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This is probably the first attempt by any government in a developed country to directly tax the victims of its own policy failures for the policy failures. People paying for motor tax by post or over the counter are to face penalties as part of a bid to drive more business online proposes the Local [...]
NewSpeak in telecommunications marketing When is unlimited not unlimited? When it is offered by an Irish Telco. IrelandOffline are today calling for an end to the misleading practice of describing telecommunications packages as unlimited. We now have a plethora of “unlimited” offerings by various telcos yet they all have limits. They are now hidden behind [...]
What are the Mongolians Doing Right? Today IrelandOffline are calling on Minister Eamon Ryan to deliver concrete actions to get Irish Internet Speed and Quality up to that of Mongolia. Commenting on the results of this global survey Eamonn Wallace Chairman of IrelandOffline said: “He cannot do this from the RTÉ studios. We want him [...]
Opinion columns from IrelandOffline members and guest writers.
IrelandOffline have been informed that Comreg and the National Consumer Agency are now actively supporting the efforts of the Advertising Standards Authority to accurately inform the Irish consumer of the standards that ISPs should adhere too when advertising broadband to consumers. This is in response to a profusion of ‘up to ‘ offers in the [...]
What is the problem? There is an explosion in products claiming to be “broadband”, in fact many of these are mobile “midband” products. IrelandOffline examine some of the consequences of this explosion in these products. The term midband is used to describe these products as opposed to broadband as these products are really dial up [...]
In this piece we examine the most common excuses trotted out as to why Ireland is not a world leader in the Broadband stakes. We are constantly reminded that Ireland is an e-knowledge economy, the e-hub of Europe. We examine these issues from the perspective of broadband. Facts Throughout the last last few years, we [...]
