Comments on: Eamon Ryan and his Skype story = Everything is fine

By: Fergal

Fergal — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:11:06 +0000

I know I’m updating an old post but thought I would in case any one stumbled upon this….

http://techfragments.com/news/359/Tech/All_Koreans_to_Have_1Gbps_Broadband_by_2012.html

If anyone meets Eamon can they ask “are you sure it was Korea you were in?”

By: JohnP

JohnP — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:32:09 +0000

Agree with Eamonn – just wondered if I was missing something – Korea runs a different mobile phone network than Europe, so for Eamon Ryan not to know that, it’s laughable …

Pity no-one hit him with the fact in public and asked him why he didn’t know that already …. Might take him down a peg or two…

By: Eamonn Carey

Eamonn Carey — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:38:37 +0000

Just wondering – he talks about not being able to connect his phone to the ‘network’ and his phone not working in South Korea. I have been over to Korea a few times, and their broadband speeds are unreal, and the level of connectivity over there is unbelievable.

however, my phone wouldn’t work over there either. not cause of any sort of failing on the Korean networks part, but cause their phones all run on CDMA, not GSM. Therefore, the phones from this neck of the woods don’t work over there. No matter how fancy your phone is, you’re not going to get skype or any sort of connectivity. your phone reverts to being a calendar and address book with a bonus clock….

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:18:15 +0000

his phone probably didn’t even have wifi or if it did, was it even turned on. Anyone know what type of phone he uses?

By: PK

PK — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:02:47 +0000

Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought the crap WiFi in Dublin Castle on the day of the broadband forum was worth a giggle.

It was probably due to Ireland’s demographics or geography, but it was ok if you take into account mobile broadband…

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:41:20 +0000

While it may be true to say that in Dublin there is 1 Mb broadband connectivity to every home, it does not necessarily mean they have the applications or the benefits from that. Nor does it mean they have the economic strivers from it. These are some of the reasons we would be investing and we will invest in the development of our broadband future.

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One of the problems I encounter at home is that my mobile telephone does not work.

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I can not connect my mobile telephone to my wireless network. (why would I want to do that any way??) I can not run Skype on my network. I can not send a single 50 kb file from my home.

While it is useful to analyse and use inter-county comparisons to determine what is happening in other counties and learn from them, we must remember that we have our own unique characteristics.

Signed

Up the Kingdom

By: Liam Noonan

Liam Noonan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:18:02 +0000

I wouldn’t have believed that someone could get away with analogy on tv and radio and not be questioned about it. What is going on in that Department are they all afraid to stand up to Eamonn and remind him that he can’t be peddling such drivel.

If I was the South Korean Embassy I would be demanding an apology.

Liam

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:08:39 +0000

There starting to use the words (hope to) now in realation to broadband rollout in 2010
What a fuc**ng joke
There no sign of fiber optic here. The connection comes to a shuddering halt at times after 6pm.
How the f**k can you complete on the global Market (yes goverment Web2.0 is here- were you not watching the BBC news report on Tuesday night) uploading large files on a sh**ty connection?
Its about speed not aspirational hopes