Here is a very interesting slide taken from the presentation of John Holland, CTO, Ericsson Ireland made last year at a First Tuesday event which shows the divergence between revenues and traffic load. It really which sums up the forthcoming problems for telco's. Thanks John hopefully this will get the topic up for discussion on the night.

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Irish Rural Link is a non-profit organisation, which represents rural community groups and associations at a national and international level.

We have completed an analysis of the NBS. You can find it on our website http://www.irishrurallink.ie/publications/IRL%20analysis%20of%20NBS.pdf . The website also has our Press Release and a link to an Irish Times article on our report.

IRL's report includes comments from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources which have caused some debate on forums such as http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055487383&highlight=hspa While IRL welcome the NBS as a first step in providing broadband to rural areas we have real concerns about the Scheme, including its adequacy for rural SMEs.

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