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Fri 01 Jan 2009Plan to bring broadband to entire country by 2010
EVERY PART of the country will have at least a basic broadband package by September 2010 as a result of a €223 million investment which will be part-funded by the State and the European Union.
Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan yesterday revealed details of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) which will bring broadband internet access to the 10 per cent of the population, spread over about 33 per cent of the geographic area of the State, who cannot get the service.
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