Broadband ‘among most expensive’

IRELAND is one of the most expensive countries in the world for broadband high-speed internet access, according to a new report.

Internet lobby group Ireland Offline said Ireland was near the bottom of the table in its survey of the 30 members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the world’s leading industrialised nations.

The report claimed Ireland was 27th of the 30 for value for money. Ireland Offline chairman Damien Mulley said the survey was “the clearest evidence yet” of the true state of broadband availability in Ireland. “No talking-up, side-stepping or clever marketing can distract from the evidence: 26 other countries in the league of 30 score better value for money.”