I did not think I would have need to trouble you again, certainly not so soon minister, but now you have me confused.

It was my understanding that you assisted 3 with a very substantial grant to provide me with broadband because it was the only viable means of delivering that service to us in our rural location.
In other words, Eircom, that extraordinary company that used to be ours and delivered us telecommunications but which is now no more than a tradeable investment vehicle, was not going to deliver us a broadband connection through the nation's network which it now owns and cntrols.
And, by inference, you could do nothing about this since you no longer have influence, let alone control, over them.

But now, minister, I have heard from a reliable source, that Eircom has or is about to enable our local exchange and that broadband will be available hereabouts via our existing landline connections.

If this is the case it begs the question as to whether 3 should have been awarded the government-backed contract, let alone have been subvented by the tax payer.

But, having been proved wrong in the past minister, and as I previously mentioned rumour bedevils this entire matter, I will await further developments and your response before I make a further negative judgement.

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