http://www.tomrafteryit.net/de-valeras-isolationist-policies-rise-again/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/de-valeras-isolationist-policies-rise-again/#comment-110408 frob Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:09:49 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/de-valeras-isolationist-policies-rise-again/#comment-110408 I'm on 6Mb connection speed from NTL (with speeds reaching about 10Mb at night) and that suits me well. When I came here more than 2 years ago I was living about 40 km from Dublin - the only internet connection was dial-up and not even getting the highest speed. I was just shocked about the broadband availability here. I used to work for one of the biggest ISPs in here and I'm not sure if it's good for the market to have new competitors as the whole infrastructure (fibres and phone lines) belongs to 2 or 3 companies and nothing's going to change that. I’m on 6Mb connection speed from NTL (with speeds reaching about 10Mb at night) and that suits me well. When I came here more than 2 years ago I was living about 40 km from Dublin - the only internet connection was dial-up and not even getting the highest speed. I was just shocked about the broadband availability here. I used to work for one of the biggest ISPs in here and I’m not sure if it’s good for the market to have new competitors as the whole infrastructure (fibres and phone lines) belongs to 2 or 3 companies and nothing’s going to change that.

]]> http://www.tomrafteryit.net/de-valeras-isolationist-policies-rise-again/#comment-110344 Sean Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:26:57 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/de-valeras-isolationist-policies-rise-again/#comment-110344 Hey Tom thanks for the mention, I have to say I agree with you. Even with your 3mb connection, are you getting the full 3mb? Broadband seriously needs to improve in this country but there just isn't enough competitive pricing for ISP's to make speeds to go up yet, in my opinion. We need more broadband companies! Or we could all strike, but I don't see that happening! :P Hey Tom thanks for the mention,
I have to say I agree with you. Even with your 3mb connection, are you getting the full 3mb? Broadband seriously needs to improve in this country but there just isn’t enough competitive pricing for ISP’s to make speeds to go up yet, in my opinion. We need more broadband companies! Or we could all strike, but I don’t see that happening!

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