Comments on: How broad is your band? http://alex.leonard.ie/2009/04/04/how-broad-is-your-band/ Being The Singular Personal Blog and Virtual Soapbox of Alex Leonard Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:13:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Warren http://alex.leonard.ie/2009/04/04/how-broad-is-your-band/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Warren Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:11:28 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=502#comment-105 I can't agree more. However, I would like to point out that the infrastructure is available. The optic fibre runs along every major road and 'highway' in Ireland.The metropolitan area networks are in place. Most of the fibre is 'dark'. Meaning that it's not even being used. The cost of gaining access is a major barrier. The 'stack them high sell it cheap' approach isn't in the minds of business people in Ireland. It's like having a 6 lane motorway and not allowing anyone to drive on it unless they pay a massive toll. They'd rather see it go idle... Certain telcos in Ireland were still offering 56K dialup billed by the minute not so long ago. If they had their way, they'd still have you using dialup... to pay back for the huge investment (the tax payers shelled out for) installing all the copper many years ago. (P&T) It's funny how you should mention the music industry... Broadband in Ireland reminds me of CDs. The music industry wants to squeeze every cent they can out of selling a dead format...certain Telcos wish to maximize a gigantic return on investment in ancient broadband equipment they bought in the early 90's. I can’t agree more. However, I would like to point out that the infrastructure is available. The optic fibre runs along every major road and ‘highway’ in Ireland.The metropolitan area networks are in place. Most of the fibre is ‘dark’. Meaning that it’s not even being used. The cost of gaining access is a major barrier.
The ’stack them high sell it cheap’ approach isn’t in the minds of business people in Ireland. It’s like having a 6 lane motorway and not allowing anyone to drive on it unless they pay a massive toll. They’d rather see it go idle…

Certain telcos in Ireland were still offering 56K dialup billed by the minute not so long ago. If they had their way, they’d still have you using dialup… to pay back for the huge investment (the tax payers shelled out for) installing all the copper many years ago. (P&T)
It’s funny how you should mention the music industry… Broadband in Ireland reminds me of CDs. The music industry wants to squeeze every cent they can out of selling a dead format…certain Telcos wish to maximize a gigantic return on investment in ancient broadband equipment they bought in the early 90’s.

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