Esat attacks ‘slow’ Eircom roll-out

David Clerkin

But Eircom responded with a fresh initiative to roll out high-speed internet services to 90% of the population and said that its target of 500,000 connections by 2007 remained achievable.

Speaking at the announcement of Esat BT's third quarter results yesterday, chief executive Bill Murphy said the pace of broadband rollout was too slow and that Eircom had blocked progress in making the market more competitive.