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Who owns the fibre?

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  • 15-11-2002 11:22pm
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    jwt
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭


    Wired Article



    The competition-neutral rings will not be operated or owned by any of the main telecommunications companies operating in Ireland, but by a public/private partnership company that would offer all comers access to the network.

    In an unusual move, the Irish government has appointed an advisory committee comprised of senior technology industry experts to supervise the broadband initiative, including the country managers for Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft. No members were drawn from the telecommunications carriers.


    So here I am, I have all this fibre 100 feet from my front door and I want to use it.
    Who do I talk to?
    Who owns this?


    If EIRCOM won't use the fibre why cant I?


    JWT


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    morges
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭morges


    Originally posted by jwt
    Wired Article

    So here I am, I have all this fibre 100 feet from my front door and I want to use it.
    Who do I talk to?
    Who owns this?


    If EIRCOM won't use the fibre why cant I?


    JWT

    Please remember that you live in a country that can only manage to lay enough sewers to cover one third of it's new housing demand in any year.

    morges


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    PiE
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭PiE



    Minister for Public Enterprise Mary O'Rourke said she is aiming to have a 5 Mb connection as a standard for Irish homes by 2005

    Just let us have affordable 512k access now you idiot.

    "Regional broadband has become a rallying call," said O'Rourke, who noted that critics have pointed to "a chasm, a deficit" in this area.

    Oh. My. God.


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    Tellox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Tellox


    oh yippie. we're all getting 5MB connections in 2005. All rejoice over the always true words of politicians. ¬_¬


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    pork99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭pork99


    a chasm, a deficit

    yep, that about sums 'em up alright


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    wow. time warp.


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    zynaps
    Registered Users Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭zynaps


    Originally posted by PiE
    Minister for Public Enterprise Mary O'Rourke said she is aiming to have a 5 Mb connection as a standard for Irish homes by 2005
    Just let us have affordable 512k access now you idiot.

    rofl, I couldn't have imagined it said better :)

    Here we are eating the crumbs Hansel and Gretel left on the floor, with our politicians planning a banquet due in 3 years.

    We'll have flown to other, less selfish countries by then!
    Just make us some sandwiches, for jaysus' sake...

    zynaps


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