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The latest news, press releases and information from IrelandOffline.

What a difference a decade makes! eircoms eFibre rollout is probably the best thing that has happened in Ireland in many years. Time after time we were all told by the old eircom that we did not need broadband and that no money would be found to roll it out. Kafka himself could not have [...]

May 15th, 2013

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IrelandOffline has been made aware of a long running Freedom of Information request dating back over four years and whose decision[1] has recently emerged from the desk of the Information Commissioner (OIC). It is a sad tale of delay, obfuscation and bizarre review procedures not worthy of a so-called modern democracy. One also has to [...]

Apr 27th, 2013

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IrelandOffline received Comreg’s latest proposals(1) which are still neatly hidden under the innocuous title of “Price regulation of bundled offers” which sneakily refers to something completely different altogether. We have read the document in utter dismay. What in actual fact it really means is Comreg want to create micro-markets where eircom can compete with UPC [...]

Feb 14th, 2013

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Opinion columns from IrelandOffline members and guest writers.

IrelandOffline are delighted to present two broadband maps of Ireland, in which you can see which exchanges are enabled and your nearest mobile “broadband” mast. This is a work in progress and as more information becomes available we will add it. If you are a broadband provider and would like to be included please feel free to [...]

Jan 7th, 2013

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The story of a broadband seeker in rural Ireland and the steps he had to take to get reliable broadband:   Well firstly here at home we had an ISDN line and then we got Fixed Wireless Access but the company had a terrible service, I then moved onto 3G dongle power which was fine [...]

Jul 27th, 2012

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IrelandOffline agree with the concept of a free Internet as outlined by  http://www.internetdeclaration.org/freedom which states that the Internet remain free, open, uncensored, private, affordable and innovative. Our main reason for signing this declaration is point 2 “Promote universal access to fast and affordable networks” but we agree with the other points of the declaration too. The Preamble to the [...]

Jul 13th, 2012

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