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More than half of all households in Ireland have broadband

A report published today finds 65 per cent of Irish homes have access to broadband.

AN ESTIMATED 65 per cent of homes in Ireland have broadband, whether it be fixed or mobile.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) quarterly report finds that fixed broadband is on the increase, but that both fixed and mobile subscriptions increased 0.7 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Broadband speeds

The report found that 37.5 per cent of all fixed broadband subscriptions were equal or greater than 10 Mbps up 7.4 per cent from 30.1 per cent since the last quarter.

Fixed broadband subscriptions  equal to or greater than 30 Mbps accounted for 29.9 per cent up from 19.6 per cent in the second quarter last year.

The report also found that within the mobile sector, voice and SMS revenues are decreasing while mobile data revenues are increasing.

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    Jan 16th 2015, 6:50 PM

    A crash, or as Elon Musk described it “a rapid unscheduled disassembly”. Maybe next time…

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    Jan 16th 2015, 7:33 PM

    Fascinating technology! Even if the rocket had crashed into the drone ship and damaged it enough to sink it, it would have been a success by the sole fact it had reached its intended target within the acceptable margins of error!

    The fact the ship only has superficial damage means the next attempt next month has a real possibility of success! Musk really puts his money where is mouth is!!

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    Mute Colin Howell
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    Jan 16th 2015, 6:46 PM

    Onwards and upwards!

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    Mute John Fee
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    Jan 16th 2015, 8:28 PM

    Excelsior

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    Mute SCO Electrical
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    Jan 16th 2015, 7:25 PM

    It wasn’t really coming down to hard that did the damage, more the sudden stop!

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    Mute Vaibhav Borse
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    Jan 16th 2015, 6:46 PM

    No bother, they are learning smthing at least, probably how NOT to make the rocket…

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    Mute Ronan Stokes
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    Jan 16th 2015, 9:20 PM

    He’s gonna need a bigger boat.

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    Mute James O Donoghue
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    Jan 16th 2015, 8:30 PM

    so close. Valuable data for next time.

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    Mute Jimmy Casey
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    Jan 16th 2015, 9:25 PM

    “Musk wants to transform the industry by honing technology that would allow rockets to return to Earth intact for use again and again, much like the airline industry does with passenger planes.”

    Ha, disposable passenger planes “everyone out, this one in going in the Irish sea.”

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    Jan 16th 2015, 8:43 PM

    Apparently the angle of arrival is a major factor in its chances of survival

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    Mute David Nolan
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    Jan 16th 2015, 10:28 PM

    Wow.

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