Comments on: What Eric Schmidt Thinks Ireland Needs (Hint: broadband) http://alex.leonard.ie/2009/10/30/what-eric-schmidt-thinks-ireland-needs-hint-broadband/ Journal, tech tips, and photo blog of Alex Leonard Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Leonardhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2009/10/30/what-eric-schmidt-thinks-ireland-needs-hint-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Alex Leonard Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:48:42 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=785#comment-772 It really is becoming critical to have an reliable, ultra-fast net infrastructure. There's no other way to compete at the moment. According to speedtest.net, and not including educational institutes or corporate connections, Korea leads the way on average download speed. In Europe the place to be appears to be Latvia for some reason, or maybe the Aland Islands. After I've experienced the woeful connections speeds of Cambodia though, everything will feel super fast. It really is becoming critical to have an reliable, ultra-fast net infrastructure. There's no other way to compete at the moment.

According to speedtest.net, and not including educational institutes or corporate connections, Korea leads the way on average download speed. In Europe the place to be appears to be Latvia for some reason, or maybe the Aland Islands.

After I've experienced the woeful connections speeds of Cambodia though, everything will feel super fast.

]]> By: 2BiThttp://alex.leonard.ie/2009/10/30/what-eric-schmidt-thinks-ireland-needs-hint-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-632 2BiT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:11:16 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=785#comment-632 we needed this 10 years ago! Around that time I was working for one of Irelands new tech startups (e-learning) that the government were so keen to base in our 'knowledge economy'. Sold on a highly skilled workforce, low corporation tax etc. many hitech companies saw Ireland as a good base of operations...until these hitech outfits tried to get online.... I think the company I was working for was paying somewhere in the region of 3K per month for a fat net connection, that was unreliable and suffered from throttling. No surprise that many of the tech companies that initially moved here are now shifting to India etc. With many tech companies moving to cloud based services and the bandwidth demands of context aware and smart services we absolutely need to steal a march on the current state of the art. It'll never happen though. we needed this 10 years ago!

Around that time I was working for one of Irelands new tech startups (e-learning) that the government were so keen to base in our 'knowledge economy'.

Sold on a highly skilled workforce, low corporation tax etc. many hitech companies saw Ireland as a good base of operations…until these hitech outfits tried to get online….

I think the company I was working for was paying somewhere in the region of 3K per month for a fat net connection, that was unreliable and suffered from throttling.

No surprise that many of the tech companies that initially moved here are now shifting to India etc.

With many tech companies moving to cloud based services and the bandwidth demands of context aware and smart services we absolutely need to steal a march on the current state of the art.

It'll never happen though.

]]> By: Alex Leonardhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2009/10/30/what-eric-schmidt-thinks-ireland-needs-hint-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Alex Leonard Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:29:38 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=785#comment-478 Absolutely. Fibre to the Home is now required (or more!). I think it's high-time that the Irish government realised that they've completely missed the boat and need to leapfrog to the next technology. That would be the smart move which would pay dividends beyond the costs of implementation. Of course the current concept that Three are able to meet the needs of a national coverage system is completely laughable. Absolutely. Fibre to the Home is now required (or more!). I think it's high-time that the Irish government realised that they've completely missed the boat and need to leapfrog to the next technology. That would be the smart move which would pay dividends beyond the costs of implementation.

Of course the current concept that Three are able to meet the needs of a national coverage system is completely laughable.

]]> By: John Ramseyhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2009/10/30/what-eric-schmidt-thinks-ireland-needs-hint-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-477 John Ramsey Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:26:17 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=785#comment-477 The real problem as far as I am concerned is the fixation with Broadband, it is an old technology and is a dea end. We ned to move beyond it. The real problem as far as I am concerned is the fixation with Broadband, it is an old technology and is a dea end. We ned to move beyond it.

]]> By: Alex Leonardhttp://alex.leonard.ie/2009/10/30/what-eric-schmidt-thinks-ireland-needs-hint-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Alex Leonard Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:17:36 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=785#comment-476 Aye, have to oversee the sound mix of the feature film I'm working on. Going over to India in 3 weeks, and am going to stay over there and head on to Cambodia to visit Warren, Phil and Su. Can't wait. Just have to get the mammoth amount of work cleared first.. Aye, have to oversee the sound mix of the feature film I'm working on. Going over to India in 3 weeks, and am going to stay over there and head on to Cambodia to visit Warren, Phil and Su.

Can't wait. Just have to get the mammoth amount of work cleared first..

]]> By: stevehttp://alex.leonard.ie/2009/10/30/what-eric-schmidt-thinks-ireland-needs-hint-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-475 steve Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:10:56 +0000 http://alex.leonard.ie/?p=785#comment-475 wow, didn't know you were going away. cool. wow, didn't know you were going away. cool.

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