Mr. James O'Sullivan:

The regulated price for us to use Open Eir is €23.50 excluding bandwidth and VAT. Over a 12-month contract, we have to cover the cost of the connection fee and a decent wireless router, which is about €80. Looking at the pricing, we believe that to break even, we need to be charging about €50, with no margin. I am concerned at the price. Many of our customers can justify paying €45 for broadband access but not much more than that. That is why we are concerned about the take-up of the national broadband plan.