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“Selective, inaccurate and misleading” These were the words used by Mr Justice Moriarty in relation to information supplied by the Department of Communications to its then minister Alan Dukes. Mr Dukes unwittingly misled his Dáil colleagues as a result of this misinformation. Nothing much has changed in the last 15 years. Department of Communications officials [...]
IrelandOffline Quarterly Report Q1 2012 (PR) The highlights of our report are that Ireland has the second highest cost per Megabit of data in the EU and by rather a long way we pay way above the average across the globe. We are stagnant in terms of upload and download speeds, however the likes of [...]
IrelandOffline Quarterly Report Q1 2012 This is the latest IrelandOffline Quarterly report, based as always on Ookla Netindex Data. Two particular issues are highlighted in this report. 1. Why is Bandwidth, measured as in $ per mbit delivered, so expensive overall in Ireland. 2. The Urban-Rural divide. Internationally. Ireland dropped 8 places to 53rd [...]
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 [...]
