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Ireland is now the most expensive Country in World for Telephony

IrelandOffline today received their copy of an authoritative survey published recently in Geneva by the International Telecommunications Union, The ITU is the global Telecommunications standards and information body. Finally Ireland leads the way, at least in one field. We are now officially the Most Expensive Country in the World in which to rent a telephone line and make a few local calls. We are the 17th most expensive country in the World for prepaid mobile phone calls. 150 countries were surveyed in all. Commenting on the survey IrelandOffline Chairperson Eamonn Wallace said “These figures are simply disgraceful but sadly they are very...

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IrelandOffline calls for Net Neutrality Guidelines for Irish Internet users

IrelandOffline calls for Net Neutrality Guidelines for Irish Internet users Following the recent agreement between IRMA and Ireland’s largest ISP, eircom, Irish Internet users will no longer have unmonitored Internet access. This proposed regime has many privacy and civil rights issues. When one website is blocked any or all websites can be blocked, even Google could possibly be blocked under this regime. The damage this will this cause to our international reputation is enormous. The financial implications for Irish consumers when the costs of this filtering system are finalised will be large, consumers will have to pay for these additional...