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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 only “dialup with better advertising“. For the reasons outlined below we have christened this type of mobile internet access as “midband“. Some facts on mobile midband * Broadband is Always on. Mobile attempts to connect on demand and may or may not connect at depending...

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 the relevant details and documentation into the public domain so that a thorough examination of all the details can be undertaken. Competition issues We, in IrelandOffline, are of the opinion that this consultation is a window-dressing exercise and that the market is clearly not as...

The race for inward investment hots up Northern Ireland To Get over 20 Times More Fibre Than The South by 2011.(1) Inward investment is a hot topic in these stressful times and any direct challenge to our ability to attract this valuable inward investment needs to be addressed as a matter of utmost urgency. In early 2007 eircom, announced an unambitious and limited project where they committed to installing 240 fibre nodes across the state over 3 years, largely as they were enabling further exchanges for DSL.(2) In comparison this week, Northern Ireland announced 1150 new BT fibre nodes(3) by...

Ireland Bottom of Another Bandwidth-Driven pile. A survey released today by Tariff Consultancy1 has revealed that Ireland is now the most expensive country in Europe in which to lease Data Centre capacity. After getting a broadband connection the first reaction of most people and companies is to establish a presence on the internet, usually a web site. However the cost of renting space in a datacentre is prohibitive. This shocking report is a result of a myriad of policy failings over the medium term since around 2001, not only in the lack of an overall balanced National Broadband policy but...

In Depth Harvard University Survey Damns Ireland The prestigious Berkman Centre for Internet and Society in Harvard University1 was commissioned by the US Telecoms Regulator the FCC to carry out an in depth survey of Internet connectivity in 30 OECD countries, published on the 13th of October. Yet again this report shows that we are stuck in less than broadband mediocrity. This is a very thorough report. We in Ireland Offline are particularly agitated by the table on page 58 and titled Table 3.4. Country rankings on various speed measures 3 and based on real life user speed. Measurements in...