Mayo Sinn Féin Sinn Féin -- Building an Ireland of Equals

Belmullet Calling Bombay

Published: 8 January, 2010

"The National Broadband Scheme is turning out be an absolute farce in many areas" according to Sinn Fein Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh. "People are signed up to yearly contracts and paying each month for a service they are not receiving". "Then to top it all when you ring the 1913 Customer Service Number you get through to an office in Bombay in India". "So much for shopping local and Buying Irish."

"It is the responsibility of Eamon Ryan and the Department of Communications, Energy & National Resources who granted the lucrative contract to 3 to address this immediately." "People are afraid to stop paying for non existing service in case they get into trouble but cannot get any satisfaction whatsoever from 3 representatives." "This is just another example of the detrimental effects of privatization on rural areas." "Sinn Fein has long called for the renationalization of Eircom". Cllr. Conway-Walsh concluded "A well developed national communications network is absolutely essential to the survival of rural areas."