Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)

Continuing in the same vein as Deputy McManus but bringing it to a local level, let us consider a small dispersed community with a small population, outside the unbundling loop and for whom fibre optic technology and wireless solution is not available. This is not hypothetical; I refer to places such as Meenletterbale, Leckemy and places like north Inishowen. Will there be a facility within the national broadband scheme to ensure that communities that are not profitable for a satellite solution are part of the 100% access? Hypothetically, if Eircom does not win the contract, will it be favourable to unbundling the exchanges?

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