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	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Ireland fights for cheap net access
		Ireland has taken a step closer to introducing unmetered internet access but the price could still be too high for many consumers.
		Ireland is already the most expensive country in Europe in which to send an e-mail, according to Ireland Offline and keeping prices high could have massive implications for Ireland's future as a tech nation.
		Ireland Offline is calling on the government to ensure that such services are capped at a maximum of 30 euros (£20) per month.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/technology/2653863.stm (423 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Unmetered internet hits Ireland
		The Republic of Ireland has been trailing behind the rest of Europe in the take-up of net services due in large part to the fact that people still had to pay per minute for dial-up internet access.
		Ireland has 1,100 telephone exchanges but only 95 of these are equipped to supply fast net services.
		Ireland also lags behind when it comes to dial-up access with 30% of homes net-enabled compared to an average of 37% in the rest of Europe.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/3025578.stm (459 words)

	Tribune covers story of coverage map - eircom apologists chime in - boards.ie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ireland Offline was set up in 2000 to campaign for proper internet and broadband access, a competent regulator and healthy competition in the area.
		Ireland Offline has created a map of the country, which reveals uneven availability of DSL broadband, particularly in rural Ireland.
		When the anorexic pimpling that is DSL coverage in Ireland was put to Commissioner Doherty of Comreg in the form of a map May 2005 he stated, fairly accurately for once, that the coverage represented by the map was 75% population coverage.
	www.boards.ie /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054927877 (1378 words)

	List of Ireland-related topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Ireland-related_topics (210 words)

	ElectricNews.net:News:Ireland Offline calls for protest
		Ireland Offline said that its "Blackout" day was necessary because of the continuing delays in introducing affordable Internet access here.
		"Ireland is supposed to be the e-commerce hub of Europe, but we are falling further behind because of the lack of ADSL or cable modem access options, particularly for small businesses," commented Adam Beecher, acting public relations officer for Ireland Offline.
		The Ireland Offline user group was formed earlier this year in response to Esat Fusion's decision to cut off 2,000 subscribers of its "Surf NoLimits" program.
	www.enn.ie /news.html?code=4546002 (620 words)

	Geek.com Geek News - Irish citizens demand unmetered narrowband (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ireland is struggling to create of itself a sort of digital hub for Europe, but infrastructure issues such as this are troubling.
		I was in Ireland this past year, and this sort of problem was evident.
		Ireland is in a dire state at the moment.
	www.geek.com /news/geeknews/2002Nov/gee20021105017154.htm (1962 words)

	dailywireless.org - Wireless Broadband in Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ireland's Minister for Communications, Dermot Ahern, is a broadband wireless fan.
		Four WiMax trials are being conducted by British Telecom in rural parts of the UK and may be the prelude to a full-scale deployment of WiMax in Britain.
		Ireland Offline calls for the urgent introduction of affordable Broadband Internet access for all home and business users in Ireland which has had one of the lowest broadband access in Europe.
	www.dailywireless.org /modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=2237 (1157 words)

	antoin@eire.com » Defending Digital Rights in Ireland
		Ireland Offline has been working at getting better Internet access in Ireland.
		SAGE (System Administrators Guild of Ireland) has done a deep analysis of the upshots of legislation such as traffic data retention from a systems administration point of view.
		Ireland isn’t known for leading-edge tecnical court cases, so not many solicitors/lawyers will get involved for the sake of making a name, which leaves genuine personal interest or money as the only reasons for getting involved.
	www.eire.com /2005/08/04/defending-digital-rights-in-ireland (1007 words)

	Ireland one of most expensive countries for broadband \| The Register
		Ireland one of most expensive countries for broadband
		Internet users in Ireland are paying through the nose for high speed net access with broadband charges in the country amongst the highest in the world.
		Punters who are able to subscribe to broadband in Ireland can expect to pay €39.98 a month for a 512k connection, according to a report compiled by internet consumer group IrelandOffline.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2005/03/21/ireland_broadband (371 words)

	ElectricNews.net:News:Lobby group takes flat-rate fight to EU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ireland Offline told ElectricNews.Net that at European Commission hearings on 8 July, it will highlight what it described as the government's failure to provide Internet access for all.
		Ireland Offline said that it was its understanding that no official government representative will attend the hearing, although it is expected that the Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation will be speaking at the event.
		Long added that Ireland Offline will present the results to date of its survey on Internet access pricing to the hearing, as well as meet with the European Information Society Commission and the EU Commissioner of Consumer Affairs, David Byrne, during its trip to Brussels.
	www.enn.ie /news.html?code=8009531 (509 words)

	☼ Irish Broadband \| Ireland Offline sceptical of Group Broadband Scheme \|
		As noted at the launch of the initiative in December, group broadband schemes are akin to group water schemes, set up in the 1960s to resolve the lack of piped drinking water in rural areas.
		This would be compounded by the reluctance of the community to engage the consultants further when issues arise for fear of incurring further expense.
		Ireland Offline warned that the prerequisite of partnering with a BISP as a condition of GBS funding, there is a very real danger of companies cherry-picking more lucrative areas, leaving communities for which the funding should have been made available above all others without any services.
	broadband.fonevalue.com /ie/news/group-broadband.php (745 words)

	ElectricNews.net:News:Ireland Offline says EUR30 is plenty
		Ireland Offline Chairman David Long said he was concerned because the Minister had used the word "affordable" only in reference to broadband services when he delivered his draft Directive on Telecoms Regulation.
		While Ireland Offline's main aim is to insure that an affordable basic Internet service is introduced, it also supports the introduction of broadband around Ireland.
		Ireland Offline wants the Minister to insist on a report within three months with "specific, substantial regulatory measures and timescales" to meet Ireland's stated objective of broadband access, including the introduction of any legislation that will be required.
	www.electricnews.net /news.html?code=8881665 (658 words)

	E-Commerce in Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ireland's own Advisory Committee on Information and Communications Technology made similar criticisms in March 2002, saying that Ireland will need to implement a new regulatory regime if it is to develop its reputation as an e-commerce hub.
		Ireland will be augmented by a “significant" bricks and mortar investment which will see up to twenty new shops opening in the coming years.
		Earlier in the year Ireland was forced to withdraw investment incentives which had been offered to Intel for another expansion of the plant, after the EU said they would constitute unlawful state aid, and as a result the plant went to Arizona along with its 1,000 jobs.
	www.lowtax.net /lowtax/html/jirecom.html (5400 words)

	Underway in Ireland
		LIMERICK HOTSPOT -- It's time for members of Irish WAN to join Ireland Offline and to lobby for the government to nominate Wi-Fi as the national method for achieving broadband connectivity through the last acre.
		Ireland Offline, a pressure group formed two years ago, made itself a credible lobby through its professional efforts.
		Ireland Offline made a real difference to the Internet in Ireland.
	www.topgold.com /irish/2003/06/28.html (626 words)

	Report slams Irish broadband prices: ThePost.ie
		Ireland has the third most expensive broadband prices in the EU and internet connections are 16 times slower than the rest of Europe, according to a draft report by a broadband lobby group.
		The report by Ireland Offline, to be published in the next two weeks, compares the cost and speed of standard ADSL and cable broadband products across the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.
		A government report published earlier this year found that Ireland had fallen seriously behind its global competitors in terms of broadband connectivity.
	archives.tcm.ie /businesspost/2005/03/06/story2890.asp (426 words)

	The Post - Breaking news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The average revenue per user of a mobile in Ireland is €47.20 compared to the EU average of €30.67, according to a new survey by communications watchdog, ComReg.
		Ireland also has the second highest domestic phone bills in the EU, with only Finland’s proving more expensive.
		Damien Mulley, Chairman of Ireland Offline, said it was time for a regulatory shake-up in Ireland.
	www.sbpost.ie /breakingnews/breaking_story.asp?j=216450960&p=zy645y775&n=216451846&x= (288 words)

	IrelandOffline Response to Ahern Draft Directive - boards.ie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Market research shows that Ireland is no different to other countries in so far as there is little demand for ADSL at greater than EUR 100.
		The objective of bringing Ireland up to 'key benchmarks' is probably the most powerful part of the directive, but this phrasing seems far too weak.
		We need to know specifically what benchmarks Ireland is to be compared on, exactly how closely they are to be matched, and when this must be achieved.
	www.boards.ie /vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73197 (2912 words)

	IrishEyes: Irish Technology 2003
		Christian Cooke, chairman of Ireland Offline, thinks "the most newsworthy event has to be the introduction of flat-rate Internet access." He told Magee that "communities not served by commercial broadband offerings can gt 50% funding to set up their own broadband networks.
		Martin Murphy, GM HP Ireland, thinks "one of the most important things was the fact that the government honoured its commitment it has made to broadband networks across the country."
		Tim McCarthy, GM Dell Ireland, cites "the trend to move to mobile in the marketplace with things like hotspots becoming a focus in Ireland.
	irish.typepad.com /irisheyes/2003/12/irish_technolog.html (367 words)

	OutdoorsBest Forums: FF in Ireland
		Looking at the map of Ireland and where I'll be for the Ryder Cup, it looks like Galaway might be a bit of a drive to get to fish.
		I was born in Ireland and have fly fished there a few times.
		We have an article in the July issue of FFM on fly fishing the streams of Ireland.
	outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com /zerothread?id=321527 (1741 words)

	ElectricNews.net:News:Ireland Offline confronts industry chiefs
		Martin Harran, chairman of Ireland Offline, an Internet users group, told attendees at the organisation's "The Net Imperative" seminar on Wednesday that delays in moving things forward are "killing" Internet access in Ireland.
		Ireland Offline was founded in May 2001, in response to Esat's decision to remove 2,000 people from its off-peak flat-rate SurfNoLimits Internet access service.
		Ireland Offline's three main objectives are to see the introduction of unmetered access, nationwide broadband services and effective local loop unbundling.
	www.electricnews.net /news.html?code=2864242 (669 words)

	Winds and Breezes
		Mizen Head Lighthouse was one of the last lighthouses in Ireland to be automated, and if I remember rightly, the last relief of the lighthouse keepers took place sometime in 1994, or possibly 1993.
		The Fastnet is known as the Teardrop of Ireland, because it was the last sight of Ireland many emigrants got in past years.
		I will admit that I certainly saw the region to its best advantage on Saturday and perhaps, were I to pay a visit during a November storm, I might not be quite enamoured.
	www.windsandbreezes.org /?q=romanticplacesinireland (2399 words)

	clonard.org Clonard County Meath Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Ireland Offline and in particular Damien Mulley together with John Handelaar got together to make a map of all the broadband enabled telephone exchanges in Ireland.
		The first map shows Ireland with the known 400 exchanges enabled with the yellow circles representing the nominal reach of broadband from an exchange.
		At the moment in Ireland you can drive like a clown all day long and as long as you don’t exceed the speed limit the odds of being pulled over are slim to none.
	www.clonard.org (1218 words)

	DriverHeaven.net - Ireland to trial broadband over power cables
		Ireland's electricity company, ESB, is to see whether it can deliver broadband over electric cables as part of a â¬50 million ($55.76 million) project part-funded by the Irish government.
		However, campaigners for more affordable and widely availabale Net access in Ireland have reserved their judgment amid concerns about the technology itself.
		A spokesman for the Ireland Offline lobby group, told The Register: "We welcome any last mile infrastructure but we're unsure of the viability of powerline as a proven technology."
	www.driverheaven.net /showthread.php?t=24117 (228 words)

	Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It is an "attempt to personalize learning by having students seek out true-to-life accounts and vicarious experiences that make the struggles, anticipations, rejections and triumphs encountered by newcomers to the United States real to them." Includes a Teacher's Guide.
		A map of Ireland - 982x1230 pixels, JPG - includes political boundaries, roads, and railroads.
		To explore Ireland click on a county you are interested in.
	www.ciu10.com /users/ims/web/library/ireland/ireland.htm (669 words)

	The Case for an 'Irish' EFF - Indymedia Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In an environment dominated by Big Business lobby groups, bought politicians and corporate media compromised by their reliance on advertisers, the importance of a credible counterweight like the EFF cannot be underestimated.
		In the UK and Europe there were various organisations who mobilised to educate their public representatives in the face of concerted FUD from the large US computer corporations (such as you-know-who).
		Whereas here in Ireland we had (drumrolls...) Karlin and her fellow columnists, making a valuable contribution in the Irish Times - good writers, who grasp the essentials firmly - but restricted to their Friday columns, tucked away in the business supplement.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=71319&print_page=true (469 words)

	Value Ireland - better purchasing decisions through better information...
		A SPECTRUM of consumer bodies say they are receiving complaints from individuals demanding to know why Eircom can't provide them with broadband internet service when their immediate neighbours have it.
		John Timmons, committee member of Ireland Offline, said: "The general Eircom answer is 'we're sorry, it failed and that's all we can do'."
		Ian Campbell, editor of Silicon Republic, Ireland's technology news service, said: "Most people who can't get broadband are told by Eircom that it's because there's a fault on their (phone) line.
	www.valueireland.com /media/irish_indo_7.htm (758 words)

	OutdoorsBest Forums: Ireland Vacation:Any Advice???
		If you will be there for at least 2 weeks you should be able to do the circumference of Ireland.
		Very pretty part of Ireland, and you will hear Gaelic spoken alot more in Gallway than you ever do in Dublin.
		My advice is to stay away from northern Ireland and enjoy the west.
	outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com /zerothread?id=416079 (1153 words)

	Ireland.com - The Irish Times - FRONT PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The 19-member Northern Ireland Policing Board, the body which will hold the Police Service of Northern Ireland to account, held its first public meeting in Belfast yesterday.
		The boycott is being organised by pressure group, Ireland Offline.
		Tourism Ireland, the first all-Ireland Tourism Marketing Programme set up under the Belfast Agreement, was launched in Dublin yesterday.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2001/1108 (901 words)

	IrishEyes: December 7, 2003 - December 13, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		There's nothing like that in Ireland, where the Irish Information Society Commission (ISC) labels the land as an example of "market failure in broadband." The conclusion follows from a report commissioned by the ISC from Sonas Innovation and Peter Bacon and Associates.
		I don't think the government programme will put broadband into many parts of rural Ireland, even though the Ireland Offline concept of "group water schemes" is an interesting proposition.
		Quite simply, some parts of Ireland couldn't be bothered with either broadband satellite dishes or mobile phone masts.
	irish.typepad.com /irisheyes/2003/week50 (2468 words)

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