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Now inevitable that public money will be wasted on rural broadband
Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves 29/11/2018
The decision to continue with the procurement of the national broadband plan (NBP) is not a surprise as the main findings of the review by Peter Smyth have been signalled for over a week. Nevertheless it is difficult to understand why the Government has chosen to persist with a procurement that cannot be justified in economic terms. It is inevitab …
NBP: Problematic privatisation
Donal Palcic 28/09/2018
The roots of the ongoing debacle with the implementation of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) can be traced back to the privatisation of Eircom. …
Ireland has one of the Lowest Levels of 4G Availability in the World.
Paul Sweeney 16/12/2016
Ireland has one of the worst levels of 4G availability in the world. This is largely because of the privatisation of Eircom. Ireland is 75th of the …
Google and the case for broadband investment
Tom McDonnell 28/06/2011
Tom McDonnell: It is too easy in these days of high drama on the European stage to forget the fundamentals that will drive our eventual economic …
Running to Stand Still: Next Generation Broadband in Ireland
Donal Palcic 29/01/2010
Donal Palcic: Forfás published its latest report on Ireland’s broadband performance last week and as usual it evoked a strong sense of déjà vu. …
Eircom: topsy-turvey economics
Paul Sweeney 20/04/2009
Paul Sweeney: The bid last week for Eircom is yet another nail in the coffin of the Anglo Saxon model of liberal economics. Even Fine Gael called for …
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