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Response to “Next Generation Broadband in Ireland”

We would like to observe that we find it very difficult to approach this document as it appears to proceed from the core assumption that there are no NGN assets in the state. There are a number of operational NGN networks already , particularly the ESB and eircom core . Yet no data is forthcoming on  their operation and traffic growth and on the advantages that appertain to their being operational . We have had an operational NGN in Ireland for 6 years ….surely we must have learnt something from that and from which we can push its advantages closer...

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Further Input to Consultation Document No. 09/39 on Local Loop Unbundling (‘LLU’) and Sub Loop Unbundling (‘SLU’) Monthly Rental Charges

In response to: http://www.comreg.ie/_fileupload/publications/ComReg0962.pdf Comreg Note “In Consultation Document No. 09/39, ComReg expressed the preliminary view that 1,600 lines represented a highly conservative point at which to draw the boundary between those exchanges that are considered viable for unbundling during the control period (large exchanges) and those that are not (small exchanges). ComReg now believes that a threshold of exchanges containing at least 2,500 lines is appropriate because: In operator responses to Consultation Document No. 09/39, the majority of operators believed that a cut-off of 1,600 lines was inappropriately low. A number of the operators indicated that the cut-off point...

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LLU announcement – too little too late

LLU announcement “too little too late” IrelandOffline today welcomed the European Commission’s approval for a price reduction of 25% in the prices eircom can charge for LLU (local loop unbundling). IrelandOffline also agree that “Broadband competition in Ireland is currently being held up by the high access prices Eircom charges” as mentioned by EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding. Commenting on the announcement Ireland Offlline spokesperson Eamonn Wallace said ” The LLU process is now TEN whole years under (in)active consideration in Ireland.[1] The first consultation on LLU in Ireland was started 10 years ago”[2] This announcement may be too late...

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IrelandOffline rebukes claims of being ill-informed

IrelandOffline today reacted angrily to claims that its comprehensive study of the technology at the core of the recently announced National Broadband Scheme (NBS) were “outdated” and “ill-informed” made by an unnamed spokeswoman for 3 Ireland. When 3 Ireland were announced as the winner of the NBS tender, and details of the technology to be used emerged, IrelandOffline prepared an independent study of the technology’s ability to meet the needs of rural broadband provision. IrelandOffline published this comprehensive document outlining our concerns about the suitability of 3g technology to satisfy the published requirements of the NBS.The document has been rejected...