Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 July 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Garrett Blaney:
No, none of them has transposed it, but there is provision for a USO in a number of countries. It is important to reflect the fact that the USO only applies to the small number of people who do not receive the services available to everyone else. I will provide an example. At previous meetings of the committee there was some discussion about the position in the United Kingdom where for 98% of people broadband speed is 10Mbps. The USO ensures the 2% who do not receive a service with such a speed will. It ensures that, in cases where the majority receive a service, the minority who do not benefit from it will not be left without it.
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