State can’t go with broadband plan in its current form

Sixty-four per cent of people in our Red C poll this week believe that the government should sign off on the €1 billion contract to deliver the National Broadband Plan

Sixty-four per cent of people in our Red C poll this week believe that the government should sign off on the €1 billion contract to deliver the National Broadband Plan, which has been stalled for nearly seven years.

The finding might surprise some readers - given the degree of controversy and political upheaval surrounding the plan, as well as the number of private operators who have begun to roll out their own broadband ...