Dr. Matt Yardley:

That is based on cost but we also looked at different levels of quality.

A third point of evidence relates to a report by Oxera Consulting with Real Wireless looking at high-speed mobile, which ComReg put out last week. ComReg explained that covering Ireland with high-speed mobile coverage, at a broadly similar specification as we have, would cost €1.9 billion, would require approximately 6,000 new sites and might take ten years to deploy. ComReg also looked at fixed wireless. It did not come up with costs but some work on that was done by Plum Consulting, which stated that it might require between 4,000 and 5,000 new sites.