#audiomo-17: Broadband is as much a vital utility as gas, water and electricity

The final installment of this series of #audiomo #audioboo episodes about #broadband in #Ireland. Bernie Goldback (@topgold) joins me in a Skype call. He raises the point that broadband should really be seen by government as similar to a utility such as gas, water or electricity. It is vital rather than something to be meted out in unequal measures to the population. He also stresses the handicaps that he is experiencing in his business development due to inadequate broadband provision where he lives. I share his frustrations. Finally, I'd like to thank everyone who got in touch over the last month in connection with the issue of broadband in Ireland. All this on the day that my alleged 3Mbps download broadband dipped to a new low: 0.49Mbps. Our broadband future as a nation doesn't look good...