Comments on: PC Penetration in Ireland and the EU: Another lame excuse squished http://www.mulley.net/2006/08/27/pc-penetration-in-ireland-and-the-eu-another-lame-excuse-squished/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Cros13 http://www.mulley.net/2006/08/27/pc-penetration-in-ireland-and-the-eu-another-lame-excuse-squished/comment-page-1/#comment-51861 Cros13 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:42:19 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1485#comment-51861 I have 23 computers in my house. 18 servers, 2 appliances and 3 desktops. I was paying two thousand(yes you read that right) euro a month for a lousy 128k ISDN connection. I still can't get DSL and I can't afford a leased line at the moment. no wireless, cable or any other service is available. I can't afford to work in this country. I have 23 computers in my house. 18 servers, 2 appliances and 3 desktops.
I was paying two thousand(yes you read that right) euro a month for a lousy 128k ISDN connection. I still can’t get DSL and I can’t afford a leased line at the moment. no wireless, cable or any other service is available. I can’t afford to work in this country.

]]> By: Celtictigger http://www.mulley.net/2006/08/27/pc-penetration-in-ireland-and-the-eu-another-lame-excuse-squished/comment-page-1/#comment-50798 Celtictigger Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:37:28 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1485#comment-50798 The correlation of % broadband penetration and pc usage is an interesting mismash of lies, damn lies... I mean statistics... On what basis is the % BB penetration calculated per country... % of phone lines? (what about wireless then), % of citizens or % of citizens with a computer (or are we expecting Mrs. Kelly to get the broadband now while young Sean saves up for a second hand DuLL computer (must get this keyboard fixed...))? What about people with 2 computers or more (being a nerd, my household has a total of 4 at present, and some of them work!) Also - are all the countries using the SAME BASIS FOR CALCULATION? For example, if Estonia has taken % of citizens for both stats then it seems that everyone with a PC has spanky broadband. If the PC penetration is on punters and the BB penetration is on punters with PCs then only 32% of people with PCs are using broadband... BB Penetration as a percentage of people who can ACTUALLY use it (ie have a computer) is probably a more telling statistic. Otherwise comparisions between the penetration of Computers and the Penetration of Broadband is simply an exercise in comparing Apples (no pun) with Oranges. What would also be an interesting statistic would be a comparision of the BB speeds available and technologies utilised - if Estonia as 25Mb, is it everywhere and is it only available on fixed line (for example). I am in Wexford and have 2MB up and down over wireless which is fairly reliable - not a hope of getting hardwired BB anytime soon. The correlation of % broadband penetration and pc usage is an interesting mismash of lies, damn lies… I mean statistics…

On what basis is the % BB penetration calculated per country… % of phone lines? (what about wireless then), % of citizens or % of citizens with a computer (or are we expecting Mrs. Kelly to get the broadband now while young Sean saves up for a second hand DuLL computer (must get this keyboard fixed…))? What about people with 2 computers or more (being a nerd, my household has a total of 4 at present, and some of them work!)

Also – are all the countries using the SAME BASIS FOR CALCULATION? For example, if Estonia has taken % of citizens for both stats then it seems that everyone with a PC has spanky broadband. If the PC penetration is on punters and the BB penetration is on punters with PCs then only 32% of people with PCs are using broadband…

BB Penetration as a percentage of people who can ACTUALLY use it (ie have a computer) is probably a more telling statistic. Otherwise comparisions between the penetration of Computers and the Penetration of Broadband is simply an exercise in comparing Apples (no pun) with Oranges.

What would also be an interesting statistic would be a comparision of the BB speeds available and technologies utilised – if Estonia as 25Mb, is it everywhere and is it only available on fixed line (for example).

I am in Wexford and have 2MB up and down over wireless which is fairly reliable – not a hope of getting hardwired BB anytime soon.

]]> By: Estland http://www.mulley.net/2006/08/27/pc-penetration-in-ireland-and-the-eu-another-lame-excuse-squished/comment-page-1/#comment-50160 Estland Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:36:02 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1485#comment-50160 I couldn't believe myself when saw this. I remember listening to Ireland's embassador here and it was wonderous. I thought 20 mbit per sec would be home minimum in such advanced country. On the other hand, I have 25 at home and this alone is not yet enough to make me happy. I couldn’t believe myself when saw this.
I remember listening to Ireland’s embassador here and it was wonderous. I thought 20 mbit per sec would be home minimum in such advanced country. On the other hand, I have 25 at home and this alone is not yet enough to make me happy.

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