Campaigning For Affordable, Unmetered And Broadband Internet Access In Ireland
IrelandOffline today said that the current business broadband statistics from ComReg were “startling”. The statistics showed that for the second year in a row 47% of businesses using dialup and ISDN had no choice in the matter after trying and failing to get broadband because of lack of availability.
Damien Mulley, chairman of IrelandOffline stated “While a lot has been done of late, including the national broadband tender (to be announced tomorrow), these ComReg statistics show that our knowledge economy is being further damaged when businesses throughout the country still cannot avail of broadband. We can’t run a 21st century economy using 20th century technology”
Mulley added “All candidates in the upcoming election need to make broadband availability a top priority as it directly affects education, health and jobs. Broadband is not just about surfing the web but about making life easier for businesses and consumers by connecting them.”
The ComReg report available online.
See page 16 of the ComReg document:
“Reasons for not using a broadband connection Among business users connected to the Internet, but not using broadband, their primary reason for not doing so is lack of availability. This figure (47%) has remained unchanged between H2′05 and H2′0610.”