The same applies in many other areas. However, when deregulating the telecommunications sector, instead of appointing a regulator charged with ensuring fairness and competition, the Minister, as I argued at the time, should have retained powers for the State to encourage greater competition. One of the reasons access to the Internet is relatively expensive here is our failure to gain the required acceptance or usage of broadband. This can be done by encouraging competition rather than providing that the regulator must ensure fairness.