The recently published report by the Innovation Taskforce1 has singled out Ireland’s broadband situation as a critical priority in need of investment if innovation is to be enabled and exploited. The authors of the report identify a number of sectors for innovative opportunities and all of them are communications sensitive. IrelandOffline has been campaigning for [...]
Ireland Has the Highest Percentage of Slow Internet Connections in Europe. The quarterly speed survey released today by Akamai1, the company that actually delivers windows patches to your computer every month, has found that Ireland has: 1. The Highest percentage of SLOW connections in Europe at 3.4%2. 2. The 4th lowest percentage of FAST connections [...]
IrelandOffline question the commitment of the Minister to Irish broadband consumers IrelandOffline recently did some research on the Irish governments website http://www.broadband.gov.ie and particularly on the supplier list.(1) We ask Minister Ryan to explain the grossly inaccurate and out of date website his department runs. This shows how low Broadband Provision to Irish People is [...]
Introduction We hear a lot of advertising for mobile “broadband” in the media these days, so with that in mind we in IrelandOffline did some research into this new and wondrous type of internet access. Frankly we were shocked by what we found out… It’s patently obvious that this method of internet access is really [...]
IrelandOffline Response To Consultation 09/86 On Large Scale Wholesale and Retail National Circuits Above 155mbits In reponse to http://www.comreg.ie/_fileupload/publications/ComReg0986.pdf (Non Confidential) Introduction We would like to take this opportunity to thank Comreg, in advance, for allowing us to respond to this consultation. We hope that this document will allow for proper discussion and release of [...]
