload speeds are typically 1/2 of slowest DSL upload and Download speed will be under 160kbps for 20 simultaneous of a sector.


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,495 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    already threads on this and the joke that is midband as a replacement for Broadband,


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