This is utter Comreg ideological nonsense...if Comreg are so adamant why didn't they just put their money where their mouths are and just regulate for 90% geographic coverage?
There is no Comreg analysis in the document mentioned.
70% population coverage just covers the east coast and some major towns, what are rural users supposed to do pray for some mythical competition in the far-off future?
After all that's Comreg's job: to regulate for the benefit of consumers and not just regulation that benefits the industry and create lax regulation and hope that competition will fill in the rest of the country. That's plainly deluded...if they (Comreg) cannot do basic regulation and meet the requirements of their job they should be reformed or disbanded.
70% population coverage will do exactly what Comreg says it won't do: cherry pick the urban areas.
eamonn wallace
Posted on 1 Jul 2012 12:41 pm
This is utter Comreg ideological nonsense...if Comreg are so adamant why didn't they just put their money where their mouths are and just regulate for 90% geographic coverage?
There is no Comreg analysis in the document mentioned.
70% population coverage just covers the east coast and some major towns, what are rural users supposed to do pray for some mythical competition in the far-off future?
After all that's Comreg's job: to regulate for the benefit of consumers and not just regulation that benefits the industry and create lax regulation and hope that competition will fill in the rest of the country. That's plainly deluded...if they (Comreg) cannot do basic regulation and meet the requirements of their job they should be reformed or disbanded.
70% population coverage will do exactly what Comreg says it won't do: cherry pick the urban areas.
IrelandOffline provided a map that outlines what 70% population coverage looks like :
http://irelandoffline.org/2012/06/comreg-and-70-population-c...