The next Soho Connect West Cork meeting will take place Wednesday, 9th September 2009, at 12:30pm, at the Kingfisher Bar of the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery. The meeting format will be informal as usual but the focus will be on the future direction of the group and the potential of our networks. Admission free. Refreshments Full Article

Hi A few of the people who have been involved in SSWC were talking on Twitter yesterday. Mostly @ann_donnelly@paraic @calvin141170 and myself, @deepspin and the consensus seemed to be that we should have another planning meeting in early September with a view to setting up another West Cork Network focusing on rural Cork starting with Full Article

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Today I found these interesting quotes (below) . I feel they not only underline the fact that  people will be able to work effectively from remote parts of the country in the future but that the provision of real broadband infrastructure is going to be vital if you believe that the rate of travel costs Full Article

Communications Minister Eamon Ryan announced that a deal just signed with ‘3′ would mean 100% broadband coverage in all of Ireland. While areas of the country like Beara are covered by patchy services provided by independent operators providing wireless connection a comprehensive and reliable wired service has been a long time Full Article

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