Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have previously raised the possible application of a universal service obligation on telecommunications companies to provide broadband. I am concerned that rural, thinly-populated and isolated communities will not get the service they need and that companies will cherry-pick the populated areas. As such, an obligation should be placed on them to provide a universal broadband service throughout the country.

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