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Government trys to boost Telecoms & Broadband

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  • 12-08-2001 4:44pm
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    LegacyUser
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    From the Sunday Tribune (12th August) :
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">"The Government has radically overhauled its approach to developing Irelands telecoms infrastructure, as companies scale back investment

    plans amid a slumping global market."

    "About £20 Million will also go towards the roll-out of commercial broadband, with upto 40% support available in the border/midlands/west region.

    But under the new rules, companies funded to develop regional fibre optic networks must open access to other operators."

    "Another £15 million will go towards the commercial roll-out of DSL"
    </font>

    Sounds promising, lets hope the companies (EIRCOM) make good use of the money and fast


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    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">But under the new rules, companies funded to develop regional fibre optic networks must open access to other operators.
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    Thats the kind of thing I like to see.


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    returning to my previous state as a sceptic for a moment I'll just say

    "Well thats £35 million worth of Tea and Sandwiches for Eircom engineers then."

    That £35 mil will perhaps help broadband eventually, but as with any grant coming from the government, there will be a long arduous routine in handing the money over then seeing that its put to proper (or any) use.


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