ETHOS -- Throughts about Ireland's incumbent telephone operator run through the Irish Sunday papers. Most of the connecting commentary points to Eircom's demise as a quality investment.¹ Two items in The Sunday Tribune point to a smart way forward from the morass of poor broadband connectivity left behind by Eircom in Ireland.
Fergus Cassidy thinks way too much government navel gazing occurs when it comes to sorting out broadband in Ireland.²
The state is wasting precious time and money throwing carrots around when the horse has bolted. The choice now is either to close the stable door and pray to Saint Jude or take action and comit to an alternative telecoms infratructure.... It's time to ... provide "economic returns" for the rest of us.
Joe Finucane from Wireless Network Ireland offers some interesting ideas based around setting up Wi-Fi hotspots for free use inside chosen venues.³ Finucane spots something I have seen--Dublin hotels are not attracting people onto their wireless networks when charging EUR 10 an hour.
¹Frank Fitzgibbon -- "Eircom woes take toll on share price" in The Sunday Times Business, March 28, 2004.
²Fergus Cassidy -- "Navel gazing" in The Sunday Tibune, March 28, 2004.
³Matthew Magee -- "New Dublin firm touts temporary wireless internet networks" in The Sunday Tibune, March 28, 2004.
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