Developing nations trump Ireland for broadband service

THE quality of broadband connections in Ireland is inferior to that of less developed economies like Turkey, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria and Romania, according to an international survey of high-speed internet connections in 66 countries.

The study ranks Ireland, which it brands “an innovation economy”, in 37th place – a drop of one position on a similar survey in 2008. It also claims broadband services in the Republic are just about keeping pace with the needs of today’s computer applications.

It ranked Dublin as 123rd out of 240 cities under the same scoring system.