Ireland boasts Europe’s worst broadband speeds

IRELAND has the worst broadband speeds in Europe, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that monitors developments in its 30 member countries.

The OECD broadband statistics for October 2009 show that Ireland dropped to 29th position for broadband speed last October, after being placed 26th in September 2008.

“We are dead last in Europe and second last in the OECD with only Mexico behind us,” said Fine Gael’s communications spokesperson Simon Coveney. He pointed out that having high speed broadband was a key part of building any smart economy because it attracts new jobs and investment.