Comments on: Let’s Grow this Digital Ecosystem

By: una coleman

una coleman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:07:33 +0000

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By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:42:04 +0000

Merrill, I’m afraid I have to agree with you. My own home broadband connections have been riddled with problems. We’ve got to get some of the basics right before we can compete on a world stage.

By: Merrill

Merrill — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:27:10 +0000

typo: “had” and not “add”

By: Merrill

Merrill — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:26:22 +0000

How can a country aim at being a Digital Economy with such a shitty internet speed ? I’ve add 4 different ISP over the last 5 years and with 2 of them I could not even watch a Youtube video. And that is living in Dublin

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:01:14 +0000

Hi slgreatsuccess. Spot on… it has helped to make the world a much smaller place. Here in Ireland we have some specific challenges, and some great people and organisations who are already tackling these. Perhaps we can be an example to other countries on how to get things right.

By: slgreatsuccess

slgreatsuccess — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:47:43 +0000

The interesting thing is this Digital Ecosystem is global – not unique to any one country. We are all in it together and my how our world has changed with the power of the internet!