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IrelandOffline is a voluntary organisation campaigning for universal high-speed broadband for all

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...

NBS Scheme

Minister announces midband solution for rural areas Yesterday Minister Eamonn Ryan formally announced the winners of the National Broadband Scheme. We have termed this solution as Midband as we feel this is a more suitable description.

Frustrations in Ireland are building up

Since we started up again a number of frustrated users and corporate customers have contacted us. The level of frustration at the clearly inadequate state of telecommunications in Ireland is palpable and becoming more vocal.