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FIBRE POWERED BROADBAND is spreading to the countryside! (Well it will be once those fibre based connections are put in).
The Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte, announced today that the Government has committed to a “major telecommunications network build-out to rural Ireland”.
Minister Rabbitte said “The provision of quality, reliable high speed broadband is a necessity for a 21st century economy and society.
The last two years alone has seen dramatic increases in broadband usage and data traffic across broadband networks. This trend is set to continue as new applications and services emerge.
He said that the high speed services in urban and semi-urban areas are possible because the networks on which they are based have a strong fibre component, which rural areas just don’t have.
The Government says that rural Ireland won’t be left behind “by ensuring an end-to end market intervention with fibre as a core component.”
The Communication Minister said:
The Government has given the green light to the principle of a fibre build-out which will be the cornerstone of the State’s strategy to deliver high speed broadband to rural areas.
It’s happening…
Over 1,000 rural communities have already been identified as target areas for the proposed fibre based connections.
It’s hoped that telecommunications operators will be able to offer multiple services off the fibre network, including fixed wireless, copper-based and mobile services, as well as offering the possibility of direct fibre connections.
The Minister said that he will publish a comprehensive implementation strategy later this year.
It will address all parts of Ireland that cannot access commercial high speed broadband services.
He said that central to the strategy will be a fibre build-out to locations in every county that has no existing or planned enabling fibre network.
The fibre will be delivered directly to access points for homes and businesses, where service providers can utilise the fibre to provide high speed services to end users.
“The fibre build-out will also ensure that fibre is deployed to strategic locations on each route such as schools, business hubs and health facilities”.
The Minister concluded by saying that “This strategy not only supports balanced regional development, it also delivers a solution which is future-proofed and capable of responding to new technology developments and increasing demand.
It will ensure that all businesses and citizens across Ireland can participate in and maximise the benefits of a digitally enabled economy and society.
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They will only get a slap on the wrist even if they are cought its just a waste of time trying the catch them. The justice system doesn’t care about victims they only care about rehabilitation of offenders even though its obvious that when offenders get to their teen years its way to late. Just punish them properly with lengthy sentances at least they are off the streets.
But Vincent if you lock them up how are those employed in the legal system going to make easy money?
I read last week that one judge topped the list with nearly 60K claimed in expenses. That’s a lot of sandwiches and coffee m’lud.
K so the cops shouldn’t do anything at all then ? Is this what you’re saying ?
exactly, they won’t get locked up for any length of time. More time and money wasted arresting, processing and sentencing them over and over and over again.
Why don’t the judges just give them a puppy or kitten and a 100 euro?
This is an ongoing thing with teenagers hanging around at night trying to be hard men what do you expect when you never see any guards patrolling the city at night…
Wouldn’t it be great if the cops spent as much time fighting real crime like this and patrolling the streets, as they do standing in bus lanes or with speed guns! Cops are only a revenue for the government, sure my mam doesn’t even go into town anymore because she doesn’t feel safe! Then cops wonder why you have an attitude towards them when you get pulled for been 5kph over the limit!
Go tell Tony Golden’s widow that, or Adrian O’Donohue’s widow, or say it to the garda that got stabbed in the leg last week; I’m sure they’d all love to hear how they were killed or seriously injured handing out speeding tickets.
Joe, Gardai would be far more productive if they weren’t catching the same fella’s over and over.
They would have tme to catch other criminals or investigate stuff they wouldn’t usually do.
A safe country…. ah sure what’s the point ;-)
Surely taxi drivers witnessed this. It’s a very busy part of Harold’s cross with lots of passing traffic and also lots of teens on bikes looking for trouble #dashcams
At night that is, not everyday
Fcuk that call batman
I love a bit of click bait in the morning.
wait til you get to the next article!
sorry , it was meant for the next article . :P
Bloody 3gs
Dublin has to be the most lawless city in Europe, I’d feel safer in West Belfast
Dublin
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