Govt 'failing to make use of broadband infrastructure'

Less than one per cent of Government business carried out on the internet makes use of the State-owned broadband infrastructure, it emerged today.

Despite some €120m of taxpayers’ money being spent to date on the Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) – a nationwide web of internet hubs to bring broadband to the regions – the Government still uses Eircom for 90% of its online activity.