Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

When will the physical build start? In other words, how long will the procurement process take? People want to know when they will be able to plug in their computers and get connected to proper broadband. Does the Minister not agree that if he wants to future-proof, he should specify 1 Gbps to everybody and be done with it? Specifying a minimum of 30 Mbps is obsolete already because what people need and expect is real high-speed broadband. The Minister knows how it is provided. It is a little bit of fibre in reality. Talking about being technology-neutral, real high-speed broadband cannot be provided other than by fibre.

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