Broadband but not as we know it

July 28, 2006 · Posted in Uncategorized  · Posted by Blog Administrator

Some of you may have heard Tony O’Reilly, in his role as incumbent Chairman of eircom, talk about how people did not really understand broadband and that it was a mistake to think that Ireland was not well serviced in this technology. Damien Mulley of Ireland Offline was suitably restrained and professional in his rebuttal O’Reilly’s comments. It is of major concern that the Chairman of our main telecoms infrastructure company thinks that Ireland’s broadband availabilty is “adequate”.

What is more worrying is that he also stated that the public don’t understand broadband. No, we do understand it – its just that 35% of us do not get it. When Pierre Danon takes the Chairman’s chain of office it can only be hoped that a different philosophy will pervade. Having met him recently and heard his views on the subject I am hopeful he will deliver.

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  1. Damien Mulley on July 28th, 2006 3:16 pm

    Thanks for the mention. Mr. O’Reilly doesn’t get the online world. Eircom don’t seem to want to give broadband without real investment. Danon seems to have a much better view on it and does seem genuine in giving it to those that want it. We’ll soon see will line tests disappear and line failures decrease. I don’t envy his job though with a very old and fat workforce, a regulator who has no clue (remember that a bad regulator is worse than a very good but strict regulator) abd a network held together with duct tape.

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