Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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That was done commercially. Why were those areas ever included in a broadband plan to be funded by the taxpayer when they could be serviced commercially? It is obvious from looking at the maps. The easiest way to do it is to look at an area one is familiar with. One can then identify exactly where a commercial operator could have done it. In Clonkeen in Portlaoise, for example, there were easy pickings, with rows of houses in a rural area to be picked up commercially.