IrelandOffline today read with great bemusement the figures that have emanated from Comeg Towers(1). We note with utter hilarity the lack of basic mathematical skills displayed. Eamonn Wallace,Chairman of IrelandOffline commented “A headline rate of 65% household broadband penetration would put us way, way above countries with proper infrastructure like Korea or Switzerland, plainly this is fantastical.(3) Figure 3.4.2.” Wallace commenting on the figures: “However the document actually contradicts this: The fixed broadband per capita penetration rate was given as 24.4% in  Q2 2013”(3) Figure 3.4.1  These figures are  based on a population base of 4,598,600 from the Central Statistics...

It is now been clearly demonstrated how important the subject of broadband is to Irish people, be it only curiosity or genuine broadband seekers,  over the last two days over 2000 people have visited our website, this is an enormous number of people for a website that is dedicated to just one topic and that topic is broadband. It is eminently clear that this is a topic of huge importance for the future of Ireland and it demonstrates how important it is that we must get the National Broadband plan right, Ireland is waiting for it, from people who currently...

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 invented a more surreal dialogue than that of a decade ago where eircom’s 2003 era management constantly told us that we did not need broadband in Ireland and that it was therefore not eircom’s job to provide it, and how dare we question this perceived...

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 question the reasoning of this decision. Reasons why the information is important today At the end of all this, 5 years later, the public still have no idea what information was used by the Department of Communications (DCENR)  to select / deselect various areas for...