Technology Futures

Northern Ireland has 100% broadband coverage

Submitted by acohill on Tue, 01/17/2006 - 08:56.

Northern Ireland is the first country in Europe to have 100% availability of broadband (typically DSL) to every home and business. Government investments helped get the job done.

But the real measure is impact. The CEO of the MJM Group, a highly specialized joinery firm in the country, had this to say:

"It would have been impossible to have achieved our export growth without broadband internet access which came to Rathfriland in 2004..."

A small northern Ireland company is expanding internationally because of broadband. What could firms in your area do with affordable broadband?