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A national survey found that faulty goods and services cost consumers close to €500 million.
In order to be ready for the connected home of the future, we need to be getting our ‘infrastructure house’ in order now.
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The company’s revenue is still going down, although not as fast as before.
Every home, business and school in Ireland will have access to high-speed broadband… but when?
But it’s not all bad news here for the global telecoms company.
This was the week in business.
Every county town in Ireland will have access to the same broadband technology as Tokyo within a few years.
A survey of 300 Irish primary schools said access to high speed broadband is an obstacle.
But some locals aren’t happy.
Engineers worked to fix the problem, said the broadband provider.
The conditions just aren’t right yet, the Nevin Institute has said.
The cable, which will deliver speeds of up to 60Tb/s and is being backed by six companies including Google, will be ready around mid-2016.
Everyone’s talking about Ruairí Quinn, Arthur’s Day and Israel-Palestine tensions.
ESB and Vodafone are going 50:50 on the deal.
The quarterly report from ComReg suggests that cheaper mobile plans and the increased sales of bundled products have helped reduce the amount spent on mobile services.
The initiative will see €2.5 million invested in developing broadband infrastructure in both towns and city.
At the launch of UPC’s second Irish Digital Report, the Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte said that there was still a “significant divide” between the quality of internet service provided in urban and rural Ireland.
Tralee based Altobridge has gone into receivership.
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
They were harrowing times.
Rural Ireland’s dodgy broadband is going to get much better – but what is yours like now?
You’ll soon be able to read TheJournal.ie at super quick speeds from all over the country!
The price difference in advertised broadband between some EU countries can be as much as 400 per cent.
The electricity provider looks set to enter the broadband market after new laws have been published by the Government.
Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte and Education Minister Ruairí Quinn made the pledge today.
Work is set to resume first thing tomorrow morning on repairing the damage.
The company’s full year results to the end of June have been published this morning.
Ireland is a pretty unique place for small businesses, all things considered.
A report published today finds 65 per cent of Irish homes have access to broadband.
The Samsung manufactured set top boxes will provide customers with their TV, broadband and home phone services in one unit.
Eircom says the music streaming and download service is “not a core business activity”.
The plan is to see where the State needs to intervene and support provision of the service.
EU data shows download speeds are usually only 85 per cent as quick of advertised – and uploads are even lower.
…even though pre-paid Irish mobile phones are 36 per cent more expensive than the European average.
A Eurostat study into the broadband market in Ireland found it has a relatively low take-up of fixed broadband but a better than average share of high speed connections.
The watchdog has found against a number of companies, according to its latest Complaints Bulletin.
Figures for 2011, published today, show Ireland is above average in computer and internet access – but more mobile-reliant than most.
The broadband, phone and TV provider had strong growth in 2012 with a nearly 50 per cent increase in phone customers.